Tag Archive | "Windows"
How To Open Documents With Windows Applications On Mac OS (Using VMWare Fusion)
I love VMWare Fusion, because it allows me to run Windows applications on my Mac seamlessly. It gets to the point that I want some forms of documents to always open with Windows applications. For instance, I don’t like Mac Office, and would rather use Windows Office to open my Office documents. The problem was [...]
Continue reading...How To Print The List of Files in a Folder on the Mac
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Sometimes you just need to print out the list of files in a particular folder. While I was on Windows, sometimes I’d just take a screenshot of the folders’ contents, but when I had to print it out or when the folder’s contents were too much, I had to use a third-party software just to [...]
Continue reading...How To Remap Keyboard Keys In Windows (Such as the with Apple Keyboard)
Friday, July 2, 2010
I use the Apple bluetooth wireless keyboard, but I use it with my Windows computer, not a Mac. I love it though, and I think it’s the best bluetooth keyboard around – the problem is, while most keys generally work fine, certain keys are missing. For instance, on the Apple keyboard, the command key is [...]
Continue reading...How To Rotate Images or Pictures On Mac OSX
Friday, June 18, 2010
I was trying to rotate images on the Mac, and was getting annoyed at the apparent lack of functionality to do so. In Windows, you could rotate images in Explorer and in Windows Preview after you’ve opened up the file. On Mac OSX, the Preview app doesn’t come with the “rotate” buttons visible by default. [...]
Continue reading...How To Scroll Horizontally (Left and Right) in Mac OS
Saturday, June 12, 2010
This is something new to me, and something that I know doesn’t work in Windows XP. I was programming on my Macbook, when all the long, horizontal lines of code started bugging me. I had to click on the horizontal scrollbar and move the focus left and right, and I thought to myself, “Isn’t there [...]
Continue reading...Why I Chose To Switch To Mac OS Over Windows 7?
Sunday, May 23, 2010
So several people have asked me why I made the change to Mac OS, from being a Windows user for over 2 decades. Here’s why: 1. A more functional laptop I wanted a new laptop. I narrowed it down to a Lenovo, Sony or Macbook. 2 years ago, I wouldn’t even consider the Macbook, but [...]
Continue reading...How To Find Out What Network Adapter You Have
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
I run a virtualised copy of Windows XP with VirtualBox, and one thing that I couldn’t get running was the network adapter, or ethernet controller. There’s a free Windows program that helps you with this problem though: Everest. Download and install Everest, and it should tell you the manufacturer and model number of your card [...]
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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