Category Archives: switch

Open Office 3.0 Beta

Open Office 3.0 Beta is now available for Mac. It is of note because, previously, to run Open Office on the Mac required X11 plug-in and, frankly, felt too clunky, slow and buggy to use. Even though Open Office 3.0 … Continue reading

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Smug, Perfectionist Mac Users

A survey conducted on 7500 people attending Macworld this last January found that Mac users are: less modest, and more assured of their own superiority than the population at large.  This story, so called ‘survey,’ must die.  It originally gained … Continue reading

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Windows Collapsing on Itself?

I watched about a year ago as a lawyer was forced to switch his time and billing from a legacy DOS operation into Windows XP because staff could no longer print billing invoices. I may be an ‘early adopter’ for … Continue reading

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Journler… but not journaling.

  Don’t Let The Name Fool You. The name ‘Journler’ doesn’t do justice for what can be done with this software. Although originally designed as a journaling application, the scope of data which this little application can handle goes way beyond … Continue reading

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Game On.

Journler 2.5.4 is out of beta and has gone live. This beautiful program includes tagging, categorization, smart folders etc etc etc. MacLitigator has been using this program for sometime and keep your eye here for the complete details on how to … Continue reading

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Maximize A Minimized Window.

One of the frustrating things about switching was that doing the alt-tab thing didn’t work on Macs. First, you need to quit using the alt key and switch to the Command key (squiggle). Second, if the window you are tabbing … Continue reading

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Leopard Slickness.

In addition to Vista hate, Mac OS X Leopard’s new ‘help menu highlight’ feature makes switching so much more enticing for shortcut hounds. Where Tiger often left switchers poking around in menus, hunting for that quick way to print, switch … Continue reading

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Switch Hitter Help

Moving from Windows to OS X? The Unofficial Apple Website points out OSXhelp “Insanely Simple tutorials for the first time Macintosh user.” According to TUAW, the site should be of great help in explaining all those little things experienced users … Continue reading

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