Recently I had an opportunity to get a free mobile broadband dongle from Orange as part of their so called Premier Service. Eagerly I phoned them and ordered the dongle, which arrived on my doorstep a few days ago. Immediately I opened the box and stuck the dongle into one of my MacBook Pro free [...]
How To Type The Hash (#) Symbol In Mac?
On November - 19 - 2009
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 [...]
Keyboard Shortcuts To Take Screenshot In Mac
On November - 18 - 2009
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 several [...]
Replicating QuickSilver Functionality in Windows Using Launchy
On April - 14 - 2009
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 [...]
