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Get the best bit of Win7 on your Mac

Oliver Haslam — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:22:04 +0000

This little piece of software was my pick on last night’s IMP Live, and it’s so good I thought I would share it on here for those that may have missed it.
Before I do though, I want to take a minute to remind you all about what IMP [...]

100 uses for Evernote

Oliver Haslam — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:39:26 +0000

I’ve been using Evernote on and off for a good while now, but one of the problems I have is I don’t have any real use for it. For me, Evernote is very much one of those apps that, while exceedingly cool, I just don’t use. It’s a [...]

Boot Camp error: Files cannot be moved

Oliver Haslam — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:24:47 +0000

Now before I write this post I’d like to apologise to Steve Jobs for installing Windows an my MacBook. Yes I know I may well rot in hell.

With that out of the way, here’s what I found myself fighting with before the install.

Now I’d not tried Boot Camp before, so this [...]

Put your tabs back where the should be in Safari 4 beta

Oliver Haslam — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:43:45 +0000

I’m not going to go through all the bells and whistles Safari 4 brings to the table, that’s been done to death all over the internet. Instead, what I do offer you is a way to get around what according to Twitter is the main reason [...]

Video 2: More app launching

Oliver Haslam — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:28:01 +0000

I’ve done another video of me launching yet more applications using the SSD,mainly because I wanted to try out some screencasting software for a future post !

On a related note, are there any particular file operations, or application launches people want to see? Let me know in the comments and I’ll do [...]

Video: Applications launching with the SSD

Oliver Haslam — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:22:10 +0000

I’ve had a few requests for a video showing off how quickly my MacBook launches a few apps with the OCZ SSD so thought (original post here) I’d throw up a quick and dirty effort for your viewing pleasure.

The applications are Safari, Mail, Evernote and iCal, all launched after a reboot.

Vid after [...]

Mac Pro Ultra Mini shows Apple how it SHOULD be done !

Oliver Haslam — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:34:45 +0000

Along with a Mac netbook, a more powerful Mac Mini is the most wished for addition to the Mac lineup, especially for people like me who just don’t need a Mac Pro and already have a large screen making the iMac a waste of time.

Enter the Mac Pro Ultra Mini. A [...]

SmartSleep – a better way to control your Mac’s sleeping

Oliver Haslam — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:53:01 +0000

A few days ago I posted about a Terminal command that allowed users to customize how OS X handles a machine going to sleep. The method worked, but wasn’t the most elegant of solutions. Reader ‘der Dennis’ wrote in the comments about a PrefPane alternative called SmartSleep so I tootled off to the [...]

Who needs to spend £500 on an SSD ?

Oliver Haslam — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:26:14 +0000

Anyone who follows me on Twitter will know how I’ve been a little obsessed with my MacBook’s hard drive over the last week or so. For everyone else, allow me to recap….

A few days after getting my shiny new 2008 MacBook home, I noticed a sound coming from the area where the HDD [...]

Exploding notebook batteries ftw

Oliver Haslam — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:21:26 +0000

After reading this I’m now sat looking at my MacBook and considering buying a fire extinguisher !

This thread over on the Macrumors forum explains how one unlucky owner had the battery in his MacBook Pro EXPLODE ! Now that’s never a good thing !

I’ve never actually seen one go bad to [...]