Nov 30
The best Bible Software for Macintosh in the original Languages is Accordance, it will set you back about US$200.
A cheap good version just to read, do searches in, and paste into your wordprocessing documents is Online Bible. It’s free but to get the NIV, NASB etc it will set you back US$80 to get the CD.
Here is a good overview of verse pasting software for mac.
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Oct 04

I use bluehost.com to host the macintoshhowto.com site and I run wordpress to run the site. Here’s how to set up wordpress on bluehost! Continue reading »
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Tagged with: blog • hosting • macintoshhowto
Sep 30
You probably know about Apple-C ‘copy’ and Apple-V ‘paste’ – but have you ever wanted to copy two things then paste them both? (Eg a username and a password) Or what about wanting to go back to that thing you copied 5 copies ago and paste it again… Enter Jumpcut. Continue reading »
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Tagged with: productivity • timesavers • utilities
Sep 28

I’m not sure why Apple has never included an ‘autosave’ into Pages or other software for that matter. If you accidentally shut the document without saving, or if the program crashes, you can lose a lot of work. I get very absent minded while I am working, and can sometimes go for an hour or two without remembering to save. Foreversave Lite is a free app that adds autosave to any OS X program. It has lots of different options too. Continue reading »
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Tagged with: autosave • pages
Aug 27

There was a knock on the door at 10 past 8 this morning – it was the Snow Leopard delivery man. I live in Dubbo, NSW, 6 hours drive from Sydney. Snow Leopard arrived on my doorstep at 10 past 8! I can’t believe Apple’s efficiency!
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Tagged with: OS-X • speech-regognition
Apr 25
If you keep getting sent .docx files and can’t open them in Word 2004, Microsoft have a free converter available here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6B9238E1-CF69-48C4-BF2D-C4A8ACEEE520&displaylang=en
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Apr 18

1. To integrate things and ical, look here. This will put all your things next and today items into ical.
2. To integrate mail with things, use this script. Place it in your mail scripts folder (User/Library/Scripts/Applications/Mail), or put it anywhere and use the free beta version of Mail Act on from here or you can download the latest full verion from here). It will take the current email and turn it into a things todo without you even leaving mail.
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Tagged with: GTD • productivity
Apr 07

I’ve had a few goes at getting a browsing pack for a Telstra pre-paid iphone, it took a while for Telstra to work out how to get it going, here’s how to do it. Continue reading »
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Tagged with: iphone • Next-G • telstra
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