Posted by YILKA in Software, TechNov 1st, 2007 | 74 Comments
While surfing through System Preference, I was surprised to find out that Leopard now supports Vietnamese Input much better Nothing need to be configured, no external driver, no extra keyboard layout, no 3rd party software; you choose the language then type – pretty easy isn’t it
Just to help some Vietnamese friends who indeed need to type Vietnamese on Mac OS X. To enable it, follow these simple steps:
1. First go inside System Preference and open International
2. Go to tab Input Menu, tick on “Vietnamese Keyboard”. You also want to check on “Show input menu...
Posted by YILKA in Software, TechOct 31st, 2007 | 9 Comments
Finally I had time to backup then install Mac OS X Leopard on my MacBook Pro Overall, the installation is quick and painless . Leopard is deadly gorgeous and much much faster than Tiger
There are many ways to install Leopard into your Mac: via Leopard DVD, via Network, via External HDD (Firewire, USB). I made use of my iPod Video 5G (30Gb) to boot up The backup took me around 45 minutes to complete, whereas the installation only took about 15 minutes.
Just a quick note, you can find online tutorial how to squeeze Leopard Install DVD from Dual Layer to Single Layer, that would probably benefit...
Posted by YILKA in Software, TechOct 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment
After a very long anticipated time, Apple finally announced their new OS – Leopard – will be shipped worldwide on 26th October 2007. Leopard is the sixth major release of Mac OS X, “the best upgrade we’ve ever released” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. Their Leopard website is updated to reveale more than 300 new features of Leopard.
Amongst the new features, there are some coolest features that Mac users would love to have:
TextEdit: supports Word 2007 Formats
Guest Log-In Accounts
Grammar Checking
PDF Manipulation in Preview
SMS Forwarding
Event Dropbox
Instant...
Posted by YILKA in Hardware, Software, TechJun 12th, 2007 | 6 Comments
I’m not going to copy and paste the Keynote from WWDC 2007 here, instead I’ll sum up what things in WWDC 2007 have fascinated me an hour ago. Just in case you are not familiar with the term, WWDC stands for Worldwide Developers Conference, the Apple’s most important annual event for hardware and software developers, including in-house developers, computational scientists, IT managers, and system administrators. This year, WWDC takes place June 11-15. And the most anticipated moment during WWDC is the Keynote by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, it’s always been
End-users like me are expecting...