Apple Reports Third Quarter Results

Post by shriphani » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 6:15 PM UTC

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Some things I really like and some I really hate. Overall though I like it (Macbook Pro 13" base model - no upgrades). I don't know why but I thought it would load applications faster than it does. Though, the overpowered Dell I bought last December is even slower. Why do I have this feeling my Mac should load applications faster? I don't know. I don't like traversing the file system in the Mac. Perhaps its familiari…

command-shift-n to create a new folder even in a save dialog. command-shift-g to quickly go to a filesystem path (supports tab completion. It's unix filesystem, so ~/ == your home directory. ~/Doc[tab] will take you to your Documents folder, etc). As for speed - RAM upgrade and an SSD make all the difference in the world (as they would for windows as well). Oh, also, if you're new to the mac, you might need some of t…

Post by aforty » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 8:35 PM UTC

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Don't forget: Native shortcuts to take various screenshots (unrelated to anything, but so useful and cool): http://guides.macrumors.com/Taking_Screenshots_in_Mac_OS_X * Sparrow http://sparrowmailapp.com/ - Gmail done right * TextWrangler http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ - Best text editor, for any purpose and free * Pixelmator http://www.pixelmator.com/ - Mac equivalent of Paint.NET except it's not fre…

Regarding the screenshots, I find that 90% of the time I'm taking screenshots it's to show somebody something, so I really like CloudApp. (getcloudapp.com) You do the usual shift-cmd-4, but instead of copying the screenshot to the clipboard it uploads it to their service and copies a link to the clipboard. On top of that, their site is really clean.