What’s in the dock?

Following my post on OS X uninstallers, Matt asked about what applications are in the dock in my screen shot. So here’s a quick run down of the extra apps I’ve got in the dock, plus what’s loaded and showing in the menu bar.

The Dock (from left to right)
Path Finder – I use this instead [...]

Fun with customized folder icons on Mac OS X

How often do you come across a piece of software that does exactly what you want it to do? Well it seems that iconCompo has provided me with the means to do something I’ve wanted to do ever since getting my Mac. Now I actually quite like Leopard’s minimalist cool blue colour scheme for it’s [...]

Auo-renewal… they’re at it again!

After the aggravation I went through when Webroot wanted to auto-renew my Webroot SpySweeper license, I thought I had said goodbye to all of that. Well now PCTools is on my case to… yes you’ve guessed it, automatically renew my license for Registry Mechanic.
“We hope you’ve enjoyed your subscription to PC Tools Registry Mechanic and [...]

Do unto others as you would be done by…

There’s at least one company here in the UK that will sell you a choice of PC’s with a choice of Linux, Windows or OS X pre-installed, and they openly advertise this on their website. One assumes that they’ve at least had a brief look at Apple’s license agreement for OS X and have chosen [...]

The juicy goodness of OS X applications

Snow Leopard is fast approaching (well I hope it is) and I’m actually thinking that it might be an opportune moment to rebuild my Mac Pro from scratch. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve tried hundreds of applications since Feb 2008 when I first got my Mac and despite this, OS X is still stable and [...]

‘Only’ 8Gb of RAM in a 2009 Mac Pro

Is it just me or does anyone else think that the 8Gb RAM limit on the new Quad-Core 2009 Mac Pro is a bit of a retrograde step? I keep reading reviews saying what a wonderful machine this is, how fast it is, how easy it is to upgrade the RAM etc, but no-one seems [...]