Category Archives: Mac
ClarusX
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!
How Steve Jobs Almost Put A Little Man In Every Mac
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
Thunderbolt vs USB 3.0 vs eSATA
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
Get Save As back on Mountain Lion’s File menu easily and without hacks
This actually works! Get Save As back on Mountain Lion's File menu easily and without hacks | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog.
Bad advice, c/o Michael Dell
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
Brilliant XKCD today re: Steve Jobs
“The Eternal Flame”
Restore “Bounce Message” functionality to OS X Lion Mail.app
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
Cathode – realistic terminal emulator for OS X
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.
Clarus, the Dogcow
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