Adobe Photoshop Replacement

For those of you who can't afford Adobe Photoshop here is a free alternative, called GIMPShop. GIMPShop is based off of the Gimp which is a multiplatform image manipulation program. GIMPShop changes menu layouts among other things to make the Gimp act more like Photoshop. You can download the program here. You will also need X11 installed on your mac, if you have OS X Tiger it is available on your install disc.

Audacity

Audacity is a wonderful cross-platform audio editor that is available for mac, windows and linux. It is very useful for cutting audio tracks for ringtones, or even for recording your own music. The best part is that it is free. Link.

Strange Happenings

I own an upgraded white macbook that I bought for college last summer just after the first intel macs came out. It is hands down the best computer I have used, but it has been having some troubles lately. The first (and worst) of which is the random reseting error. The screen fades out and a little gray box pops up saying, "You must restart your computer now." in multiple languages. It seems to happen the most after a new update from apple or when I am low on hard drive space, but it hasn't happened recently.

The other problem that I just experienced is disappearing bluetooth. I use bluetooth to sync with my PDA so it is somewhat important. Yesterday I turned on my macbook and the bluetooth icon had a squigley line through it, and when I clicked on it a message said, "Bluetooth not available." I went to system preferences and the Bluetooth preference pane was gone. At this point I rebooted and everything was back to normal, but it was quite strange experience. I'm hoping that it was just one time thing but you never know...

Inverted Screen

This little trick is somewhat useful if you are tired of the bright white screen and want something a little darker. If you press Command + Alt + Ctrl + 8 the screen will be inverted. Could be useful for tricking your friends with mac's if they don't know about it.
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About This Blog

I am going to use this little blog to post useful tips and tricks that can be done on a mac, along with programs that I have found to increase my productivity. Thats all for now.