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Mac

An Irritating thing

September 30, 2011

With the new Lion changes were sure to happen, but –please– changing the direction of scroll on the trackpad or mouse?  I had gotten use to scrolling down to go down the page, and scrolling up to go up a page.  This was the way it was for on a PC, GNOME and it was [...]

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Using Things for a Move.

July 30, 2010

I am currently in the middle of a move from my House into an Apartment.  This has meant a big problem for me.  I am hiring people only to move big furniture, while I am moving the small stuff in my car.  I have Things for the iPhone and on my Mac as well.  I [...]

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Invoicing with Numbers

July 26, 2010

If you’re not using an accounting package, and your business is a Service, then you might be able to use Numbers’ Invoice Template.  This is not a replacement for a full-featured accounting package, but it might get you through.  After the break Using the Template to do business.

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Simple Check Register with Numbers 09

July 23, 2010

I’ve met a few people whose main accounting is their check register.  They don’t want or need a full-on personal finance system like Quicken, or Mint.com.  They want to enter their purchases and deposits and mark when checks have cleared.  What they want is an electronic check register.  After the break, a check register that might [...]

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Chronosync is up to 4.1

July 20, 2010

My favorite syncing app is up to 4.1.  If you own Chronosync, the upgrade is free.  Just $40 if you are new user.

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Why am I still using iWork?

July 20, 2010

After all the testing I use a lot of programs to help me do my work.  With all of these programs why do I still find myself using iWork?  I think I know the answer and I will discuss it after the break.

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I prefer Parallels.

July 19, 2010

A couple of weeks go I wrote about getting Ubuntu on your Mac and mentioned my preference for VMware Fusion in that regard.  I am now ready to tell you my preference for running Windows XP, after the break.

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Moving Pictures out of iPhone to the Mac

July 15, 2010

I am starting to use my iPhone as a camera more often.  Getting the images out through iTunes is a pain.  I like how my main camera has the eye-fi card.  Getting the images off of that is very easy, and I can control it.  How did I solve my iPhone Photo problem after the [...]

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Using Bento 3 to create an expense list

July 13, 2010

One of the more interesting things I have to do when I travel is keep track of my receipts.  I have a serious problem with all of the fiddly pieces of paper.  Expense tracking programs on the iPhone have a way of using the camera to take images of the receipts.  My solution to this [...]

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Running Ubuntu on a Mac

July 9, 2010

Being Linux + certified and teaching all things Unix/Linux I have to have access to a Linux environment.  I have a former PC that serves as my Linux Test Bed, but I got the idea of trying to install a linux Distribution on my Mac.  After the Break How I did it.

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