by | | Apple, Reviews, Soft
I am learning my way on the Apple world, till now the experience is positive, but there are some things that I miss from Windows.
Finder would be the equivalence to Windows Explorer in Windows, and you use it for everything related to file management too. But I was missing some specs that I really found useful in Windows and it was the right click context menu with the Cut, Copy and Paste option. For some reason Apple decided not to include the Cut command on a right click and limits you to use the Command X key combination to Cut some files and then paste them to another location.
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by | | Apple, Guides & Help, Reviews
I purchased the latest MacBook Pro retina in November 2013, its the 15″ version which has two video cards on it, an Intel Iris and an Nvidia 750M if I recall correctly.
Its nice to have two video cards because you can do more graphic hungry stuff without having to use another computer, but there are times where you really need as much battery as possible, and you don’t want any application to trigger the power hungry Nvidia 750M. (more…)
by | | Guides & Help, Opinion & Ideas
With the beginning of the new year I would like to invite all tech users to participate on a project I am starting. Along my years of IT consulting I found that I was writing too many guides for users to resolve issues, but I was not compiling all these things in a central database for easy look up or reference when the issue repeats or is needed to forward it to a user.
Today I am launching Wiki.ITCentralPoint.com and I would like to invite every tech profiled reader of my blog to pro-actively add content to this Wiki. So we can easily reference them later whenever we need them.
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by | | Guides & Help, Reviews, Services
Some days ago I started my holidays, and because I can’t really help myself not being improving processes during my trip, I decided to provide Arqiva the company behind the wifi service at Heathrow Terminal 5 with feedback about the strange behaviour of their service.
I connected 1 hour and a half for free to a network called “_Heathrow Wi-Fi”, after my free time was over I decided to purchase a 9 pounds plan for a 24 hours slot. (more…)
by | | Apple, Soft
Check this two Black Fridays deals of Mac Apps bundles you might be interested in:
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– CopyLess: Clipboard empowerment!
– Dayspring: Your personal RSS reader.
– Privatus: Automated privacy protection.
– The Archive Browser: Browse the contents of archives: ZIP, RAR, TAR etc.
– X-Mirage: Mirror and record your iOS display on the Mac!
– Meta: Meta tagging for mail.
– SecureSend: Keep your data private!
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Paddle Holiday Bundle (Super price!)
– Dropclip: Quickly exchange Dropbox direct links!
– Dropzone: Get things done on your Mac.
– Temperature Gauge Pro: Manage your Mac temperature!
– Letter Opener Pro: No more cryptic emails!
– Throng: Stress-test your webserver!
– iResizer: Scale images without diminishing key elements!
– Time Tracker: Spend your time wisely!
– Moneybag: Money manager and financial analysis.
– SnapRuler: Effective on-screen measuring.
– Taskdesk: Lightweight to-do management from the menubar!
– Changes: Track file and directory changes; with awesome service integration.
– Toau: Less reading, more listening
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I am learning my way on the Apple world, till now the experience is positive, but there are some things that I miss from Windows.