Mac: Grab - Great Screen Capture

Today I found a little utility called Grab located at Applications/Utilities/Grab. Very easy and included in the Mac OS.


As you can see from the Dock, there are quite a few applications installed. Pretty much the same as what I detailed yesterday.

I also came across a very interesting article this morning regarding the increase in Mac households . Looks like Apple is gaining some ground, but Windows is still out there!

Until next time ~ Live, Love, Laugh.

Mac

So I got started using the Mac Mini on Wednesday, basically I just dusted it off and made sure all the Apple components were updated.

Thursday I got on line and downloaded some essentials I thought I'd need to keep me from switching back to the PC;

• Remote Desktop
• Flickr Uploadr
• TweetDeck
• Greasemonkey and scripts for Flickr

Friday I worked from home using the Mac and remotely connected to my work Vista PC. I checked my eMail and did what I had to do via RDC without any issues. Later in the day as I was on Flickr or Facebook Firefox just decided to crash, I had to restart Firefox and then go back upon my merry way!

Over the weekend I downloaded a few programs, Zuma's Revenge Trial (I've been playing Zuma on the PC for a couple of years and while it's quite mindless I find it relaxing. Kind of like "Whack a Mole" take your frustrations out on the poor mole!) While I'm not a fan of Pop-Cap games due to their use of pop-up Ads I gave the trial a try. I didn't get very far when the trial just closed down and made the system completely unstable. Needless to say the application has been removed and will not return.. ever! I then proceeded to download Nikon applications to help with photo editing, iPhoto is ok but I really prefer the MS Office Picture Manager. However, I think is only available with Office Professional/Enterprise for Windows. So, I'll probably be searching around for a photo editing/work flow program for the Mac. But first I'll test the Nikon applications to see if that works for me.

Until next time ~ Live, Love, Laugh

Fall Flowers

Friday Fun Foto

Scruffy love's to play in the flowers!


Wednesday I took a trip with my brother to the Lyons, NJ VA Hospital. We found that they had a Greenhouse that is run by Veterans, signs were posted along the drive "Mums are Ready!" I just had to go check it out. Very nice greenhouse and a great deal on the plants. Next round will be for Poinsettias. We added ourselves to the mailing list!

Happy Friday, until next time - Live, Love, Laugh

The Mac is Back!

I've been spending quite a bit of time online lately between flickr, facebook (Farmville is evil!) and just trying to keep up with the blogs I'm following. Lately I've been very restless, bored, unfulfilled. So, today I decided that I would dust off that Mac Mini I got about a year and half ago and give it another whirl.


The Mac Mini is a small, entry level computer targeted to the Windows user community. It's Apple's way of getting more PC users to switch to the Mac at a minimal cost. Historically Apples are known to be more costly than comparably equipped pcs, but this model is just the computer without Monitor, keyboard, or mouse. Those little things can cost a bundle, especially if you're a PC user who probably already has 'em. That was my case so off we went and just got a KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) switch so we could just share with the Vista PC . A double key press is all we needed to go back and forth between them.

So, we hooked it up and we gave it a whirl. After getting familiar with the initial differences, and there are many, we didn't really see the big deal. I did learn there are many, many websites that are dedicated to the "PC switchers", the differences can frustrate the best of us. It was a strange experience and we all said "OK, now what?" Except my daughter, she absolutely hated it and demanded her PC back.

So I will be using the Mini for the next month, and post my thoughts. Just in case anyone is interested.

Today I'm thinking - What a cute little computer!


My photo buddy Louie agrees! :-)

Until next time - Live, Love, Laugh