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In college years I was a Linux geek, but then work obligations forced me to change to Microsoft Windows. Now, I decided to change to Apple to see what all the fuss is about.

5 June 2009

Retro-blogging: best posts of June 2008

Previously, on "The Mac Newbie":

  • How to open a terminal path in Finder
  • How to see High-Definition Trailers on FrontRow
  • How to open PDFs on Firefox 3
  • How to download musics from MySpace using Safari and "wget"
  • How to make your Mac sing to you

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