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Mac are cool! Get over it Microsoft! I haven’t heard of people not liking something cool. Even those who pretend not to like cool things are following a popular un-cool trend, which in some circles, is cool! There are some features in OS X that are, for lack of a better word, cool (how many more times can I use this word). They are also very helpful. Throughout the past 24 days I’ve been using these features extensively but haven’t mentioned them at all. Today is all about showing off some of those features I find, cool. Continue Reading »
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I’ve been spoiled by Mac and I will not go back to PC! I cant go back! Day 23 was filled with working on PC’s in school bas to finish work and fixing families laptops and desktops. I found myself making silly mistakes. I’ve grown accustomed to Mac and instantly missed my mouse-pad gestures and the placement of the command key, I expected everything to work as they did on my Mac. They did not. I was in a world I’ve known for many years that suddenly felt alien. Program installations displayed unnecessary pop-ups, the right mouse button seemed unnecessary (although I miss it the most on Mac), laptop cases felt flimsy, and the ALT key was in the wrong place! Clearly, Planet Windows was a world I left far behind 22 days ago. Continue Reading »
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I do plenty of audio work. I create music, podcasts, and edit tons of audio. To complete these tasks in Windows, I required several different tools, one for song creation, audio editing, mixing, and recording. This is not meant to be a negative, audio programs aren’t built to serve every audio purpose. I never liked the Windows specific audio creation and editing tools, some provided great features but lacked many others. Continue Reading »
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My Mac Life hasn’t been perfect (although damn near close!). Over the past three weeks there has been a small list of frustrations I’ve had with the new Mac. Nothing is perfect and these mounting frustrations are smaller than the long list of frustrations with Vista. With the Apple Wordwide Developers Conference a week away, I decided to list a few of these issues. Some of these frustrations may be fixed in the upcoming version of OS X – Snow Leopard. Continue Reading »
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The past two days has revolved around website development on the Mac platform. As a web developer I regularly require the use of an Apache environment with PHP and MySQL. When I discovered OS X has Apache and PHP built into it’s system, I nearly flipped. The ability to create and develop websites on a localized platform without needing to upload changes to a web server would save time and energy. Activating Apache, PHP, and MySQL within Leopard is a different story.
There are two methods for creating an environment integrating Apache, PHP, and MySQL; “The you need to know what your doing” method which requires some utilization of the terminal and a text editor and the “Easier, complete solution” which uses a LAMP. It has taken me two days to collect a series of resources and find the best solution for myself. This post is not geared towards new Mac owners, but new Mac owners who are web developers. I’m not going to detail the process, but provide an overview and links to a manual installation or using a LAMP. Continue Reading »
