Steps to setup remote administration on PC vs Mac

PC: * Download the Radmin / VNC client * Make sure you will remember or write down the IP of the computer * Make sure network is available and that there's no connection problems * Make sure you've set the password (especially on VNC) * Make sure that remote server daemon is started (start r_server in case with first radmin installation) Mac: It just works (well yeah you just have to put one checkbox in system preferences after first OS installatio...

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Google loves to eat Apples om-nom-nom-nom!

I am begging you to let me start my technological blog and this is my first article I suppose. Google EATS THE APPLES!!! When I were using the docs.google.com I found out: * That the hot key for editing cell is [Return] key, * thaT when you press "Backspace" it deletes the cell - it works completely the way you expect to delete files on Mac OS (except for the fact that in Mac OS you have to hold Command key with Backspaces) The same way as you...

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No, I can't switch to Safari and to iCloud Docs (without having a MacBook)

I'm stick to Google Chrome with its Google Drive service. Here's my reason why I prefer Google Cloud products when it comes to documents instead of Apple Solutions (Pages, Numbers, Keynote): Reason #1. Apple doesn't have such a wonderful blogger.com platform analogue, which is not only great for blogging, but also is really easy way to share thoughts along with just keeping your records about life, projects, philosophy and other aspects which needs to be recorded - e.g. I have my own premium domain and web-site, but I still use blogger for posting...

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No way to cut files natively in Mac OS

There's just no such option. I knew about this long before making a decision to switch to Mac, but still this problem is pretty annoying since my position about operating system is that everything should work the way I want it by default. But since benefits of Mac OS is yet overwhelming these trivial matters, I'm ready to change my habits without changing the system (which means that I won't install utility of adding "Cut" into Mac OS men...

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The problem with ntfs flash-cards

As many of users know - Mac OS can't work with NTFS in read/write mode (only read-only), which raises the problem of writing 4GB files onto FAT systems. There's only one solution with filesystem problem for Mac - it is formatting the usb sticks or other external drives into Apple Mac OS filesystem, which will make your usb-stick incompatible to use with Windows / Linux computers natively. So that's another inconveinience from Apple which users must get along wi...

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Some Mac OS programs windows too big to fit the screen

I faced this problem not very long time ago - e.g. Zoiper for Mac OS doesn't gives me any way of reducing its size of its window - I even tried to assign a hotkey for "Window" / "Zoom" option - which haven't helped me to access interface elements of the program - which is too big. I suppose the only solution for this, is downloading some third-party software which will allow using keyboard arrow keys to move or resize window. Annoying problem....

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Tears of PC user. Tribute to Mac OS

All our life made of details big and small. Wasting a lots of time and wasting only few hours. This is the note to Windows 7 / XP and bellow Windows users about the problems which they struggle with, and which any Mac OS device users don't have: * Damn Drivers. Sometimes it gets too mofo life threatening to install the drivers on all computers you got. There's just too much maintenance to the thing which already have to be in history since too many people spent too much time for this. We on the Apple Macintosh computers overcame this by supplying...

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Competition vs Safari vs Mozilla Firefox vs Google Chrome

Saving File As... option would be very convenient Safari: No such choice Firefox: No, gives no choice Chrome: No such choice either How fast can you disable the history logging PERMANENTLY: 1st place: Firefox: File / Preferences... / Privacy / Firefox will ... [choose: Never remember history] 2nd place: Safari: Safari / Private Browsing - will enable something like chrome's incognito mode, but no permanently disabling history settings unfortunately. Here some tip from macworld, on how to enable private browsing permanently with Apple Script -...

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10 stupid n00bs (noob) myths about Mac OS (iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook)

Myth #1. Mac App Store is not the App Store. Its the myth that you install all the apps from Mac App Store the same easy way as you do it on iOS App Store. Many users still believe that Mac App Store the same way rich of software as App Store for iOS devices - but its currently not (at least in January 2013). For today Mac App Store has only 10,000 applications which can't be compared to the number of applications which you have in the App Store's (750,000) which can't be accessed on Mac since PC architecture and Mobile architecture are different...

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Hotkey alternatives for Windows to Mac OS switcher

Unfortunatelly Apple doesn't includes paper tutorial or manual with all hotkeys especially for Windows switcher and in such short and convenient form as this article, thus I think, that its too bad - since such manual could be a huge time saver for Mac OS newcomers! That's why I'm going to fix it with this article. First off - the ALL MENU ITEMS on Mac without shortcuts CAN GET their shortcuts through Keyboard Shortcuts setting which could be found in System Preferences. There's ability to set both global shortcuts for ALL apps and the shortcuts...

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One English Dictionary To Rule Them All or One Magic Javascript To Change Your Definition Finding Experience

First off this idea belongs to Earl Fox http://earlfox.com - he invented this way of using LDOCEONLINE.com web-site which is really helpful itself, and with this bookmarklet it become so efficient. The Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English known by its ease of words explanation which is especially useful for those who learn Engilsh as their second language. The trick with bookmarklet is - that when you put it into your bookmarks taskbar in your browser, and press it - nothign happens. But once you double click any word on page after...

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Firefox, Chrome & Safari hotkeys differences in Mac OS

Here we consider Mozilla Firefox for Mac OS X Google Chrome for Mac OS X Safari for Mac OS X Clearing the history: Safari: only manually by picking History / Clear history... from main menu Firefox & Chrome: ALT (Option) + [Shift] + [Backspace] Getting to the home page: Safari: Command + Home Firefox: ALT (Option) + Home Chrome: Command + Shift + H Works in all three browsers: Control + R - reload page Command + [,] (comma) - go to settings Command + L - focus cursor to the address bar Command + P - print the page Useless hotkeys: *...

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