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Favorite Safari 5 Extension

July 30, 2010

Just installed the Google Reader for Snow Leopard extension and I have to say I like it. Give it a try here. An I really like being able to install and remove extensions with a browser restart.

I updated my MacBook Pro to Apple’s latest operating system Snow Leopard 10.6. This is how I did it and my install went fine. First, check to make sure any programs that you need are compatible or have been updated to work with 10.6. The best place I have found was this wiki http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/. I … More Snow Leopard Install

Events created in iPod Touch do not appear in iCal after syncing

March 10, 2009

I had the problem of when I added new events on my iPod Touch they would not show up in iCal after syncing. The quick fix for me was to open iSync, go to Preferences, then click the Reset Sync History… button. This resolved the issue for me. Hope this helps somebody else.

Developing for WordPress on a Macintosh

August 23, 2008

I’m helping a local church redesign their website. Since they are not programmers I thought the best approach would be to use wordpress so they can easily update the site. To develop the site I wanted to use my mac and this is how I set it up. Download XAMPP and WordPress. Install XAMPP, just use the … More Developing for WordPress on a Macintosh

iMovie 08

August 16, 2008

I have a Sony DCR-SR200 camcorder with a lot of home movies on it. I decided it was time to get the movies onto the computer to edit them and free up some space on the camcorders 40GB hard drive. Getting the movies into iMovie 08 is incredibly easy. Just launch iMovie and plug in the camcorder, … More iMovie 08

Komodo Edit vs. Textwrangler

March 26, 2008

I have used Textwrangler on my Mac since the day it was released free. I really do like Textwrangler, but I have been using Komodo Edit for awhile now and I like it. There are a couple of reasons I am using Komodo edit over Textwrangler these days. 1) Auto complete, Komodo Edit has auto … More Komodo Edit vs. Textwrangler

Leopard Upgrade

November 26, 2007

Well, I upgraded to Mac OS X 10.5. And I have to say I love it. For a person with limited memory capacity, I love the quick look feature. The upgrade went smooth except for one small glitch. First I used the excellent Carbon Copy Cloner to back a bootable backup of my entire hard … More Leopard Upgrade

Which Mac FTP Program?

April 28, 2007

A friend of mine, Shaun wanted to know of a Mac FTP program. I gave him two choices: Free and Not-Free. My free choice was Cyberduck. A very nice FTP client for free. Unlike the programmer of Cyberduck, I would prefer to have a pane that shows my local file structure. But you really can’t … More Which Mac FTP Program?