Posts Tagged ‘mac’
Written by Mark on 24 April 2009
A full day of learning and fun is planned at the upcoming Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society (HMAUS) Mac Springfest. JAIMS (6660 Hawaii Kai Drive) will be the site for all the Mac Fanboy Love you can spread around. Topics include:
- Mac 101 for beginners,
- Adobe’s Lightroom,
- Social Networks and Livefeeds,
- and Time Management with Apple products
If you’ve been thinking of switching to a Mac, or, been using one for years, it should be a great day with prizes, food, and all the Mac experts’ help you could ever need!
Learn more at HMAUS
Tags: Events, HMAUS, mac
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Written by Mark on 22 April 2009
If you’ve never used or seen PayPal before, then you have probably been hiding under a rock, since PayPal is one of the top ways to pay online in the US. You can often find PayPal as an option for checkouts on many e-commerce websites. This article will briefly explain [...]
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Written by Mark on 29 March 2009
If you visit lots of websites, you’ve probably started to accumulate a LOT of passwords for each site. For security reason, you should have SEPARATE passwords for each site. (Else, if someone learns that one password of yours, they could access any other site you visit. Not secure.) Also, these [...]
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Written by Mark on 25 March 2009
Man, I like this product! Evernote is like Yojimbo with tentacles, “Tako Yojimbo”. Let me explain. Evernote is like a journal that you can type in, paste in, add screen shots, even drop files into, and it will sync those across multiple platforms. Evernote is available [...]
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Written by Mark on 24 March 2009
MacHeist has released their latest collection of Mac applications today. The 12 titles that are included are worth over $500 according to MacHeist, who have the bundle on sale for $39. The applications range from help with eBay to web development to photo enhancement programs.
The titles include: iSale, Picturesque, SousChef, World of [...]
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Written by Mark on 21 March 2009
drop.io has to be one of the simplest sites I’ve ever seen. It’s gotten more bells and whistles over time, but still, it’s dead simple to set up a place on the Internet to share your files. And it’s FREE! Here’s how it works:
Visit their site
Either accept the random drop site name they [...]
Tags: File Sharing, HMAUS, mac
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Written by Mark on 20 January 2009
To commemorate today’s inauguration FastMac is selling four Mac t-shirts designed around our new 44th President. These Obama-themed t-shirts are selling today for $4.44. (Shipping to Hawaii runs close to $8.00)
There are two designs based off Shepard Fairey “HOPE” poster, and another with ”OS X, Software We Can Believe In.” FastMac may be running slow because of the traffic, but they are good looking shirt designs on sale today only! [FastMac via Gizmodo]
Tags: mac, President, sale
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Written by Mark on 11 January 2009
If you own a Mac and love solving puzzles, then you should check out MacHeist. Through solving a series of intricately designed puzzles, riddles, visual clues, and cryptograms, you can get several free programs, including Process. Sign up for an account, and off you go solving clues found in the Briefings.
I tried my first one this week, after learning about MacHeist from their holiday giveaway called, Mac Giving Tree. Reading the briefings, following some of the hints others had left in the forums, visiting the various web sites they had set up, and checking my “Loot” area, I found I had solved one puzzle to get Process.
Be forewarned that if you aren’t familiar with these kinds of puzzles, it will be confusing to begin with. Hang with it, get help from others, and have some fun! Learn more at: MacHeist [This is a great idea for building a community, generating lots of "buzz" (including tons of tweets), and keeping membership high.]
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Written by Mark on 23 October 2008
I’m testing one of the new Targus Bluetooth Laser Mouse for Mac. They’ve designed a whole series of accessories for Mac users, all are streamlined, using the same design styling.
My previous mouse was the Kensington Slimblade Presenter Mouse. It’s a small, compact bluetooth mouse that looks good and works fine. However, it seems to eat through batteries like there’s no tomorrow. 
The Targus mouse feels more like a bar of soap in your hand — longer and taller than the Kensington. Getting it paired up with my Macbook Pro was effortless. However, the disc that came with it — to make use of the extra two side buttons — was unreadable. I had to use a Windows machine to grab the .dmg installation file.
Extra options
After installation into the System Preferences, you have to reboot. Then you can set those buttons to a variety of options; the default being forward and back in Safari, but you could set up AppleScripts to be triggered, or launch a specific application.
One of the biggest pluses for me was the “quick scroll” that is available in the four-way “touch scroll” button. It makes scrolling through long web pages a breeze! That “touch scroll” works well if you can get over the fact it’s more like a touch-pad than the standard scroll wheel on most mice.
Overall this seems like a good mouse for someone wanting to make use of bluetooth on their Mac, while getting extra functionality from the additional buttons and touch scroll. And, it has something the Kensington needed, an OFF switch!
Update 10/25/08: The scrolling on this mouse is sometimes a bit too much; it scrolls too fast, too far at times. Perhaps there’s a setting or button to help this. Also, the mouse is very particular as to WHERE you click on it. So, for me, when I type, then go to click with the mouse, I don’t always reposition myself in the correct position, ending up with some unexpected results, such as ending up with a right-click when I tried a standard left-click, or a side button when I was just trying to move it. I’m not sure if it’s a design problem or a (new) user problem yet.
Tags: accessories, mac, mouse
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Amazon has Snow Leopard Mac OS X version 10.6 (the upgrade to Leopard) available for pre-order on its site for $29. Their Free-Shipping option works even to Hawaii!
Amazon also has Windows 7 available for pre-order. Prices start at $119.99 for the Home Premium Upgrade, or $199.99 for the Professional Upgrade. The difference depends on the features you need, see this chart for more information.
