Archives For OSX

How To Burn Lion To DVD From App Store

December 5, 2011 — 4 Comments

Doing a clean install of OSX Lion on my MacBook Pro!

OSX Lion Clean Install

So Lion has now been out since late July of this year and I have been slow to jump on board. My reluctancy has mostly come from being busy Mon – Fri at work and not wanting to lose productivity, and then not wanting to even open my laptop on the weekend. It’s always a process to reinstall / upgrade an operating system in any environment.

I’ve been trying to ease this burden more and more over the years by using applications such as dropbox, google apps, evernote and other syncing and cloud services. It does get easier but there is also the plethora of software suites and licensing fun and all that junk.

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Sparrow Mail Client

December 13, 2010 — 4 Comments

The New Mail for Mac

Sparrow is a minimalist piece of software for Mac OS X that allows you to seamlessly transition between multiple Gmail accounts. If you have ever used Tweetie on the Mac, and liked it, you will absolutely LOVE Sparrow.  Below is a quick video walk through of the coolness that isSparrow. Take it out for a test drive but remember, it is still in Beta. It is currently on the Beta 6 release, but so far I have been loving it like a Dairy Queen Blizzard.

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Valve Releases Steam Client for Mac OS X

May 20, 2010 — 1 Comment

Steam Client for Mac OSX

So after lots of rumors and speculation, Valve has released a Steam client for Mac OS X. Is this going to change the pros and cons in the future when determining what OS platform to select? Perhaps, especially since the vibe online is that there is a Linux client destined to be released sometime at the end of summer according to Phoronix.

I went ahead and downloaded the dmg file and installed Portal which they are offering for free right now. BONUS!. I actually have played it and so far loving where this is going. After downloading and copying over the application I went ahead and logged in to see my Macbook Pro connect natively for the first time.

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How To Create Custom Widget From a Web Clip (Pandora)

May 14, 2010 — Leave a comment

So there are those times you wish you could have a cool handy service on standby without logging into the website. Pandora is one of those services I use. I don’t use it often enough to pay for Pandora One although I am considering it just because I’d like to have more “skips”.

If you’ve ever wanted to have the “widget” feature without forking over the dough however, then watch the video I put together below for an example of how to make a custom widget. This process can also be used to really use any kind of web service and post it to your Mac OS X dashboard.

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