Snow Leopard, here we go!

Yep, I've pre-ordered Mac OS X 10.6, a.k.a. Snow Leopard. Now, it's just a matter of waiting for the package to arrive. More news to come...bye for now!

Retro-blogging: best Mac posts of August 2008

Previously, on "The Mac Newbie":

• Apple's answer to the Microsfot's answer to Apple's "Get a Mac" ads
• Use Dashalytics to view your site's stats at Google Analytics
• 22 Useful lists of Mac Applications

The iCal day

Did you notice that today is the only day of the year in which the iCal icon on the Dock doesn't change once you open it? :-)

Retro-blogging: Best posts of July 2008

Previously, on "The Mac Newbie":

• How to really cool down you Mac
• Give your Ubuntu that Mac look
• Using Quicksilver to Tweet
• How to scare a fellow Mac user to death
• How to convert an image into another format using Terminal
• When Mac users get bored
• When Safari and Firefox work together
• How to quickly send a file through Bluetooth
  

Google Quick Search Box vs Quicksilver

Sure, Google Quick Search Box looks cool, but can it do this?

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
  

How I (kinda) turned my iPod Touch into an iPhone with just $29

With these Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic, and using Skype for iPhone/iPod Touch, I just got myself a nice pseudo-iPhone.


Of course, it requires some WiFi available somewhere near my location, but what the hell? It's still great.

Photobooth tips

I didn't know how to disable the "pseudo-flash" setting in Photobooth (and there's no setting that you can change directly to override this) and so, to this day, I used the reversed contrast setting trick: in my case I have to press Command+Option+CTRL+8 to activate it and then the "pseudo-flash" will be black instead of white. But then again, using this trick doesn't allow me to fully control the quality of the photo because I still have to see it with that x-ray look.

Lucky enough, Mac Tricks and Tips has posted these useful tips to use with Photobooth:

• Disable Flash in Photo Booth

Disabling flash in PhotoBooth is really easy all you have to do is hold the Shift key while you click to take a picture and the screen will not flash white.


• Disable Countdown in Photo Booth

Disabling the picture count down in PhotoBooth is just a matter of holding down the Option key while you click to take a picture, your photo will take immediately.

You can also combine the keystrokes by holding down Option-Shift and you’ll immediately take a picture without the flash.

Tweeting from Terminal

I still prefer the Twitter+Quicksilver integration tip, but if you're a Terminal geek addict, then this tip is for you.

Retro-blogging: best posts of February 2008

Previously, on the "Mac Newbie":

• Strange problem with Quicksilver (to this day I still haven't found a solution for this)
• How to open PDFs in Firefox in Mac OS X
• How to turn off the startup sound on your Mac
• A few interesting applications for your Mac
• iMovie and iDVD: the apps that could be great, but aren't
• Avoid Apple Remote's evil twins
• How to burn MP3s to a CD with folders on iTunes