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Apple Mac App Store initially I was dubious

I was dubious about Apple Mac App Store

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Apple Mac App Store an imperfect tool for small apps developers?

Apple’s new Mac App Store arrives on January 6 and it could be the perfect tool for small app developers and a welcome boost in hybrid web-app startups. That said — Does your business or client want their marketing and product development strategy to be led by Apple’s App Store? Mac App Store key features [...]

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Just installed Office for Mac 2011- first thoughts

So .. Thanks to Amazon and Royal Mail at 730am I received my copy of Office for Mac 2011. Most obvious change is that the floating palette or toolbox is gone, replaced by the Ribbon which has been in Windows Version for a few years. It now seems way way faster … Once one office [...]

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iWork – Pages I don't like

I started the week with the ambition to just use iWork for a week. Today’s Tuesday and now I see the #failure of such a challenge. iWork Pages can’t convert Word documents so easily I’ve been sent a word document to review for a friend – that should be easy as iWork opens Microsoft Office [...]

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Challenge of the week – Can I get by with iWork alone

Having cleaned up my Macbook Pro and reformatted the hard drive … I’m going to spend the week using iWork for all my document needs.  I’m a smart guy … I know I love Office for Mac (powerpoint makes any presentation look hot) – but maybe I can be doing sexy presentations in Keynote instead. [...]

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Insert Disc & Press Enter to Format

Some old habits die hard and so last night I reformatted my 18 month old macbook pro. I had felt that it was starting to run a bit slow than ‘normal’ and I recently had a problem with a kernel panic (caused when testing a up to 21mb USB modem). So I have a ‘clean’ [...]

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