Jing (screen capture)

Jing is a Mac and sorry to say Windows screen capture tool. Jing project was developed by Tech Smith it’s was aimed to be simple, quick and FREE!  It records video as well as screen shots! you can find it at:  http://www.jingproject.com 

 

by: Brandon Anderson 

 

E-Mail: info.allmac@gmail.com

 

 

Leopards Updated Finder

In Tiger when you went into the finder you could preview movie clips without opening it, well now that functionality is still implemented but some functionality has been taken away so we thought. Well let me fill you in the functionality we thought was gone is the capability to go forward in and backward in the movie clip well hitting the space bar will open a larger box which has all the functionality of tiger preview but a lot better!    

 

I can’t forget about cover flow well it looks cool but is it practical i never use it might just be a matter of opinion but i don’t think there any point. Well if you do use it then hitting the space bar when you have a document, folder or even a program it will preview it. That also goes for any other one in any view hit the space bar and it previews it.

Quick Tip (Internet Explorer Download)

I got an e-mail asking, I got a mac recently and i want to use internet explorer  but i can’t find where to download it got any suggestions? — Well Internet Explorer was discontinued. So I recommend Mozilla Firefox and you can also download a theme to make Mozilla Firefox look the same as Internet Explorer. But if you wan’t to use Internet Explorer then you can get an OLD version at    –

 

http://mac.oldapps.com/internet_explorer.php    but i don’t recommend it because there are no new security updates.

 

Internet Explorer Theme for Mozzila Firefox: 

 

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4327

 

Mozzila Firefox:

 

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

Leopard Time Machine Backup

How to use mac os x 10.5 leopards “Time Machine Backup Utility”? 

 

To start using Time Machine go into the preferences window and click “TIME MACHINE”. Now plug in your backup device an external hard drive with a least 120GB will work depending on the size of your hard drive. Now once you connect your external hard drive it will show up in time machine then move the slider to the on position. I wish i could say more but thats it leave your computer for a while and you’ll be backed up.

 

by: Brandon Anderson 

info.allmac@gmail.com

Quick Tip (Screen Capture)

I got an E-mail asking what is a good SIMPLE screen capture utility for mac os 10.5 leopard. Leopard and Tiger has a built in screen capture utillity. Hit Command , Shift, 4 and crosshairs show up instead of the pointer press and hold your primary mouse key and drag the cross hairs around the item you wan’t to cature depress the key and the screen shot will show up as “picture 1, 2, 3, 4 ext.”

Leopards Menu Bar

Leopards menu bar is translucent now instead of the traditional white or opaque color. It may just take some time to get used to but i hate it when it turns the same color as the desktop background! If your like me you can fix this but not before you download “LEOPAQUE” which you can get for free from MacParc,

 

 http://www.macpark.ch/mirror/leopaque/

 

Once you have downloaded Leopaque open the “dmg” and install it to your applications folder and slide the slider to the left to make the menu grayer and to the right to make it whiter then click enable. Note: Before Clicking Enable close all applications and documents because it will restart your computer. and if you don’t like it click restore and it will restore the translucency, one thing to take note is the apple logo on the left of the menu bar might change colors Imo not sure if this was done on purpose or is a defect.

Leopard Review

Leopard finally here although i got a late start on this review. Before i start i’d like to that my review is based on a brand new MacBook that came with leopard installed so my review may not be the same as if i formated the hard drive and installed Leopard. Well to start off Leopard has some very noticeable changes the top menu bar is clear, and the dock has a 3D effect and a reflection effect to it, when you put the dock on the left or right it turns to a blue opaque color. Some of the others include expose and spaces. Expose is great to allow you see the desktop when you have multiple windows open, and Spaces will allow you to flick trough 2 – 16 different desktops by using the default shortcut ”  Command, Up – Down – Left – Right   ” and the top menu bar via a drop down menu. In the finder there’s cover flow like in itunes, speaking of the finder there’s a new one the biggest change is it’s more organized.

 

Let’s talk a little more about the dock, there’s a new feature that is called “stacks”, now in the dock when you drag and drop a folder into it it allows you to click on it obviously but when you do so it pops up in a blue opaque window and when the contents of the folder is low it opens in a stack.

 

by: Brandon Anderson

 

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