I was using my spotlight search this morning looking for a file that started with the word “thumb” and to my dismay, I was presented with a huge list of remainder Windows files all over my Mac. This was easily remedied, however, with a simple altered search but it brought up a good point. Have you ever wanted to get rid of a bunch of unnecessary Windows files on your Mac? With spotlight, it’s a cinch! Here’s what you do: [Continued]
I got an email yesterday with a little tip from Jon Deal. It’s a great little tip for iTunes + iPod. Thanks Jon for the great tip and thanks for helping make the community here at iBAM truly great! [Continued]
Apple says your MacBook battery, when new, is good for about 4 ½ hours. Of course, there’s some variability, depending on what you’re doing with the computer. Here are a few tricks to keep your battery from dying on a long flight or something: [Continued]
If you are switching to Mac, you’ll be impressed by Aqua. It’s the Graphic User Interface (GUI). Whereas Windows is all about applications, Mac is all about User Interface. The User is King or Queen in MacWorld, and everything about owning and using a Mac is directed toward the user’s experience.
Aqua is the overall look and feel of the user interface—the bright colors, layers, animation, transparencies, and the way programs are launched and used. The Mac OS X environment is very user-friendly and is designed to make life easy for Mac converts.
Everything about the GUI is customizable, including Aqua itself. If bright colors bug you, you can switch to the metallic gray-scale look of Graphite instead. The major components of the user interface are your Desktop, the Dock, Finder and the Menu Bar.
At the risk of making myself look like a complete noob once again, I am bearing my soul here in an effort to help someone else not willing to be as forthcoming as myself. I know that someone of my intelligence and experience should have discovered this LONG ago, but for some reason, it has completely eluded me. (Did I mention that I don’t claim to be a Mac expert by any stretch of the imagination?). Here’s the story… [Continued]
