http://www.macswitching.com The resource to people switching to the Mac (and to MacLife altogether): Mac OS X integration, Mac-Windows interoperability, iPod and most Macintosh-related topics! Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:48:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let’s face it, when it comes to quick-and-dirty missions, there’s no better place than Terminal. Provided you know how to use it, what to use and which parameter to feed in, you can do almost anything… Take wget for example, that incidentally is not part of the standard stuff that Mac OS ... http://www.macswitching.com/index.php/2009/03/27/wget-a-must-for-all-mac-geeks/ Stop all rumors! Apple has just updated Mac Pro, iMac and Mac Mini (after a few hours of down-service for world-wide online Apple Store). Mac Pro -> new versions with 4- and 8-core, both with a redesigned interior, iMac -> four versions: from 20″ (now US$ 1,199) and three 24″ versions (all with ... http://www.macswitching.com/index.php/2009/03/03/apple-update-mac-pro-imac-and-mac-mini/ Long-tim friend and Mac-Guru Lux has just received his brand new MacBook Pro 17″ unibody and couldn’t stand booting anything but and 8 GB behemoth! Here’s the complete upgrage process, taking the unibody MacBook Pro 17″ from the out-of-the-box 4 GB RAM up to full 8 GB! [ for truth’s sake: Lux’s ... http://www.macswitching.com/index.php/2009/02/28/upgrading-to-8-gig-a-macbook-pro-17/ Have you been to Mars when Apple early this January announced the new MacBook Pro 17 unibody? Time to refresh your memory, since it’s now available! At first glance, you could easily mistake the new 17-inch MacBook Pro for its predecessor, the legendary 17-inch PowerBook G4 ( ; January 2006 ... http://www.macswitching.com/index.php/2009/01/27/macbook-pro-17-unibody-huge-powerful-and-available/ Some of you may still remember the 1984 tv-spot (still available here). The Macintosh 25th birthday comes in a moment critical for world economy at large, in a moment when iPods and iPhones are best known Apple products, yet the best moment for Mac OS X (still the best OS around) ... http://www.macswitching.com/index.php/2009/01/27/mac-turns-25-the-best-birthday-yet/ So far I read Rafe Needleman posts on Cnet News with much interest and somewhat agreed with his point of view. This time I don’t. His recent post Switcher’s lament: The case against Mac has several points that may ignite discussions from die-hard Mac lovers as well as from Mac-switchers. An example: iTunes ... http://www.macswitching.com/index.php/2009/01/11/a-mac-switching-that-didnt-worked-but-i-dont-agree/ Still have to sort out all stuff that’s been announced yesterday. In a nutshell: Apple MacBook Pro 17″ with unibody, 8-hour battery (even though non user-replaceable) and up to 8 GB RAM (!!!) iLife ‘09 which, along with all updates, introduces an interesting Garageband feature: music school lessons with the best artist around! iWork ... http://www.macswitching.com/index.php/2009/01/07/macworld-2009-a-few-new-yet-cool-things-introduced/ An alternative to iTunes, VLC and, maybe, the new Songbird from Mozilla: Vox comes in quite handy when you need to play an album without the need for importing into iTunes. Free, lightweight and functional: Vox sports a minimalistic look, doesn’t rely on the same Quicktime codecs and therefore allows playback ... http://www.macswitching.com/index.php/2009/01/03/vox-a-free-lightweight-audio-player-for-mac-os-x/ Happiness is a warm Mac mini pie! Check here for more! http://www.macswitching.com/index.php/2008/11/28/mac-mini-pie/ Adobe Systems announced the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product family, a milestone release of the industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow. Delivering radical workflow breakthroughs that bring down the walls between designers and developers and packed with hundreds of feature innovations the new Creative Suite 4 ... http://www.macswitching.com/index.php/2008/09/28/adobe-creative-suite-4-photoshop-cs4-and-photoshop-cs4-extended-unveiled/ The new LaCie Network Space, designed by Neil Poulton, is a networked attached storage (NAS) and media server aimed squarely at the home user and small office use and is available in capacities of 500 gigabytes to 1 terabyte. The LaCie Network Space is a full-featured home server utilizing Gigabit Ethernet ... http://www.macswitching.com/index.php/2008/09/22/lacie-network-space-ethernet-central-storage-multimedia-sharing-and-much-more/ … and you better not disagree! “Chuck talks, you listen!” We all know that behind Walker Texas Ranger’s beard only lies another roundhouse kick (almost a copyright on its own)… Now you can have all best facts & trivia about Chuck Norris right on your Dashboard with this widget! Check here the developer’s website ... http://www.macswitching.com/index.php/2008/09/18/chuck-norris-hits-your-mac/