Camino 1.5 Released

Posted on 6 June 2007 in 3rd Party Software | 1 Comment »

WOW!!!

That was my first reaction when I launched it and opened Apple.com!
It displays the pages faster than ever, in this new release Camino uses OS X spell checker, RSS/Feed detector in the address bar (just like the small RSS button you see in Safari), pop up blocking has been improved, you can even block flash animations (which are really annoying sometimes), the application design is superb as always, Camino is still the “Native OS X Firefox”.

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All Mac users have a “back up browser” because sometimes Safari just don’t display some pages correctly or is missing a plug in. Most of OS X are using Firefox, I did grab Camino!

If you want to see it in action download it here.

Simplicity

Posted on 26 April 2007 in Cult Of Mac, Screenshots | 2 Comments »

It’s a modded OS X very simple but very very nice!!!

As a fan of minimalism , all I can say is: “Less is More”.

IRC iChat style

Posted on 11 December 2006 in 3rd Party Software | 1 Comment »

IRC is one of the oldest Chat relay protocol and is still used by some communities (forum), there are a few IRC applications on OS X and most of them are shareware, the best (to me) is Conversation, it is free and it really looks like iChat (easy to use).

You can download it here: http://homepage.mac.com/philrobin/conversation/

Some OS X Security advices…

Posted on 22 March 2006 in 3rd Party Hardwares, Macintosh Tips & Help, Security & Maintenance | 1 Comment »

I’ve picked some ideas from Apple Discussions forum about OS X Security, and here is my strategy:

  1. no antivirus, no third parties firewalls (they can only cause problems) 
  2. back up as often as i can
  3. enabling built in firewall (read this)
  4. + being protected by router’s firewall
  5. hiding preview pan in Mail.app
  6. disabling “open safe files” in Safari pref
  7. don’t open unknown sender’s attachements
  8. thanks Apple for the security update: they are WITH us (very good reactivity)
  9. create a Good Quality Administator password, it don’t have to be written anywhere in your Mac (in any file), you can write it down on a sheet of paper or on your mobile phone (be sure not to loose them :) ) (do never loose it!!!!!!)
  10. use another web browser like Firefox or Camino (which are Safer than Safari)
  11. PS: i really can’t use another browser, i love Safari too much… 

Quicksilver…

Posted on 19 March 2006 in 3rd Party Software, Screenshots | No Comments »

I was looking for this and i’ve finally found it, it’s Quicksilver, it displays an incredible menu for your OS X, here is the Tuto: http://www.ff00aa.com/fr/space/2006/01/01/170945/

Thanks AGAIN to Ultraman for this great wallpaper (frenchstudio.net)!