Category Archives: Mac

ClarusX

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Kevin

ClarusX is a system utility that allows you to change the Mac OS X Mavericks page setup and print dialog icons (aka “boring guy”) to various dogcattle.   Long live Clarus.  Moof!    

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How Steve Jobs Almost Put A Little Man In Every Mac

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Kevin

This would have been awesome. “Mr. Macintosh is a mysterious little man who lives inside each Macintosh computer,” Jobs reportedly said. “He pops up every once and a while, when you least expect it, and then winks at you and … Continue reading →

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Thunderbolt vs USB 3.0 vs eSATA

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Kevin

Thunderbolt vs USB 3.0 vs eSATA | News | TechRadar eSATA delivers 3Gbps, with older eSATA 1.5 devices offering 1.5Mbps; USB 3.0, also known as Superspeed USB, goes up to 5Gbps; and Thunderbolt is a very respectable 10Gbps. As Intel … Continue reading →

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Get Save As back on Mountain Lion’s File menu easily and without hacks

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Kevin

This actually works! Get Save As back on Mountain Lion's File menu easily and without hacks | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

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Bad advice, c/o Michael Dell

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Kevin

Just saw this on Reddit; an article on CNET, circa 1997: Dell: Apple should close shop By Jai Singh Staff Writer, CNET News ORLANDO, Florida– When it comes to the state of Apple Computer, everyone has an opinion. And at … Continue reading →

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Brilliant XKCD today re: Steve Jobs

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Kevin

“The Eternal Flame”

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Restore “Bounce Message” functionality to OS X Lion Mail.app

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Kevin

For some reason, Apple decided to remove the ability to bounce email messages from the OS X Lion version of Mail.app UI. They did, however, leave the API exposed, and it can be called via AppleScript. Instructions on how to … Continue reading →

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Cathode – realistic terminal emulator for OS X

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Kevin

Very nice terminal emulator that realistically renders the whole terminal – reflection, high phosphor burn in, jitter, and interlacing. Reminds me of the computer lab at Canisius back in 1984.

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Clarus, the Dogcow

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Kevin

A bit of Apple history. From wikipedia: The dogcow, also known as Clarus the Dogcow, is a bitmapped image first introduced by Apple. It is the shape of a dog, originally created in 1983 as part of the Cairo font … Continue reading →

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The Real Mac vs PC Commercial

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Kevin
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