By default in VMware Fusion, the Virtual Machine Menu Option lists the “Soft” Power Commands and you need to hold down the Alt/Option Key to display the “Hard” Power Commands that will let you power off or reset the VMware Fusion Session, even when the VM is powered on. Thanks […]
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DropBox – Online Sync, Backup for Multiple Computers
I posted this over on my company’s blog, but wanted to link to it from here too. It’s a great program that allows you to sync files across multiple PC’s, plus access the files on the web (either protected with a password, or not through a special web link). A […]
Editing Your Published Website with MS Expression
This lesson will describe how to edit your website that has already been published with Microsoft Expression Web. Start MS Expression Web Start MS Expression Web by double clicking on the desktop item or by going to your Start/Windows logo button, All Programs, Microsoft Expression Web, Microsoft Expression Web link. […]
Watch and Use Hulu, iTunes and TV Networks Outside the US
Here’s a free program/service that I found off “A New Mac Tip Everyday” Blog to help everyone who’s ever tried to watch iTunes, Hulu or the websites from the TV Networks (NBC, ABC, Fox, etc) from outside the US. If you are outside the US, all of the sites mentioned […]
Mint.com – Free Personal Finance Service
With everyone probably watching their $$$ a little more closely these days, I thought I’d share this helpful website. I signed up (for free) at www.mint.com, not thinking that I would use it much as I use Quicken for all my personal finances (bills, bank accounts, etc) but I’ve found […]
iTunes Now DRM Free – Convert Your Songs Without the Cost
Apple (at Macworld this week) announced that iTunes will no longer “protect” their music with Digital Rights Management (DRM). Now they even give you an option to upgrade the songs that you’ve already purchased in the past to the new DRM Free version (it’s under the far right side in […]
Google Picasa Released for Mac!
Ask any of my family or friends, and they’ll tell you that I always recommend Picasa to help manage pictures and Picasa Web Albums to help share them. Only problem was Picasa was only available on Windows and Linux. Well now it’s available on the Mac platform as well! Additional Info: http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2009/01/picasas-macworld-debut.html […]
How-To: Print to a Shared Vista (or XP) Printer from Mac
I found an awesome How-To for printing to a Vista (or XP) machine from my Mac (running Leopard). I’ve always wondered why I couldn’t get my printer on my XP machine at home to print from my Mac. After following these directions, it worked perfectly! http://forums.mactalk.com.au/20/64337-how-print-leopard-vista-printer.html
Screenshot Program for Mac, Awesome Manual Creation Program
Here’s a great freeware program for taking screenshots on your Mac (and from the few that I’ve done so far, it works better than the built in screen capture included in Leopard): http://projects.digitalwaters.net/index.php?q=instantshot Now, here’s a really awesome program, available for Mac and Windows. It’s called ScreenSteps, website located here: […]
Using a Network Share for Apple Time Machine
I found these useful articles about using a network share with Apple Time Machine (Apples built-in backup feature). http://rajeev.name/blog/2007/11/03/time-machine-with-smb-and-nfs-shares/ http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5918065� There appears to be some issues with using a network share once it runs out of space, as the backups are not pruned correctly from what I can tell from […]