When it comes to backing up your Mac, Apple has come up as usual with a shiny solution loved by some, hated by others, but pretty complete under my point of view: Time Machine (btw the name is also nice).
Nov 15
This is one of my favorite widgets and a must if you’re a control freak. iStat Pro is the widgetized version of iStat Menus, a system monitor app developed by the bjango.com crew. Seemingly I’m not the only one that loves this (and the rest) of iSlayer’s widgets (Bjango was known as iSlayer before 2009) as they claim that their apps have been dowloaded more than 25 million times.
Nov 11
Multiple displays normally implies resolution madness. It’s a headache for any OS to correctly display the image on different displays as it has to deal with multiple hardware configs at the same time that it has to deal with performance. Most issues you may face are related to resolution, what the display can support and what is our OS sending, but the most common problem is at the same time the most stupid of all: overscan.
Nov 09
Raise your hand if you, at some point, have tried to empty your trash and found yourself facing a funny message saying something like The operation can not be completed because the item “whatever” is in use… and then panicked around thinking that someone was remote controlling your Mac (well, that was sort of creative, lets say you just thought something wasn’t ok) The first thing we need to know is that if the system says that some files are in use the system is right, they’re in use (even if we are not using them)
Nov 07
If you want to password protect folders there’s a simple way to do it in Mac OS X. The best thing is that it’s native – no additional software needed – and the protection can be pretty strong. At the same time, your encrypted folders are portable and will be backed up by time machine or other backup software, as they are seen in the system as individual files (big files, but files at the end)
