Friday, December 29, 2006
Safari Alternative: Firefox
Finally, I used Firefox in addition to Safari.
May be I don't know how to set it up properly!
I don't know why Safari seems to be loaded faster than Firefox!
Yes, I have to admit that Firefox has similar Graphic Interface as
Safari but more features!
With Firefox, I can block some unknown cookies/sites to be loaded in
my browser.
Safari should have had this feature in its next upgrade.
May be I don't know how to set it up properly!
I don't know why Safari seems to be loaded faster than Firefox!
Yes, I have to admit that Firefox has similar Graphic Interface as
Safari but more features!
With Firefox, I can block some unknown cookies/sites to be loaded in
my browser.
Safari should have had this feature in its next upgrade.
Monday, October 02, 2006
Places to learn Mac OS X faster
I find two useful Apple web sites that you can learn Mac OS X faster as follows:
http://www.apple.com/support/find/
(Click on Support Menu for your Mac!)
and
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/
http://www.apple.com/support/find/
(Click on Support Menu for your Mac!)
and
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/
How to monitor your system resources
On Mac OS X Tiger, there is a very good utility called Activity Monitor ,which
monitors all system resources. We all know that there is a rush hour for internet
when almost everyone is on the internet.
By using this utility,you can avoid this traffic jam by examining the network traffic!
It works similar to the TaskManager for PC!
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Why I prefer Safari to Firefox?
Like other web browsers such as Mozilla, Firefox, ..., etc, Safari suffers from
web sites that doesn't work properly with it because Internet Explorer/Netscape
are two most popular web browsers.
To most people, Firefox has more feathers than Safari and more compatiable!
However, I stick to Safari when I switched from PC to Mac. Otherwise, whoever
maintain the Web site will never know that there is a growing Mac population
and will never get around to fixing the Web site.
Government branches and Commerical institutions such as banks, insurance companies,
mutual funds companies, on-line stock brokers, ...,etc will fix their web sites if you use
Safari.
Whenever you can, use either Safari alone or Safari and Firefox in turn, so you
do a favour to others in future!
web sites that doesn't work properly with it because Internet Explorer/Netscape
are two most popular web browsers.
To most people, Firefox has more feathers than Safari and more compatiable!
However, I stick to Safari when I switched from PC to Mac. Otherwise, whoever
maintain the Web site will never know that there is a growing Mac population
and will never get around to fixing the Web site.
Government branches and Commerical institutions such as banks, insurance companies,
mutual funds companies, on-line stock brokers, ...,etc will fix their web sites if you use
Safari.
Whenever you can, use either Safari alone or Safari and Firefox in turn, so you
do a favour to others in future!
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
How to clean deleted widgets left over
Actually, when you delete an unused widget from Dashboard by clicking
Manage Widgets ... followed by another click on minus sign next to the
widget, there are still junk files such as Cache/Preference files left over!
To clean it up, go to Library and under Cache/Preference to identify these
junk files and delete them.
If you find your Mac is getting a bit slow, it is worthwhile to do so!
Manage Widgets ... followed by another click on minus sign next to the
widget, there are still junk files such as Cache/Preference files left over!
To clean it up, go to Library and under Cache/Preference to identify these
junk files and delete them.
If you find your Mac is getting a bit slow, it is worthwhile to do so!
Sunday, September 24, 2006
How to trace IP address on a Mac
In Mac OS X Tiger, there is a very powerful program called Network Utility which can
gathers information about Web sites and network users.
It has a few tools working similarly as Ping/Pathping/Tracert on PC, and
Whois from McAfee/Zonelab product!
Friday, September 22, 2006
How to decompress compressed file in Mac
In Mac OS X Tiger, you can create/decompress a .zip file without
using any third party program.
However, for compressed file other than .zip such as
.sit / .sea / .hqx / .sit.hqx / .bin / .mme , etc ...,
you need a small program called StuffIt Expander,
a free download from www.stuffit.com!
It works similar to WinZip on PC!
using any third party program.
However, for compressed file other than .zip such as
.sit / .sea / .hqx / .sit.hqx / .bin / .mme , etc ...,
you need a small program called StuffIt Expander,
a free download from www.stuffit.com!
It works similar to WinZip on PC!
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
How to clean disk space on your Mac
Mac OS X Tiger comes with a very good utility called Disk Utility,
which can repair, clean, restore hard drive.
Click on Finder Icon, choose Applications, under Utilities folder,
choose Disk Utility. Then highlight your hard drive, choose
Erase Pane, Click on Erase Free Space ... button as shown below.
Choose your erase option and click on Erase Free Space ... again
to start cleaning your disk.
It works similar to QuickClean from McAfee/Norton Wipeinfo from
Symantec on your PC!
which can repair, clean, restore hard drive.
Click on Finder Icon, choose Applications, under Utilities folder,
choose Disk Utility. Then highlight your hard drive, choose
Erase Pane, Click on Erase Free Space ... button as shown below.
Choose your erase option and click on Erase Free Space ... again
to start cleaning your disk.
It works similar to QuickClean from McAfee/Norton Wipeinfo from
Symantec on your PC!
