Tags : Mac OS X

Mac OS X Panther, FTP Applications

Web developers are the main users who will be familiar with the term “FTP”. The rest of you can stop scratching your nogg’ins now. ‘FTP’, stands forFile.Transfer.Protocol. Its used for exchanging files over the Internet. FTP works in the same way as HTTP for transferring Web pages from a server to a user’s browser and SMTP […]Read More

Mac OS X Panther, Using Mac OS X’s Built-In FTP

By far the world’s most affordable FTP client to ship with any computer. Mac OS X comes built-in with its own FTP client. Most mac switchers accustomed to adding on new abilities to their Windows rigs, will react similarly even after switching to a mac. Few will know that scouring the Internet and downloading the […]Read More

Mac OS X Panther, Using Stickies

Stickies have been around since Mac OS 9 and is quite a legacy for old school mac users. Sadly, stickies is another one of those applications that ships with every mac but yet, most mortals aren’t even aware that its in their mac. Its a shame really because in our daily lives our office desktop […]Read More

Keyboard Shortcuts, Shortcuts In The Finder Window

And today,… another mate asked about keyboard shortcuts. To be honest if you really want to learn to fly around on a mac, you have to know the keyboard shortcuts and then and only then will your mac life really take off! The first in a series of keyboard shortcut lists. Here are some common […]Read More

Mac OS X Panther, Formatting And Partitioning Hard Drives

Recently, someone asked me how to format and partition hard drives in Mac OS X and whether it could be done without purchasing any form of third party software. Well, the answer is, “I’ll show you” and “yes, it can be done.” Formatting System Hard Drive In Mac OS X First, a bit of general […]Read More

Setting Up Apple Airport Base Stations

Mack’s away, so Golem’s at play. Continuing from the WiFi series, here’s Golem’s down and dirty on setting up an Airport Base Station. In this article, I’ll deal with general setup and securing of your Airport Network. This article will be based on the older Apple Airport Base Station (Snow) but the principles are the […]Read More

Mac OS X Panther Enabling BCC Mail Headers In Apple

‘BCC’ or otherwise known as ‘Blind Carbon Copy‘ or ‘Blind Courtesy Copy‘ is a must-have if you’re working in any corporation or running your own business. Or simply, privacy conscious. By default Apple Mail doesn’t have BCC Headers activated and I faulted it for that fact for the longest time. New to the corporate-email-game? BCC Headers typically […]Read More

Mac OS X Panther Switching On Apple Safari’s Status Bar

n its default state Apple’s Safari’s Status Bar is switched off and most mac users continue using it that way for good spell. Despite this, the Status Bar serves as a good reference point when browsing or developing web pages. The Status Bar among other things, displays the target URL of links that your mouse […]Read More

Mac OS X Panther Quick Application Launch

If you’re new to mac this is a common workflow for quickly opening files in the desired applications without navigating through complicated folder menus. Here’s something that’s a little difficult to do in Windows that can be done on Mac OS X. If you have a file on your Desktop and you want to view/edit […]Read More

Setting Up Apple’s Bluetooth Keyboard And Mouse

Apple’s launch of their Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse was received with mixed feelings. Mac users looking forward to more freedom when interfacing with their macs welcomed this addition to the mac peripheral family but the constant requirement of replacing AA batteries eventually made these wonderful additions appear lacklustre and a chore to maintain. In a […]Read More