April 12, 2008

Adventures of a new MacBook

I have been working on a Mac at the office for quite some time now (although I am the only one who chooses to use a Mac…for now). Just this week I switched to using a Mac at home.

Up until a year ago I was working as a freelance I.T. support guy slash web developer. All of my customers used Windows machines so regardless of what I wanted to use, I needed to keep up-with-the-play in regards to how Windows and Microsoft works. Many times I had wanted to switch over to a Mac but couldnt justify it.

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April 9, 2008

Accessing Exchange mailboxes from outside the office with Entourage (like RPC over HTTP)

I recently came across a very helpful article that describes how to setup Entourage to access your Exchange emails from outside the office network. This is the equivalent of RPC over HTTP for Outlook.

Keep reading to see the solution.

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February 22, 2008

Create an alias in Mac OSX

The easiest and most reliable way I have found to create an Alias (shortcut for Windows users) on a Mac is to open up two finder windows, one with the file/folder that you want to make an alias of, and the other where you want to place the alias. Then click (and hold) on the file/folder that you want to make into an alias and press Command+Option on the keyboard and drag the folder (you will notice that the icon changes to an alias icon while you are dragging it) into the location where you want to place the alias. Let go of the mouse and yay its done.

January 16, 2008

iPhone in New Zealand very soon?

By the end of the Macworld Keynote this morning, I was a little disappointed that we didnt see a 3G version of the iPhone, and that we didnt see the iPhone being rolled out to new countries. I was waiting for One more thing… but it never came.

But just now, while browsing the Apple NZ website, I noticed a reference to the iPhone. The page where the reference is made is talking about the new Time Capsule devices features (http://www.apple.com/nz/timecapsule/wireless.html). I do wonder if Apple will remove this reference soon, but for now it makes me wonder if the iPhone will be here in New Zealand soon.

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However, I do wonder if Apple will have a special announcement at the time they make the SDK available in late February that means the iPhone can be sold in different countries like New Zealand.

Of course, it could simply be a reference to the iPhone with no connotations. Maybe they are just talking about the iPhone that we are not legally allowed to own in New Zealand. I hope not.

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