Tag Archives: osx

Test of distraction-less text editors on OS X

Posted on 22 February 2010 by Thomas Pelletier

Note: If you think that I missed a really nice disctration-less text editor, or that one of my comment is groundless, feel free to drop me an email. Competitors: Ommwriter Pyroom WriteRoom JDarkroom Ommwriter Ommwriter is developed because of an … Continue reading →

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Chrome vs Safari: my opinion

Posted on 7 February 2010 by Thomas Pelletier

On my computer (MacbookPro), I have two browsers: one for web development and the other for the rest of my web activities. Firefox is definitely the best for my coding tasks, mainly because of its flexibility, its rank on the … Continue reading →

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Songbird: Music player for OSX

Posted on 4 February 2010 by Thomas Pelletier

I hope you like The Beatles! ;) That’s it, I’m finally tired of iTunes. On my MacBookPro, it takes close to 3 minutes to cold start, and I see the spinning ball each time I click on its window. Such … Continue reading →

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About Apple’s Magic Mouse

Posted on 21 January 2010 by Thomas Pelletier

In short: wow! I recognize my not really inventive attitude, but I think there is no better summarize about my feelings. Look Well, just by itself, the mouse is really beautiful. I admit it would not be worse with a … Continue reading →

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Time Machine, FreeBSD and AFP are on a little boat

Posted on 11 January 2010 by Thomas Pelletier

Okay, I just had set up a backup system from a MacBookPro (let’s say, the client) to a FreeBSD-powered server (quite boringly, the server). I chose Time Machine because of it’s nice and polished interface and its deep integration with … Continue reading →

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Sync Google Contacts and AddressBook.app

Posted on 7 December 2009 by Thomas Pelletier

You may be aware of some limitations you may encounter to sync your Google Contacts with your built-in Mac OS X address book, especially if you don’t have an iPhone/iPod Touch. Here is the most suitable solution I found to … Continue reading →

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