Mac driver for Samsung ML-1610
The ML-1610 Samsung laser printer has worked before on Leopard (OSX 10.5), I remember going to the Samsung site and downloading a driver–it was pretty painless then. For some reason, when I wiped out the installation of Leopard and installed Snow Leopard from scratch, the OSX driver on the Samsung site has disappeared, all of [...]
Screen shooting on Windows, Mac and Linux
Screen capture is a standard feature of OSX — a quick look at keyboard shortcuts (System Preferences –> Keyboard and Mouse –> Keyboard shortcuts) uncovers some handy utilities.
How to set Java versions on Mac
Java-Preferences
Originally uploaded by triboxs
Leopard came pre-installed with Java 1.5, during the 10.5.6 updated, Java 1.6 was added. But this did not overwrite or delete the previous Java version, it’s still there. You should just usually leave this alone — unless you’re a Java programmer, or somebody with insatiable curiosity and can’t resist goofing [...]
Where are the formatting tools in Office:mac
Can’t find the text alignment tool? the Border tool? Bullets and Numbering? Document margins? Styles?
Don’t pull your hair out just yet, and don’t give up on the Mac. Even Office:mac had to conform with Mac style menus, it takes a bit if getting used to — but just a bit — once you’re over the [...]
3 Ways to do calculation in Mac
Calculator-Spotlight
Originally uploaded by triboxs
I know, I know — who needs instructions on calculator? But you gotta see how versatile and agile Spotlight is on Mac Leopard. It doesn’t even require the Calculator.App to open, it can process the results as you type .. A way to show off its RegEx powers (Regular Expression).
Spotlight’s ability to [...]
How to find your stuff on the Mac
Mac-spotlight
Originally uploaded by triboxs
Are you looking for the Start button — there isn’t one. The default menu which you will see on the Mac (The Mac menu is the one flushed top left most) is the Finder menu — think of it as the equivalent of your Windows Explorer (only better, much better).
Anyway, there are [...]