Category Archives: apple

maximize window on mac

June 5, 2008 – 7:46 am

how to set up a maximise window script on mac - a number of different ways to make it happen.

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for new mac users…

May 30, 2008 – 9:53 pm

A mac shortcut list and some other shortcuts for power computer users hoping to get up to speed quickly.

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vodafone to sell iPhones in Australia

May 7, 2008 – 9:14 am

Thought you should find out as soon as I did: Vodafone to sell iPhones in Australia by Christmas, though it may not be an exclusive deal.

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VPN mac freeware

April 14, 2008 – 9:57 pm

IP Securitas is mac freeware for connecting to a VPN, if you have the need to.

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bigger iPod touch

February 11, 2008 – 6:35 pm

There’s now a 16GB iPhone (still not on sale in Australia), and a 32GB iPod touch ($AUD629 vs $AUD399 for the 8GB and $AUD499 for the 16GB).

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Apple - MacBook Air

January 16, 2008 – 6:11 am

New apple laptop - MacBook Air; thinner, lighter, no optical drive on-board (but can use someone else’s over a network. 5 hour battery life, 1.36kgs. $AUD2499 (slower, 80GB HDD) or $AUD4338 with faster processor and 64GB solid state drive.

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NetNewsWire is now free

January 10, 2008 – 6:41 am

[kev] NetNewsWire is now free, along with the other NewsGator products.

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MacBook - Appledefects

December 13, 2007 – 4:57 pm

Thorough list of things that can go wrong with a MacBook

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windows friendly with Mail.app

November 8, 2007 – 8:48 am

Somehow, I’d never noticed this Mail.app setting; in the Edit menu, under Attachments, there’s an option to Always send Windows-friendly attachments

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Apple - iPod touch

September 6, 2007 – 7:28 am

Apple has announced a new iPod - it’s like the iPhone, but without the phone: iPod touch. They’ve also changed the shape of the iPod nano (which can now play video). No Australian pricing nor availability yet.
Update: Australian pricing and availability
iPod nano: 4GB - $199 (available now: silver), 8GB - $279 (available now: silver, aqua, [...]

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MailActOn

June 7, 2007 – 9:37 am

If you use Apple’s Mail.app for your email, and you’re sorting things into folders, you should definitely try MailActOn: it’s a free add-on to Mail that lets you create email rules and assign keystrokes to them.
Instead of dragging a message to a folder, you can create a rule that will put the currently selected message(s) [...]

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mac applications to use

March 9, 2007 – 8:38 am

If you’re starting out with a new Mac, what software should you download? A London-based developer answers the question.

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software: Paparazzi

January 16, 2007 – 10:45 am

Software: Paparazzi!
Paparazzi is an invaluable little utility if you’re making websites (it’s freeware); specify a URL, and your choice of screen resolution, and it will make a PNG file of the URL.

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Software: MailActOn

January 16, 2007 – 9:29 am

Software plugin: MailActOn
If you’re using a Mac, and using Apple’s Mail.app to manage your email, you’ll find this little (free) add-on very handy. It lets you add rules, and activate them using a combination of keystrokes. I’m just using it for message filing: I have different letters for different folders, and instead of dragging messages [...]

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