Archive for 'Mac OS X'

Create Chart On Numbers Easily

Apple has launched new iWorks 2008 that containing new great application, one of them is Numbers. Numbers is a spreadsheet application that gives you ton features, like Intelligent Tables, Flexible Canvas, import from Microsoft Excel, and export to PDF natively, you can look here for complete features. This time I want share how to make its chart easily.
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Other Ways To Bookmark On Firefox

If you like surfing the Internet, you’ll find so many new things that you get in there. And this part, Bookmark tool that you can find in every Internet browser will be in use. In this article I will distribute the tricks to bookmark your favorite website with Firefox more easily.
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Install Windows Vista on Mac OS X

With Virtual Machine application, we can install many operating systems on our base operating system. It means you can install Windows XP / Vista, Ubuntu, Xandros above an operating system such as Mac OS X. One of popular virtual machine application on Mac OS X is Parallels Desktop. I’ve used Parallels Desktop for 6 months and I am using it until today happily. And I want write my experience when I install Windows Vista on my MacBook through Parallels Desktop.
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Using Mac OS X built-in CD/DVD burner

Mac OS X has a great CD/DVD built-in application that has came with its installation. So, you don’t necessary to install 3rd party burner application if you just want to burn your data. And here is the way to use it.

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Grouping Mac OS X Email

Today, email is a great way to communicate between peoples beside Short Message Service (SMS) and instant messaging service. With email you can receive attachment file and large text with it. Including if you’ve joined with many mailing lists, you’ll many emails every day from them. And if you don’t organize your entire emails you can be confuse when you want read it at next day.

This time, I want to share a tutorial to organize your emails using Email Mac OS X built-in application. This application is powerful email client application for me. In my experiment, it can filter tons spam and junk email with training it even for just once.
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Substitute Softwares Between Windows, Linux & Mac OS X

The biggest problem that faced by new user when they’re migrating for a new operating system is knowledge for substitute softwares that will use on new operating system. And usually we will analog with old operating system. So, I want share the substitute software between the most popular operating system in the world are Windows, Linux and MacOS X. I know that’s not the complete list but I hope my article will help you a little bit for migrating to new operating system.
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Add Eject Menulet On Menu Bar


To eject CD/DVD on Mac product such as Macbook, Macbook Pro, Mac mini and iMac, you need to press Eject key on keyboard, but sometimes our hands are too lazy to touch it if we’re using mouse. Obviously, you can also eject it though Finder, but if Finder is not opening, you need open it first. Just take the way out, add an eject menulet on menu bar. Actually, Apple has provided it inside Mac OS X, but Apple is not activate it by default.
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Download Youtube Video With Safari

LogoYoutube provides so many videos for us, and then sometimes I want to save the video into my laptop to play it next time. Unfortunately, Youtube doesn’t provide a tool or menu to save their video collection. You can find many software or Firefox plugins to help you to save Youtube video. But do you have known, you can save the video with Safari without added plugin. And this is a good trick especially for Mac user.
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Optimize Parallels Desktop Configurations

LogoI’ve wrote an article about install Windows Vista on Mac OS X through Parallels Desktop as virtual machine software. Now, I will write about customizing Parallels Desktop configurations so that Windows Vista/XP which runs above it can run smoother.
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Set iTunes Track As Skype Status

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Unlike Yahoo Messenger that has built up status to show iTunes track name as its status so as let your chat friend know your song that you’re listening, Skype don’t has it. And I found the trick from johnwilker.com (Thanks John…) to make Skype show iTunes track information as its status. This trick is for Skype Mac version.
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