How to get the Best Free OS X software

Posted 1 week, 1 day ago at 7:15 am. 9 comments

Here’s a list of some programs that you can download for free from versiontracker.com or find via a google search to supplement the software that comes with your mac. Continue Reading…

How to back up your computer

Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago at 7:24 pm. 7 comments

To make a backup of your computer that is useful if your computer crashes you need to:

1.   1. Buy an external firewire hard drive
2.   2. Format the hard drive
3.   3. Download some backup software
4.   4. Backup your Hard Drive
5.   5. Run the backup software often

Now let me explain those steps in more detail.
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How to clean up your ‘Open With’ Menu

Posted 8 months, 1 week ago at 2:02 am. 1 comment

This one is quite an advanced tip.
If you right-click on a file you get a little menu, and if you select ‘open with’ you get a list of all the programs you can open a file with.
After a while of installing new versions of programs, this list can become quite long! Continue Reading…

Switching to OS X

Posted 2 years, 6 months ago at 8:23 pm. 1 comment

Switching to OS X from a PC is a big change, It’s a big enough change going from OS9 to OS X. So here are a some of my random thoughts on the transition. Continue Reading…