The official release of Mac OS X Lion (10.7) is just around the corner (AppleInsider reports that it might be launched tomorrow Wednesday together with the new Macbook Air) and I thought I’d share three very quick tips that could help you get around Apple’s new system once you’ll hit the “buy” button on the Mac App Store.
I work off an old 15″ Macbook Pro hooked to a nice big 24″ display. Boosted with 3GB of RAM (the older Macbook Pros could not handle more than 3GB) and a fast SSD drive, that setup is brilliant for what I spend most of my time at: coding! Mainly Xcode (I write iPhone apps for a living) as well as a bit of PHP here and there.
But when it comes to traveling, clearing emails at the coffeeshop or simply browsing the web from bed at night, I find my 15″ MBP a bit bulgy and heavy. Sure I did look at the Macbook Air and am still considering it everytime I pass by an Apple Shop. It’s a beautiful and sleek piece of art but I am still very puzzled by both its price and the lack of connetivity.
For about the quarter of the price of a Macbook Air, I therefore decided to go “hackintosh”. I bought a Dell Mini 10v and with a bit of patience (but no real technical skills required) got Snow Leopard (yes Mac OS 10.6) running beautifully. Here is how I did it: Read more…
Because I know keeping all your different devices in sync can quickly become a hassle, I thought I would share with you the best method I have found so far to properly sync contacts, calendars and emails across multiple platforms.
Syncing Mac, iPhone, Nexus and Blackberry
If like me, you own more than one phone and/or more than one computer, and enjoy the freedom to switch from one device to another without troubling yourself and risking to miss some important data at some point in time, the rest of this post is for you. Most importantly this approach allows me to stay away from annoying duplicates and, worse, lost data.
