For many years, I was using a hot corner to lock the screen of my Mac, but I always wished there was the equivalent of Windows-L in Windows to do it. I have no idea when this keyboard shortcut was added, but tapping the CTRL-CMD-Q shortcut will lock your Mac […]
Games
Pangea Arcade is free on the Mac App sto…
Pangea Arcade is free on the Mac App store right now. There are 3 classic arcade games in this app based on Centipede, Asteroids and Missile Command so there’s plenty of gameplay on offer here! I’m trying to install it but the App Store has frozen on my machine. Hopefully […]
C64 , Linux
Every OS Sucks
I’m sure I’ve heard this before but the video is new to me. Enjoy! Odd that their C64 isn’t plugged in. The power cable went in at the side. The joystick ports are strangely blacked out too. Gosh, might it not be a real Commodore 64? (via) April 30th, 2021 […]
Games
Half Life 2 comes to the Mac
I’m downloading Half Life 2 through Steam on my Macbook now. I don’t expect it to run any better than Portal did however. Glad I have the Orange Box on my Xbox if I want a decent game of either! (Thanks giantbomb!)
Games
Steam for Mac launches
Steam launched for Mac this morning and I’ve just installed it, along with the 33MB update that downloaded as soon as I started the programme. They’re giving away Portal for free until May 24th. Thanks Alex for the heads up! I’m downloading it even though I just got a window […]
Apple
Crash Different
An oldie, but as they say, “a goody”. For all the Mac fans who are sick and tired of their computers crashing. (Hey Mark!) Found this on a CD while sorting through my CDRs and music collection. Most are now ripped to MP3 and the physical media is heading into […]
Photography
How do you backup to DVD?
One of my external drives failed yesterday and for an hour I thought I had lost a lot of family videos and other stuff. My photos are backed up on to another drive with backuppc, but there simply isn’t room to backup everything there. Luckily the drive came back after […]
Apple , Movies
The PC and the Mac – a love story
Here’s a cute animation. The love story of an office PC and a Mac!