Last week’s mac techmail was Mind mapping with MindNode for the Mac. MindNode is a neat program that lets you do mind mapping, or drawing pictures to represent thoughts or plans or ideas. Mind mapping is quite popular, and with good reason as it gives you a visual representation of what you’re planning or thinking. MindNode comes in two flavours, the free and Pro versions. The Pro version has some good features, but the free version has been good enough for me.
Category Archives: OS X
Why don’t I have this much spare time?
Seems like I fill quite a few of these roles… so how come I don’t have all the spare time these guys do? Maybe I need to have a single role, so that instead of switching roles while one is “busy” I can have one role with blockers. Hmmmm….
Only one I’m missing from below is the 3D artist. But that’s ok. Cute comic though. =)
Handy screen locking tips for Mac
Last week’s mac tip was Handy screen locking tips for Mac. Unlike Windows or Linux, which have keyboard shortcuts to quickly lock the screen when you get up to grab a coffee or go to the bathroom, the Mac doesn’t. It has the same functionality, but you need to mouse over in order to do it (which, for people like myself, is a waste of a good keyboard). This tip tells you how to emulate the same (basic!) functionality in OS X.
My favorite Firefox extensions for Linux
Last week’s techmail was My favorite Firefox extensions for Linux which talks about a few of my favourite extensions for Firefox. Read the comments on the tip… I’ve already found another couple that I didn’t know about before that I’m going to have to try out. The one thing that keeps me using Firefox are the extensions for it. I might feel a little slow and clunky sometimes, but some of those extensions sure make up for it.
Safari 5 underwhelming, iPhoto speed-up tips
Falling a little bit behind here… the mac techmail from two weeks ago was Safari 5 boasts speed gains but real improvement is extensions which discusses the new Safari 5. My initial reaction to Safari 5 was “meh…”. Using it now for a few weeks, it’s ok. It’ll be more interesting when there are more extensions to use. Maybe my machine is too powerful to notice the JavaScript improvements. I’m sad there is no sandboxing feature for tabs. Safari 5 has me a bit underwhelmed.
Last week’s mac techmail was Clean up iPhoto to make it faster which looks at a few tips to make iPhoto run a little faster, particularly for people that have a lot of pictures.
Increase download speed with Aria2 utility
Last week’s techmail was Increase download speed with Aria2 utility which looks at an incredibly useful and cool file download client. Aria2 is unique because it can grab the same file from multiple sources: http, ftp, bittorrent. It can do it at the same time and then munge the resulting file back together. Makes downloading big files wicked fast. Multi-platform, so not just Linux.
