Posts Tagged ‘36’

Uninstalling applications in Mac OS X

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Previously we looked at how to install applications in Mac OS X. We identified different forms applications for your Mac can come in and how to handle those different types.

Today we will learn how to uninstall applications again.

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Adjust the Desktop icons and the Finder Sidebar

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

You have all your stuff in your personal home folder, so why keeping the hard disk icon on the Desktop?

You don’t have a home network, so why keep the Shared area in the Finder sidebar?
Let’s get rid of all that stuff. Or let’s get it back (in case we accidently deleted something).

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Laptop glory: Trackpad gestures

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Today we will look at the features of your trackpad has to offer. So far you probably used the trackpad only to move the mouse cursor around.

But there is much more. Come inside and see for yourself.

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Even more screen space (what?)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

If one screen is not enough for you, then just go out and buy another monitor! What!?

Don’t worry, just kidding…

With Mac OS X Leopard, Apple introduces a feature called “Spaces”. The idea is to give you multiple, (virtual) desktops on only one screen (cool, saves you money).

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More screen space (yeah!)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

In the default configuration, the Dock at the bottom of the screen is quite big. This is good, if you have a hard time seeing and don’t want to reach for those glasses all the time.

However, it also takes up some screen space. So we will make it a bit smaller and we will show you, that there is still an option for all those out there, who would really need glasses (but what’s a “would really need” worth, eh?)

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