I’m presently in the middle of a Grey’s Anatomy marathon and I saw an episode where Izzy, Meredith Grey, and Knight’s character (can’t remember the character name), laid under the tree and just thought to themselves. I found that to be really interesting and potentially cathartic, so I did it. Feels good!
You should try it. lol
I went to see the film “The September Issue” and I loved it and I had to share. I appreciate fashion. What can I say?
I received a copy of Wallace Wang’s new book “My New Mac: Snow Leopard Edition”. I’ve gone through this book and it is clearly geared towards new Mac users and switchers. It allows one to scan a detailed list of helpful topics for a quick-fire means to finding answers for your needs, fast.
Additionally, it’s extremely thorough and easy to follow in terms of content format and layout of topics.
There are 5 parts to the book as a whole:
Then underneath each part are a number of easy step-by-step projects for a total of 52 projects (see below).
Basic Table of Contents (excerpt)
Introduction
PART I: Basic Training
1. Turning Your Macintosh On and Off Manually or Automatically
2. Learning to Use the Mouse
3. Choosing Commands on the Menu Bar
4. Loading Programs and Files from the Dock
5. Customizing the Dock
6. Manipulating Windows
7. Navigating Through Folders with the Finder
8. Managing and Viewing Your Files and Folder
9. Conserving Energy While Using Your MacintoshPART II: Making Life Easier with Shortcuts
10. Working Faster with Shortcut Commands
11. Learning to Drag and Drop
12. Controlling Your Macintosh with Hot Corners
13. Finding Files Fast
14. Organizing Files and Folders by Color and Weird Words
15. Putting Information at your Fingertips with Dashboard
16. Giving a Macintosh Multiple Personalities with User Accounts
17. Slapping Parental Controls on your Kids
18. Making Your Mac Easier to See, Hear, and Control
Believe it or not the author admittedly states that this book does not cover the gamut of topics for learning about your Mac--and it shouldn't. But believe me when I say that there is more than enough help provided in this book to cover the basics.
Two more things I want to mention are the "Additional Ideas for... *topic goes here*" section. Under this section within each chapter it provides additional fix options, web links, and suggested reads. Secondly, if you look carefully at the image of the front cover (above), you might be able to notice that the smiling Mac is made of paper. In other words, at the back of the book it shows you how to make a paper Mac. I highly recommend this book!
I give it 5 out of 5 M’s! lol
(M stands for “MacDavid”)Stay synced!
Publication Info:
My New Mac Snow Leopard Edition
$29.95 USD
ISBN: 978-1-59327-209-8
Publisher: No Starch Press – www.nostarch.com
I woke up craving candy corn this morning. Don’t ask.
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So, Saturday night I was prepping my MacBook Pro for shipment to Apple for repair, transferring important files and allowing Time Machine to backup the hard drive. I decided to do any necessary software updates too, and that’s where things got interesting. After the update finished the computer restarted and *cue choir of angels* my screen came back on and I was shocked, but happy. I immediately figured, “Okay, perhaps the issue isn’t based in the hardware (GPU) but it’s maybe a firmware issue. (For a little backstory on this read Part 1 of this “saga” lol)
I checked the box that Apple sent to me to see what my deadline was for shipping my computer and it was Tuesday September 15. Perfect! I went for all of Sunday and Monday to see what would happen, until later last night it happened again…black screen. I was very disappointed but at the same time relieved that I can still send it to Apple and get a diagnostic done to see if the problem is what I concluded it may be or otherwise. I am really, really, really hoping that my conclusion is the issue because that means the fix is free of charge. Otherwise, I will be one of the people standing on the corner of the street with a sign begging for money, only in this case a working MacBook Pro.
But as I said before, here’s hoping for the best!
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Maybe it’s just me, but in general I just don’t like talking on the phone, period. This video shows why.
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