Mat Lu
- http://www.tuaw.com
Professionally Mat Lu teaches and writes philosophy; unprofessionally, he writes about the Mac and related technology. He is one of those half-mythical iPod halo switchers, having come to the fairer platform after purchasing a first generation iPod. Technologically speaking, in addition to Apple gear, he maintains an avid interest in console and computer gaming as well as high-definition home theater. Philosophically speaking, he is a Thomistic Aristotelian in everything that matters.
Filed under: Software, Freeware, Internet Tools, Open Source
by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Nov 19th, 2009
Camino seems a bit like the half-forgotten poor sister of Firefox. The goal of the Camino project is to produce a truly OS X-native browser built on the same Gecko rendering engine that drives Firefox. While it was popular among certain Mac geeks for a while (I even remember using it when it was still called Chimera), it seems like it's fallen somewhat out of favor of late given the richness of browser options on the Mac. No doubt part of this was the lack of significant development.
Well, no more. Camino is back with a new version number and lots of interesting
new features. Perhaps chief among them is the new Tab Overview, which is a little like Exposé for open tabs. It also features improvements in handling tabs, Growl integration, phishing and malware protection and more.
Camino 2.0 is a
free download from The Camino Project for OS X 10.4 and later.
[via
Daring Fireball]
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Nov 19th, 2009
Welcome back to
Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about controlling a PC over the internet, silencing iPhone email notifications at night, replacing a MacBook Pro SuperDrive with a hard drive, printing over the internet, setting iCal as the default calendar, and more.
As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include
which machine you're using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.
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Tags: ask tuaw, AskTuaw, battery, bonjour, iCal, logmein, rdc, remote desktop connection, RemoteDesktopConnection, screen recycler, ScreenRecycler, share tool, ShareTool, vpn
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Nov 11th, 2009
Welcome back to
Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about VOIP apps on the iPhone, auto-tagging music, Boot Camp, replacing a hard drive and more.
As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include
which machine you're using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.
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Tags: antivirus, ask tuaw, AskTuaw, boot camp, BootCamp, carbon copy cloner, CarbonCopyCloner, mail.app, pollux, songenie, superduper, virus, voip
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Oct 14th, 2009
Welcome back to
Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about using a joystick as a mouse, remotely accessing a Mac from a PC, creating zip files without the Mac-specific metadata, replicating certain Windows features, and more.
As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please
include which machine and which version of Mac OS X you're running (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.
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Tags: ask tuaw, AskTuaw, busycal, controllermate, ergonomic, gotomypc, ical, idownload, logmein, mouse, sizeup, twoup, yemuzip, zip
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Sep 30th, 2009
Welcome back to
Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got lots of questions about syncing, as well as customized keyboards, sharing iPhone apps, managing iTunes, and more.
As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please
include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X (we'll assume you're running Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions
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Tags: address book, AddressBook, google sync, GoogleSync, ical, iphone app, IphoneApp, itunes, keyboard maestro, KeyboardMaestro, mobileme, syncing, textexpander, todo, toodledo
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Sep 16th, 2009
Welcome back to
Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about making photo contact sheets, adjusting properties for multiple files at the same time in the Finder, automatically managing settings based on location, changing the spell check language in iWork and more.
As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please
include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X (we'll assume you're running Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.
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Tags: ask tuaw, AskTuaw, automator, bluetooth, contact sheet, ContactSheet, Internet sharing, InternetSharing, location manager, LocationManager, marco polo, MarcoPolo
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Sep 3rd, 2009
Welcome back to
Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about Apple Up-to-Date program, non-black LCD monitors, video management software, connecting to an old PowerMac 7200 to salvage files, and more.
As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please
include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X (we'll assume you're running Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.
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Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Aug 19th, 2009
Welcome back to
Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column! This time we've got more questions on migrating user data when upgrading to Snow Leopard, expanding Apple's built-in Dictionary application, accessing iPhone notes without Mail.app, and more.
As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X (we'll assume you're running Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.
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Tags: Airport Utility, AirportUtility, archive and install, ArchiveAndInstall, dictionary, dvd, iphone notes, IphoneNotes, keychain, migration assistant, MigrationAssistant, phoneview, snow leopard, SnowLeopard, upgrading, WDS, wireless distribution system, WirelessDistributionSystem
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Aug 5th, 2009
Welcome back to
Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column! This time we've got questions on migrating to a new Mac, using a Time Capsule for wireless backup, speeding up podcasts, syncing two Macs, and more.
As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please
include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X (we'll assume you're running Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.
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Tags: ask tuaw, AskTuaw, migration assistant, MigrationAssistant, mobileme, podcast, QuickTime player, QuicktimePlayer, snow leopard, SnowLeopard, time capsule, time machine, TimeCapsule, TimeMachine
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Jul 30th, 2009
Welcome back to
Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column! This time we've got questions on using an AirPort Extreme as a wireless to ethernet bridge, automatically backing up a USB flash drive, building smart playlists in iTunes, migrating an iTunes Library and more.
As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please
include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X (we'll assume you're running Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.
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Tags: airport express, AirportExpress, ask tuaw, AskTuaw, do something when, DoSomethingWhen, dsw, image capture, ImageCapture, itunes, migration assistant, MigrationAssistant, os x server, OsXServer, smart playlists, SmartPlaylists
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