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Mac Tips

1 CommentMay 24, 2008

Every PC user switching to a Mac should see Dan Rodney’s list of Mac-related symbols and keys, as well as LifeHacker’s superb guide to the Mac for PC immigrants. Particularly helpful tidbits: In Firefox for Mac, use Control+Tab/Control+Shift+Tab to toggle between tabs. This is similar to the inteface on the PC, except that the Mac [...]

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Slip Sliding Away

Leave a commentMay 23, 2008

I’m still in the honeymoon phase. I just discovered that I could add Phit as a widget in the Mac Dashboard and play it any old time just by touching a button. Now that’s good mashup. Last night I discovered what Apple means when it talks about an “always on” policy, and again it has [...]

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Speech Impediment

Leave a commentMay 22, 2008

I just played my first round of chess on my new MacBook using only my voice. The Mac has amazing speech input support. I can make chess moves just by calling them out—”Computer, pawn at e2 to e4.” And I’m thinking, “Why have I never used speech input on my PC?” So I click the [...]

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iPhit: Porting Phit to the iPhone

Leave a commentMay 22, 2008

This week I start a new project. I’m porting Phit to the iPhone. The FedEx man just dropped off my new MacBook—my first foray into Mac. Liam uses them at school, so he initiated me. He showed me the button on the bottom of the Mac that tells the battery life. He helped me figure [...]

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