I’m as excited as anyone about Leopard. In particular, Time Machine and Spaces. Time Machine because backups have to be automated and I’ve never investigated the options. Spaces because virtual desktop is the one thing I really, really, miss from Linux. I also have hopes that Spotlight will actually be worth using. And I know [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Apple'
Leopard Restraint
November 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment · SoftwareDev
Tags: Apple·Early Adopter·Leopard·Mac·OSX
How to share your Mac desktop (OSX 10.4 – Tiger)
July 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments · SoftwareDev
I had my first remote desktop sharing experience on a Mac yesterday. I needed to run a demo on my Mac for a remote user, and it turned out to be not all too challenging, once I worked out what software was required. All of it free and painless to set up for both parties.
Here’s [...]
Finger-Friendly Interfaces
June 27th, 2007 · No Comments · SoftwareDev
All the iPhone hype makes me wonder why so many smartphone/PDA apps still assume you’re using a stylus, when you probably lost it last month, left it at home, don’t have a hand free, or can’t be bothered pulling it out.
I, for one, welcome finger-friendly mobile UIs. Fat buttons please!
Tabbing, Terminals, and Apple’s Popup Bug
March 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment · SoftwareDev
Popup Bug
The most annoying thing about programming in OSX has now been fixed, finally. For years now, every time I want to switch tasks to an XTerm (under X11), it doesn’t work the first time. I have to choose it in the task switcher, then go back to my app, then go back to the [...]
The Switch to Linux Begins?
July 9th, 2006 · 1 Comment · General
A couple of high-profile bloggers (via Dion) make the switch from Apple to Linux and O’Reilly Radar wonders if it’s the starty of a trend. While I prefer working with Apple, I’m nonetheless an Ubuntu fan so I certainly hope this trend picks up. However, I wonder if people know what they’re getting into. In [...]
Tags: Apple·Freedbacking·Linux·Switch·Ubuntu
OSX Screenshot Script
December 27th, 2005 · 1 Comment · SoftwareDev
Let’s say you wanted to capture a few images for a fade effect, which means you need a sequence of rapid screenshots. Here’s a script I’ve been using:
i=0 ; while [ 1 ] ; do i=expr $i + 1 ; screencapture -C $i.png ; sleep 0.1; done
Hit ctrl-c to kill it, then [...]
Tags: Apple·Bash·OSX·Screenshot
