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Essential Mac Apps
The best part about Macs is the ease of upgrading to new hardware. In the old Windows days, an upgrade to new hardware meant hours lost reinstalling applications, hunting down serial number and praying to the software licensing gods that … Continue reading
Awkward Breakup
A call came in the other day. “Hey Pete, it’s Jerry.” “Um…..” “Jerry Raster… I used to work on the network and your computers at your office?” “Oh! Hey Jerry, what’s up?” “Well, I hadn’t heard from you in a … Continue reading
DockView Shows App Thumbnails
Jealous of Windows 7′s ‘thumbnails’ that show up when the mouse hovers over an app on the task bar? DockView offers the same functionality, and more, for Mac OS X. This great little app is only $7.99 and is free … Continue reading
3 Reasons to Join MILO
MILO is the Google Groups forum “Macs In Law Offices.” Recently, there have been three really great posts by users on that forum. You can tether an iPhone to your Mac for internet access over the 3G network without hacking … Continue reading
Switch Resources
If you are one of the lucky folks making the switch to Mac by way of a gift this year, you might want to check out these two really great resources. First, The Unauthorized Apple Weblog has a great line … Continue reading
A Gripe and A Fix.
Part of the Apple experience comes from aesthetics. The hardware to the software all look so good and make interfacing with a computer a more human experience, less geeky and, I believe, makes work more enjoyable… of course a stable … Continue reading
Format A USB Drive
Mac OS X, despite being one of the most intuitive and user friendly OSes on the planet, adopts a very obtuse procedure when it comes to formatting a USB drive. Every single time you get a new USB drive it … Continue reading
Case Analysis Using Journler – The Alternative Approach
Response to using the Applescript for Case Analysis led to some, ummm, issues to say the least. Some people don’t like the Applescript solution because it requires a full license for Adobe Acrobat Pro, others just can’t get the script … Continue reading
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
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