Too Geek To Be True

If you are, like me, leaving the Windows world and just starting to learn how to use Mac using the MacBook (Pro), you would quickly arrive to a realization that some of the keys on the keyboard are not where they used to be.
One of these keys is, as a matter of fact, missing from [...]

One thing I love about Mac OS X (compare to Windows) is the fact that it has a substantial built-in support for taking screenshot from the get go! Unlike Windows which has only two screenshot shortcuts, i.e. PrtScn (to take the whole screen) and Alt+PrtScn (to take the active window), Mac OS X has [...]

As a Windows User whom recently ‘converted’ to Mac, I am used to do a certain things the Windows way.  One thing that is for me a very fundamental functionality in Windows is if you press the Enter key in Windows Explorer, it will either open a highlighted folder/file, or run a highlighted program.
But, of [...]

Normally if you look at your Finder, the column ’size’ for folders will show ‘-’. Occasionally, for example when you want to see which folders take up the most space so you can free them up, you would want to see the size of those folders.
So, here is how to do that:
1. On the [...]

If you’ve just started using Mac, you would be mad if you don’t use Quicksilver, especially if you are a keyboard geek and if you think using a mouse is only for whimps!
Quicksilver, first and foremost, is a ‘keystroke app launcher‘.  Here is a basic explanation of what it does (from the documentation):
When opened, it [...]