Grace Smith has been running an insightful series on her blog revealing the Docks of a number of graphic and web designers. We all get curious about how others use their computers, methods of organisation, workflows and the applications they use. One thing that surprises me is the number of apps many people keep in [...]

At the end of last week my Macbook Pro refused to startup past the grey loading screen. It’s a lovely little screen (beats anything MS has ever done!) but when it stays like that for 20 mins you know there’s a problem. It was time for a reformat. Firstly choosing ‘archive and install’ where all [...]

As a continuation of my Mac evaluation I’ve broken down each of my favourite Mac specific applications that I’ve come to love since the switch. 1. smcFanControl The Mac gets pretty hot at times. By default the fan speed fluctuates depending on the temperature (I think), but often it won’t cool it down enough. smcFanControl [...]

I still can’t believe that I use a Mac sometimes. Even after owning one for 6 months. I was something I never, ever, thought I would do. I Always hated Macs. I’ll start off by saying that, yes, it has crashed a few times, the occasional Kernel Panic, the odd application crash etc. However, these [...]

So as you probably know, I recently made the transition from Windows to MacOSX. Having only used friends’ Macs, very infrequently and only first in late 2007, I managed to be convinced that ‘mac-is-best’ fairly quickly. Having used Windows for all these years (im going with since I was 8, so at least 14 years), [...]

The majority of my hardware concerns stem from the fact that it is a laptop – which is not the fault of Apple Inc. I have mostly disliked laptops in general for a few reasons, but now I find that having a laptop will prove much more beneficial. The keyboards are difficult to get used [...]

The next hurdle is part software part hardware – the ability to play all-region DVDs. Not completely necessary, but certainly a nice thing to have. Even if I have only done it once – The Bourne Supremacy which I bought in NYC in the Summer, but t hen I got the trilogy for Christmas. It’s [...]

The Macbook Pro has been dispatched. In a matter of days it will be mine! There are many things I am looking forward to, as well as many Windows habits I’m not looking forward to trying to kick. So lets see what these are: Software Of course I know that with my Mac I will [...]