Archive for the Mac World Category

How to Change Screenshot Format in Mac OS X

Run the following command from the terminal.# defaults write com.apple.screencapture type image_formate.g. for JPG, use the following.# defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg# killall SystemUIServerThis is it..-Vigyan

How to Flush DNS Cache in Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard?

It is easy. Just type following command from your terminal.

dscacheutil -flushcache

-Vigyan

Software to Burn CD/DVD for Mac

I miss my favorite software Nero to burn CD/DVD but no worries, I found another cool software that works pretty well.

Here is what I found.

http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/

It is very easy.

-VK

What works better on MAC?

Here are the applications that I found useful and works great for me on MAC.

Instant Messanging Client:  Adium  - http://www.adiumx.com/

Office: OpenOffice -  http://www.openoffice.org/

Image Manipulation Tool: GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/

SFTP Client: Fugu - http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/

SSH: iSSH - http://www.macserve.org.uk/projects/issh/ ( I use this for SSH tunnel)

Remote Desktop: Remote Desktop Mac - http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx

Hope this apps list help you as well.

-VK

My New Mac

Last month, I got my first MacBook Pro. I heard a lot about Mac but never had one. Man, I really like it.  I use keyboard shortcuts a lot and first few days my life was measurable as I could’t use all those techniques on my Apple keyboard.

Here is a link that give you a good mapping of PC vs Apple keyboard.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1167

I will be posting more on my Mac as I learn.

Thanks,
VK

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