Comments on: Settling in with OS X http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/ a weblog from Andy Piper about technology, photography, and life Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:47:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Andy Piper http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-58437 Andy Piper Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:44:33 +0000 http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-58437 Evoreal team - thanks, I'm a long-term Linux user. I've yet to find a Linux desktop that is as nice as OS X, unfortunately, but I do swear by Linux for my servers. Evoreal team – thanks, I’m a long-term Linux user. I’ve yet to find a Linux desktop that is as nice as OS X, unfortunately, but I do swear by Linux for my servers.

]]> By: Evoreal Team http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-57939 Evoreal Team Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:37:57 +0000 http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-57939 linux is better ! linux is better !

]]> By: Andy Piper http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-29531 Andy Piper Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:15:47 +0000 http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-29531 Cool, thanks, I hadn't noticed that. I'll see how I get on with it. Cool, thanks, I hadn’t noticed that. I’ll see how I get on with it.

]]> By: Timothy Li http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-29530 Timothy Li Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:11:11 +0000 http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-29530 if you find the ctrl-click tedious for right clicks you can configure the mouse to give you a right click when you place two fingers on the trackpad and click. it's the third last option in the 'trackpad' config screen if you find the ctrl-click tedious for right clicks

you can configure the mouse to give you a right click when you place two fingers on the trackpad and click.

it’s the third last option in the ‘trackpad’ config screen

]]> By: Andy Piper http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-28396 Andy Piper Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:36:48 +0000 http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-28396 @Al your comment got held up by Akismet, but thanks for the links. I just opened a bunch of tabs to check out the majority of your suggestions. I'm not keen on Twitterific, it seems a bit too intrusive to me. IntelliJ... ha... Simon Brown used to wax lyrical about this one when we worked together, but I've never been keen - plus Eclipse is actually free, which helps. In terms of moving stuff to the web - cool - I agree that would be great, but I still have periods of significant offline time or where I just can't get a connection, so things like RSS readers I prefer to keep on the desktop. Maybe this will change over time. @Al your comment got held up by Akismet, but thanks for the links.

I just opened a bunch of tabs to check out the majority of your suggestions.

I’m not keen on Twitterific, it seems a bit too intrusive to me.

IntelliJ… ha… Simon Brown used to wax lyrical about this one when we worked together, but I’ve never been keen – plus Eclipse is actually free, which helps.

In terms of moving stuff to the web – cool – I agree that would be great, but I still have periods of significant offline time or where I just can’t get a connection, so things like RSS readers I prefer to keep on the desktop. Maybe this will change over time.

]]> By: James Governor’s Monkchips » links for 2007-03-20 http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-28230 James Governor’s Monkchips » links for 2007-03-20 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:33:34 +0000 http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-28230 [...] Settling in with OS X « The lost outpost Why on earth are we still publishing our software lives in unstructured media like blogs in this way? Its very helpful info but absurd we dont have a way to capture these declarations about infrastructure choices. Why is there no infrastructurescrobbler? (tags: declarativeliving) [...] [...] Settling in with OS X « The lost outpost Why on earth are we still publishing our software lives in unstructured media like blogs in this way? Its very helpful info but absurd we dont have a way to capture these declarations about infrastructure choices. Why is there no infrastructurescrobbler? (tags: declarativeliving) [...]

]]> By: Andy Piper http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-28228 Andy Piper Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:15:20 +0000 http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-28228 A-ha! the magic combination. Thanks. A-ha! the magic combination. Thanks.

]]> By: Shaun McDonald http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-28227 Shaun McDonald Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:52:52 +0000 http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-28227 There is a delete key: fn+backspace. There is a delete key: fn+backspace.

]]> By: Al http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-28208 Al Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:54:39 +0000 http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/settling-in-with-os-x/#comment-28208 Hi Andy here a few you might want to look at : Reader - Newsfire - http://www.newsfirerss.com/ (Although I have moved to Google's reader now) Editor - TextMate - http://macromates.com/ (Popular for developers particularly ruby devs) or even - Subetha edit - http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/ which has unique collaboration features diagrams - OmniGraffle - http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/ Twitter - Twitterific - http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific Fink - http://www.finkproject.org/ Music - Clutter - http://www.sprote.com/clutter/ Screen capture - Snapndrag - http://www.yellowmug.com/snapndrag/ IDE - IntelliJ - http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/ a non free alternative to eclipse with some nice features Carboncopycloner for local backups - http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html Many of these are pay for but are apps I have historically used a lot. Although recently I have moved more and more functionality over to the web. regards Al Hi Andy here a few you might want to look at :
Reader – Newsfire – http://www.newsfirerss.com/
(Although I have moved to Google’s reader now)
Editor – TextMate – http://macromates.com/
(Popular for developers particularly ruby devs)
or even – Subetha edit – http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/
which has unique collaboration features
diagrams – OmniGraffle – http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/
Twitter – Twitterific – http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific
Fink – http://www.finkproject.org/
Music – Clutter – http://www.sprote.com/clutter/
Screen capture – Snapndrag – http://www.yellowmug.com/snapndrag/
IDE – IntelliJ – http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/ a non free alternative to eclipse with some nice features
Carboncopycloner for local backups – http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

Many of these are pay for but are apps I have historically used a lot. Although recently I have moved more and more functionality over to the web.

regards
Al

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