Monthly Archives: March 2007

Boot Camp Now Compatible With Vista

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 30th, 2007 Posted in Mac OS X, Mac vs. PC, Other Operating Systems, Software

Apple’s Boot Camp software has just been updated, and it now officially supports the 32-bit version of Windows Vista. The offical list of improvements includes: Support for Windows Vista (32-bit) Updated drivers, including but not limited to trackpad, AppleTime (synch), audio, graphics, modem, iSight camera Support the Apple Remote (works with iTunes and Windows Media… Continue Reading

Using Selective Quotes in Mail.app

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 29th, 2007 Posted in How Do I ... ?, Mac OS X, Software

If you only want to include a portion of an email in a new email (such as a reply or forwarded message), you can simply select the part of the text you want to include in your response before clicking "Reply" or "Forward". Your new email message contains only the text you have selected and… Continue Reading

Control Your Mac Remotely

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 28th, 2007 Posted in Software

If you are interested in learning one easy way to control your Mac remotely, visit the Murphy Mac blog and read his post about Chicken of the VNC. Using this program, you can control a computer on your same network or a machine from across the Internet. Murphy provides step-by-step instructions for both as well… Continue Reading

How to Create Image Files with Preview

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 26th, 2007 Posted in How Do I ... ?, Software

We all know and love Apple’s Preview program as an image viewer extraordinaire’, but did you know that it can also be used to create image files? Best of all, the creation process is quick and easy — in other words, very Mac-like — the way things should be. If you have an image file… Continue Reading

Help for PC to Mac Converts

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 23rd, 2007 Posted in Mac vs. PC, Switching to Macs

I firmly believe that Macs are superior to PC’s, but I freely acknowledge that there are differences between the two that take a little getting used to. As an easy example, Macs have an "Option" key that I regularly use, whereas PC’s don’t. Other differences come in the form of naming conventions — Explorer on… Continue Reading

Top 10 Free Mac Downloads

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 22nd, 2007 Posted in Product Reviews, Software

LifeHacker recently published the following list of its Top 10 free downloads for the Mac: Quicksilver :: keyboard interface TextWrangler :: text editor SilverKeeper :: backup utility Adium :: instant messenger Handbrake :: DVD ripper iSquint :: video file to iPod converter VirtueDesktops :: virtual desktop manager The Unarchiver :: archive extractor VLC :: media… Continue Reading

Combine PDF Files With PDFMergeX

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 21st, 2007 Posted in Software

Seven months ago, I wrote a post about OS X’s built-in PDF functions. One of the things that has somewhat frustrated me is that it is not easy to combine *.pdf files once they have been created — until now! Thanks to PDFMergeX, this process is now quick and easy. Using this program, you simply… Continue Reading

MacBook Use On The Rise

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 20th, 2007 Posted in Hardware, Technology

The April 2007 edition of Macworld reports that over 60% of the Macs sold by Apple over the last nine months have been MacBooks. The article notes that the differences between laptops and desktops have narrowed due to advances in technology and price decreases. Also, this edition of Macworld focuses on three topics: The ModBook,… Continue Reading

Resource for Quality Mac Websites

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 19th, 2007 Posted in Online Resources

There is a new resource available for those interested in "Mac websites with quality content, writing and design." Claire Rottenberg has created the Quality Mac Websites blog to review Mac websites that meet the following criteria: accurate and useful information original and unique content frequent updates of content good quality writing, free of grammatical errors… Continue Reading

Using OpenOffice for Mac

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 16th, 2007 Posted in Online Resources, Software

The following is a "guest post" by Erik Mazzone that was published on Rick Georges‘ Futurelawyer blog: Confession: I am a Mac dork. I would say "Mac geek", but the term "geek" implies a little more tech-savvy than I bring to the table. Dork it is. I’ve been using a Mac for my home stuff,… Continue Reading

Apple Releases Security Update

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 15th, 2007 Posted in Mac OS X

Earlier this week, Apple released a security update for its OS X operating system. This update reportedly plugs 45 security holes. So what does all this really mean and is it a good thing or a bad thing? One of my readers sent me an email about this release, saying his initial reaction was "ouch!"… Continue Reading

Virtualization Software for Macs

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 13th, 2007 Posted in Mac vs. PC, Other Operating Systems, Software

To follow up on the issues addressed in Craig Poff’s guest post yesterday, the Washington Post published an article last week that takes a look at the similarities and features of the big three virtualization programs: Apple’s BootCamp, Parallels Desktop for Mac, and CodeWeavers’ CrossOver Mac. After its in-depth analysis, the article concludes: "For somebody… Continue Reading

Guest Post :: BootCamp vs. Parallels

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 12th, 2007 Posted in Guest Posts, Other Operating Systems, Software

I am pleased to present the following guest post from Craig Poff, a Mac-using attorney in Beaufort, SC: I switched to Parallels for Mac last Christmas, and I have enjoyed nothing but smooth sailing. I downloaded it straight from the company’s Web site, it installed easily (luckily I already had a copy of Windows XP… Continue Reading

Another Mac Convert

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 7th, 2007 Posted in Switching to Macs

My good friend, exceptional attorney, and former PC diehard, David Miller, has joined joined the legions of Mac lawyers as of this past weekend. After much prodding and encouragement from me, he took the plunge and bought a 24" iMac. David is so impressed with his Mac that two things have happened: He has decided… Continue Reading

Round One :: Functionality

By J. Benjamin Stevens on March 1st, 2007 Posted in Mac vs. PC

As I previously posted, we are witnessing an epic battle taking place before our very eyes. No, not on the desert plains of Iraq or even the boxing rings of Las Vegas, but right here in cyberspace. The "battle royale" to which I am referring is the "Great Mac vs. PC Debate of 2007" taking… Continue Reading