Archive for July, 2009

The Mac Terminal – A Short Introduction

Introduction No doubt, Apple’s Mac OSX has the most streamlined and user-friendly user interface of the commonly used operating systems on the market. Sometimes, however, using your mouse to complete a task can be cumbersome. This is where the Terminal can come in handy. The Terminal is a command line tool which lets you send [...]

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How Can I Play Windows Media Files (Wma and Wmv) On a Mac?

Introduction Apple’s Quicktime movie format (recognizable by its *.mov extension) has become and almost standard for video files. It beats most other video formats in terms of compression and both video and audio quality. The quicktime format, however, is by no means the only format for videos out there. In a world where over 90% [...]

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How Do I Make Safari Open Pages in a New Tab?

Introduction You most probably have ran into this situation: there is a web link in a page you are viewing in Safari and when you click it, Safari will open the page in a new window. This behavior kind of defies the point of having a browser able to open pages in tabs. So what [...]

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