Setting the default email client in Mail is a bit awkward for a new user.  The preference is in Mail, which is fine.  The problem is that Mail will not let you access the setting until it has been configured for an account.  On first launch, Mail prompts the user to enter their account info [...]

Found a couple widgets today that look like they might actually be useful.  When Tiger first launched I found most of the widgets that Apple provides and the 3rd party ones at the time to be fairly useless.  There were a couple semi-useful ones like the Weather and Dictionary widgets, but nothing I need often.  [...]

Here’s a cool Xcode trick that I never knew it could do. Type any of the prefixes below and then type control-. (period) to expand them to the full text. Control-/ will then select the next placeholder like it does for code completion. This is a really cool feature. Now I [...]

Well, the thing I didn’t think would ever happen has happened.  The Mac is moving to Intel chips.  I’m feeling a bit better about it today after the initial shock wore off.  The move will be a good thing for the laptop line.  The pentium m is a nice processor and will really improve the [...]