Switch to MacBook Pro and OS X
A couple months ago I bought my first Mac computer with the release of the new MacBook Pros. The new machine is beautiful and the switch to OS X from Windows has been primarily positive overall.
There were a few things from Windows that I greatly missed, but I found solutions which worked:
Make Safari open new windows in new tabs (especially links in Gmail messages), just like Firefox: http://hetima.com/safari/stand-e.html
My Bluetooth Mouse was extremely difficult to use with the OS X mouse acceleration settings. Fortunately after trying several options I found a program that fixed the problem for me: http://www.usboverdrive.com/
Create “new document” context menu option in Finder to create a quick way to make a new Word document or Text document in a specific folder: http://www.growlichat.com/NuFile.php
Combine multiple buddy lists into one in iChat: http://www.ksuther.com/chax/
Quickly lock your computer like Windows Key + L: http://www.gkoya.com/2006/11/23/locktight-for-mac-os-x-intel/
Jesse Lamb said,
February 14, 2009 @ 11:14 pm
Some other mac gems, (some/most of which you’ve probably already discovered):
-quicksilver (extensible launcher, freeware)
-growl (system notification agent, freeware)
-TextMate (decent one-size-fits-all text editor with rudimentary IDE features, commercial)
-Caffeine (TaskBar app to prevent sleep with one click, freeware)
-AppZapper (uninstaller, commercial/cheap)
-Carbon Copy Cloner (backup/cloning software, freeware)
-JollyFastVNC (great vnc client, freeware)
-DiskWarrior (to repair HFS volumes, commercial)
-Transmit (FTP client)
-Pacifistic (package browser/installer)
Hope you’re enjoying the laptop.
-Jesse Lamb
P.S.- Not sure if you’ve heard my name, but we know a lot of the same people at UF.