Cool New Mac OS X Leopard Screensaver

         As I have said before, Mac OS X Leopard has many small features that have been added to make the Mac more comfortable. I personally don’t think that there were enough new features, but that is probably because I expected so much from Apple.

Mac OS X Leopard Menu Bar

When Mac OS X Leopard first came out (I think it has been almost a year now), the menu bar was a pretty big controversy because there were conflicting opinions on its aesthetic beauty. Personally, I like it just fine either way. Mainly I prefer the transparent/translucent bar because it has more color to it.

Mac OS X Commands and Wildcard Characters

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          This tip/post is going to be about several common Mac OS X commands and wildcard characters I have discovered, at work, that is useful to understand and know how to use. First off, wildcard characters are special characters such as * and ? that help you to find groups of filenames that have something in common.

           For example, say I have a couple of files that I want to find in my home directory. My home directory is cluttered with junk files that I never take the time to organize. But somewhere within that junk pile of files there lay 8 files I would like. Their filenames are ssw_idl.a285, ssw_idl.r391, ssw_idl.z988, ssw_idl.c293, and the other 4 files are named similarly (“ssw_idl.” followed by a letter, then 3 numbers).

My First Mac

        You know, I never thought this would happen to me, but it has. I bought a Mac and I have finally migrated from Windows to Mac OS. I know everyone has heard this already from people who have switched over, but I got to say it: it feels so good making the switch.