Linux and Mac OS X, all on one PowerBook?

Posted on May 17, 2005 in Uncategorized

In a bit of a break from business analysis, I thought it would be fun to post one of my more technical articles to re-establish my "geek cred", if you will. This article details the trials and tribulations of turning a perfectly good Apple PowerBook into a …

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20 Cool Tiger Features You Might Not Have Heard About

Posted on May 16, 2005 in Uncategorized

20 Cool Tiger Features You Might Not Have Heard About by Scott Knaster -- Even though Tiger has been out for a while now, many of its major features have nuances that haven't received much press--and there a zillion minor tweaks to discuss. Scott Knaster takes you on a tour of …


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Apple's Music Store now selling videos.

Posted on May 12, 2005 in Uncategorized

From u-phonic.com

It appears that you can purchase certain music videos through iTunes and their Music Store. They are bundling them with the audio single releases as a bonus... Read More


Darwine: Run PC Executables in OS X

Posted on May 02, 2005 in Uncategorized

Although its still in its alpha stage and very buggy, this could be a promising app for any Mac user.

Panther Maintenance Tips

Posted on October 19, 2004 in Uncategorized

Panther Maintenance Tips by FranÁois Joseph de Kermadec -- Yes, Mac OS X is incredibly stable, but here's a comprehensive list of tips to keep it that way for the duration of your OS install. What? You don't do any maintenance at all? Well, read on. That might change.


Photoshop Tips to optimize performance

Posted on August 30, 2004 in Uncategorized

Lifted from adobe.com

Photoshops limitations: Photoshop CS supports a maximum image dimension of 300,000 x 300,000 pixels, which allows for images with a maximum size of 4 GB for TIFF files, and almost unlimited file sizes for images saved in the new native Large Document Format (.psb …


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Create a customized 10.3 'Rescue CD/DVD'

Posted on August 17, 2004 in Uncategorized

From the good folks at macosxhints.com.

I always thought it might be helpful to use the OS X installation CD not only for the purpose of installing the OS, but to do some repairs which can't be done when running from the hard disk. Fortunately, Apple has made this …


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Processor Speeds and Memory explained

Posted on August 02, 2004 in Uncategorized

Confused by some of them fancy processor names and memory specs when shopping for a new computer? Me too, so here is a comprehensive and quick guide from cnet.com.


Advanced Typography with Mac OSX - All you need to know about fonts

Posted on July 31, 2004 in Uncategorized

Advanced Typography with Mac OSX - pdf
Here is the official Apple document for Font management including a section just for production machines. This includes removing and deactivating nonessential font, managing multiple versions of the same font, and dealing with font caches.
Yeeouch... happy reading.

Basics Mac OSX Tutorials

Posted on July 31, 2004 in Uncategorized

Here are some great links to a few of apples new training resources.

In the Pro section of Apples website there are plenty of interesting and useful articles for the designer, musician and artist.