Fluid.app rocks my world

21 June, 2008 (20:45) | , , | No comments

In today’s connected world, more and more of our life is spent online, using various websites day in day out. Be it social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook or Flickr, we can have numerous tabs open in our browsers all the time. Wouldn’t it be neat if they were stand alone apps?
Well […]

10.5.3 - Better Spaces

4 June, 2008 (00:05) | , , , | 1 comment

For those of you that didn’t notice, 10.5.3 included a new space feature, which is very handy.

The new tick box in the Spaces options allows you to do, as it says on the tin really, ‘when switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application’.
I’ve never really used Spaces, but […]

xMod - gets under the skin of Leopard

3 June, 2008 (23:23) | , , , | 3 comments

I‘m a tweaker. I admit it. I take something that works perfectly well, and usually break it when trying to do something that really doesn’t need doing.
With this in mind it will come as no surprise that I like to play with OS settings. THe only thing better than that? […]

Why I love Time Machine

31 May, 2008 (00:27) | , , , , , | 1 comment

Before I get into my little story from the last 24 hours, let me first say this: I don’t do backups. Well, I should say I didn’t do backups. Leopard’s Time Machine has changed that, and this is why….

Yesterday I decided it would be a good idea to update OS X to 10.5.3. […]

Inquisitor 3 For Safari Released

15 May, 2008 (10:16) | , , , | 1 comment

For those of you that use Inquisitor with Safari, 3.1 (Build 54) was released this morning.
Its improvements include: improved performance, simplified process for switching search providers and the affiliate links have been removed.
It can be downloaded from the Inquisitor site, but if you already use it, you will get a pop-up message prompting […]

Free App: YouTube Video Downloader

13 May, 2008 (22:53) | , , | 2 comments

I‘m having a bit of a YouTube revival at the moment. It seems everything I’m either researching ready for buying, or just finding information for the site, YouTube is proving of use. Yes it’s also a haven for some complete rubbish, but if you look hard enough there’s some little gems too.
The […]

New version of parallels to support Vista..

11 May, 2008 (14:22) | , , , , | No comments

As the title really!

Parallels, Inc. yesterday released a new version of its flagship virtualization app Parallels Desktop (3.0.5600), which includes support for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3. It also fixes some kernel panic issues, unusually high CPU usage, and provides improvements to Shared Folders.

Parallels allows Macs with Intel processors to run Windows apps […]

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