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| Buy | Apple Store with Educational Discounts | http://store.apple.com/Catalog/Australia/Images/AUEduUniversity.html | 2007 | | Kwang |
| Buy | Cheap and good Macpro memory | http://eshop.macsales.com/ | | | |
| Documents | Free App: Export pdfs and beamer slides to keynote (thanks to Sven for the link) | http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~oneill/freesoftware/pdftokeynote.html | | | |
| Documents | If you need to compare two files (or two directories), the built-in FILEMERGE service on OSX is a really amazing tool. It will show you tow files (or directories) side by side with a comparison. See item 4 here | http://www.oakinnovations.co.uk/blog/2007/03/12/5-more-osx-hidden-gems/ | | | |
| Documents | Beamer for presentations | http://sourceforge.net/projects/latex-beamer/ | | | |
| Library | Link directly from Google Scholar to the actual article | http://economics.com.au/?p=1586 | | | |
| Media | MBS/Unimelb Podcasts on iTunes | opens in itunes | | | |
| Networking | MBS Networked Drive: Finder-> {Command}{K}. connect to "smb://carstorage/kw.lim$", replacing "kw.lim" with your mbs acctname | | Sep 2009 | All | kwanghui |
| Snow Leopard | To do a Screen Capture, run Applications->Preview. Click "File"->"Take Screen Shot" | http://books.google.com.au/books?id=x9SeYRbg1AQC&lpg=PA213&ots=rairBn8XH-&dq=snow%20leopard%20preview%20%22take%20screen%20shot%22&pg=PA213#v=onepage&q=&f=false | Sep 2009 | 10.6 | kwanghui |
| Snow Leopard bug | Can't open web pages that require the Acrobat reader plug-in or some other plug-in, such as my online bank? Running Safari in 32-bit mode may fix that too as it can then access the (32-bit) plug-in. | | Sep 2009 | 10.6 | Sven |
| Snow Leopard bug | Can't print from Preview or Safari? Close the application; go to its icon in the Application folder; click Cmd-I; check the "Open in 32-bit mode" box in the General section; close the information window. Now restart the app and print. (At this point Preview may crash, but only after it prints). | | Sep 2009 | 10.6 | Sven |
| Software | Built-in feature lets you combine/merge multiple PDF Documents | http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071114191806624 | | | |
| Software | 69 Awesome Free Applications for Mac OSX | http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/free_snow_leopard_compatible_apps | Oct 2009 | 10.X | kwanghui |
| Software | Converts Windows Outlook files to a form that Mail can read | http://www.littlemachines.com/ | | | |
| Software | Logmein to manage your pcs and macs | https://secure.logmein.com/ | | | |
| Software | Compare and sync text files, msword documents, or even entire folders | http://www.deltopia.com/compare-merge-sync/macosx/ | Nov 2009 | Mac, Windows and Linux | kwanghui |
| Software | Use Automator to copy the current directory/file path to your clipboard | http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071018002311820 | | | |
| Software | Use shared drives, not shared folders, to access mac files from your VMWARE windows installation | http://www.vmware.com/support/fusion2/doc/releasenotes_fusion.html | | | |
| Software | Papers by Mekentosj Configuration for unimelb | http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/litt/2009/06/12/setting-up-papers-for-the-mac/ | October 2009 | all | unimelb library |
| Software | Sugarsync - syncs across macs, pcs, etc | http://www.sugarsync.com/ | | | |
| Software | Quick tips for Leopard's built-in Quicklook | http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/05/10-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-quick-look/ | 2008 | 10.5 | kwang |
| Software | 1Password - autofills your passwords. Syncs across all your macs | http://www.1Passwd.com | 2007 | all. update to agile keychain for iphone/itouch compatibility | kwang |
| Software | Copy Time Capsule to a Time Machine Backup Drive | http://www.unlikelywords.com/2009/01/05/moving-a-time-machine-backup-to-a-time-capsule/comment-page-1/ | Dec 2009 | OSX 10.5, 10.6 onwards | kwanghui |
| Software | Tubetv - great for videos | http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/tubetv/ | 2007 | | Kwang |
| Software | Busysync synchronizes your google calendars, ical, ipod touch and iphone. works really well with mobileme | http://www.busymac.com/ | 2008 | all | kwang |
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