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The power of the power button! (or eject key)

You might wonder what to do with that Eject key on your Mac keyboard, now that drives with ejectable media are gone... or you may not use your power key to its full potential... Personally, I've been using Ctrl + Eject or Ctrl + Power (depending on…...

July 21, 2014 · 2 min · François Planque

Parallels Desktop 7 with Retina resolution - FAIL! (Screenshots)

Parallels has recently announced in a video that their virtualization solution Parallels Desktop for Mac now "takes full advantage of the Retina Display on a Mac". That sounds awesome, but it's not true. It's actually pretty much a lie! :(...

July 17, 2012 · 3 min · François Planque

How to quickly resize pictures on Mac OS X

Oftentimes you want to email some pictures or upload them to a website but your image files are actually too large. I have put together a small Automator App that makes it as easy as 1-2-3 ;)...

August 11, 2011 · 2 min · François Planque

Upgrading all Macs to SSD

I recently ordered an SSD drive from OWC and proceeded to replace the stock drive on my good old MacBook Pro (one of the first unibody series). The process was actually easier than I originally thought: just connect the new drive using an universal dri…...

August 10, 2011 · 3 min · François Planque

Mac Mini 2011 Hard Drive Speed

As a followup to my Mac Mini 2010 Hard Drive Speed rant, I went to the Apple Store today to check what's up with the Mac Mini 2011... Apparently, the Nvidia chipset has been replaced with an Intel chipset that is now capable of 6 Gigabit/second transfe…...

August 7, 2011 · 2 min · François Planque

Things to finally offer cloud based sync

Things on the Mac is my favorite GTD style to-do list manager. Their major drawback though, was lack of decent sync between multiple devices. Well, they finally acknowledged the issue and promise cloud based sync to be available in a few months. In th…...

January 20, 2011 · 1 min · François Planque

Mac OS X Lion Full Screen Apps on multiple displays?

As showcased in Steve Jobs "Back to the Mac" presentation today, I welcome the trend towards full screen apps on the Mac. Having windows of different apps overlapping was just a daily receipe for A.D.D. waiting to happen... However the one thing I'm co…...

October 21, 2010 · 3 min · François Planque

Mac Mini 2010 Hard Drive Speed

I was looking into upgrading my 2006 Mac Mini (serving as a media server) with a 2010 model, just to get a bigger hard drive... and also a faster one! Now, according to this guy, the Mac Mini 2010 still comes with a stinky slow old SATA-1 drive, just a…...

August 20, 2010 · 3 min · François Planque

How to control fan speed & noise on the mac pro

Did you know there were actually 5 different fans inside a Mac Pro (early 2009 version)? They are named Intake, Exhaust, BoostA, PCI and Power Supply! By default, all of them turn pretty slowly; in the 600 to 850 rpm range! Which makes the whole thing pr…...

August 9, 2009 · 4 min · François Planque

How do I sync my macs?

If you have multiple macs (and an iPhone), mobile.me is a must have, of course, but it only syncs so much... basically: Address book Calendar Mail (but I'm using IMAP anyways) Safari bookmarks System preferences mobile.me does not auto-sync:…...

August 5, 2009 · 3 min · François Planque