From the monthly archives:

February 2006

Gimpshop Donation News

2/28/2006

You guys are awesome! With your generous donations, I should be able to buy a new Intel-based Mac sometime next month. Gimpshop’s new splash screen will go live tomorrow with the names of all the donors. Expect a universal binary shortly, changes that will make Gimpshop finally translatable into other languages, and some other menu fixes/changes.

A special thanks to Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster (they created Delicious Library) for his very generous donation! Thanks, Wil!

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More Goodies for Switchers

2/22/2006

One of my recent articles struck a chord and brought out some of the most insightful comments I’ve seen on any blog. That made me the lucky recipient of some sweet, sweet Mac gems.

These are gems not only for recent switchers but for all Mac users, both new and old. Abbondanza!

Why Safari?

My good friend Patrick says that Safari takes up less system resources than Firefox. I have heard Firefox being criticized for using more RAM and CPU cycles than other OS X browsers. Also, according to Patrick, Flash runs better in Safari. You should trust Patrick on this one, folks. He spends lots of time working with Flash.


Patrick

Also, many votes for Camino as a faster, better alternative to Safari. It uses the highly regarded Gecko rendering engine (also used in Mozilla Firefox). Plus, it looks nice (uses Cocoa form elements) and just hit 1.0. Congrats, Camino team!


Get Camino, praised for its speed and beauty

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First Mac OS X Trojan Spotted in the Wild

February 16, 2006

In one of my recent posts, I told Mac users that anti-virus software on OS X is worthless. I still stand by this statement, even in light of this new Trojan. I’ve heard of some OS X anti-virus solutions acting like a malicious virus themselves, so the cure may be worse than the disease.
This new [...]

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An OS X Mouse Tracking Fix Has Arrived!

February 13, 2006

Based on all the comments from my last post (the one below this one), I decided to hunker down and find the ultimate OS X mouse tracking solution. Relying solely on my Google-fu, I found what I was looking for. So, major ups to Big Brother Google!

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Top 10 Things All Switchers Should Know

February 12, 2006

UPDATE: I’ve been Slashdotted (not for this) and several other geektacular honors (of which I’ll spare you), but I got way more of a kick out of being linked to by Ellenfeiss.net for this article! That guy is WAY more picky about what he blogs. …And it was like, bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep. Go [...]

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Gimpshop Donation Update

February 9, 2006

I just wanted to thank all the generous folks out there who have already donated to the Gimpshop fund. I promise you that it is money well spent.
I also want to add that I’m going to periodically update the OS X version of Gimpshop with new plug-ins and fixes as they come in. I’m going [...]

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Gimpshop’s Splash Screen for Sale

February 6, 2006

I have received quite a few requests for a Universal Binary of Gimpshop (one that will run natively on the new MacIntel machines). For financial reasons, I won’t be able to run out and buy a new MacIntel machine to build Gimpshop. Plus, I’m perfectly happy with the Dual G4 Desktop Mac that I’ve had [...]

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Gimpshop 2.2.10 for OS X – Now Available

February 3, 2006

Gimpshop is a Gimp modification that features menu layouts and naming conventions similar to those in Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop users should feel right at home using Gimpshop.
With this release, Gimpshop runs for the first time in OS X 10.4 Tiger as a self-contained app! I’ve also added two additional plug-ins for the OS X distribution: [...]

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Gimpshop: Good News, Bad News

February 2, 2006

Good news: Gimpshop’s ready to go. I just need to to test the app on the two Macs that I have access to at work (during my lunch break). Then, I’ll post the source and the OS X App (Tiger Compatible!).
Bad news: Couldn’t wrap my head around integrating any extra plug-ins into the source. It [...]

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