Right from the horses mouth…: Steam on the Mac will behave just like Steam for Windows, but through Steam Play will add cross-platform ownership. That means if you own Left 4 Dead 2 for Windows, then you already own it for the Mac. There’s no need to buy it twice! Unless you want to buy […]
Why do installers often ask you to close all your applications before installing a new software package? Â Does it actually matter whether you have open applications when installing new software? It seems the norm these days is for installers/setup programs to request that you close all open applications before initiating the install process for […]
Here’s a discussion from an Adobe Flash Player engineer, regarding the Macintosh support of Flash, and how Adobe is trying to improve the their Macintosh Support… kaourantin.net: Core Animation.
First, Breathe… Â Yes, take a few deep breathes…. You see, we’re all doomed… Â Yes, indeedy, doomed I say. Â After all, the Macintosh Dashboard is the vector which all viruses will be created with in mind… Â And Windows viruses will disappear due to the popularity of the Dashboard vector…. Â (SLAP)… Â Sorry, I needed that, I was […]
It seems as if Half-Life and Left 4 Dead developer Valve is looking for a few good men to engineer things for Linux and Macintosh. Several sleuth sites, as well as more than a share of Mac-focused sites, have been reporting on a rogue sentence not-so-tucked-away in Valve’s Chris Green’s LinkedIn profile, indicating that the […]
This week the mythical Macalope, covers yet again several ideas that are floating around the Mac loving universe… The release of the Macintosh Tablet Suggested ways to use the iSlate Including: Working on your motorcycle? Prop the tablet up in your garage and watch a video from Paul Teutul Sr. and Jr. (and promptly get […]
Just remember, if you find something on your system, and you don’t know what it is…. Â Don’t immediately panic, try to understand the situation first. I just read a startling account, of someone thinking that StackShot, was direct evidence of their Macintosh OS X system being rooted by some evil HACKER. Stackshot is a built-in […]
First, the brick & mortar Apple Stores will offer to migrate your data for free, if the new system is purchased from them, the main hassel is the wait, and bringing in the old system. Alternatively, on the new system, as soon as it is booted will offer to migrate the old computers data. All […]