Safari is the most efficient Mac browser using the least amount of battery power (amperage) compared to Firefox and Chrome on Apple MacBooks. In a quick test of watching YouTube videos in browsers here’s how much battery/energy each browser used: Safari: 1250 mA Firefox: 1600mA Chrome: 3600mA Chrome is far and away the most power hungry… Read More »
Check out this quote: “close the display and your MacBook Pro goes to sleep. Then an LED glow appears from inside the enclosure. How? During the CNC process, a machine first thins out the aluminum. Then a laser drill creates small perforations for the LED light to shine through. These holes are so tiny that… Read More »
It’s early in the honeymoon phase with Firefox 3 or more accurately infatuation “I just met you” phase, but FF3 appears as fast (or faster) than both Safari and Camino. That’s fast. Ridiculously fast when you consider that it has the power of the largest Add-Ons base, plus the best overall standards support of any… Read More »
A good alternative browser to Safari on Mac OS X Leopard is Camino. Camino is based on Mozilla’s Gecko engine, so it operates much like Firefox on Mac, but a hell of a lot quicker. Camino just released version 1.6.1 (May 20, 2008), which fixed stability and security issues from their last major release, 1.6,… Read More »
With large files, sometimes it’s easier handling them split into many smaller files. In order to rejoin the files one typically uses a file joining program. I came across two that could possibly perform file joins: MacHacha and Split & Concat. Turns out that MacHacha has some issues, perhaps related to Leopard, as after reaching… Read More »
The Best Laptop Screen available on the market is on a MacBook Pro “Santa Rosa” (named that for their use of the Intel Core 2 Duo chips using the “Santa Rosa” line, i.e. 2.2Ghz and 2.4Ghz speeds). Alright, that’s a bit of a strong statement. The Best Brightness on a Laptop Screen… is found on… Read More »
My solution to keep Mac OS X protected from trojans and other nasty Internet virus related problems is an easy to use, easy to understand firewall software: Little Snitch. Having a virus attack your computer and render it useless is annoying. Having a trojan install itself on your computer and send out your sensitive personal… Read More »
As if you’re brushed aluminum case of your G5 or MacBook Pro didn’t stand out enough already, you can get custom laser etching of designs and pictures on your case now. Check out some of these MacBook Pro laser etched case designs. Share this:
Hate animated Flash ads while browsing? Get Camino. Go to Preferences, Web Features, Block Flash Animations and voilà, no more Flash based animated ads. Without Flash Ads With Flash Ads I’m not sure about you, but I like my Jolie with as little extraneous distractions as possible. I’ve mentioned the block flash ads feature with… Read More »
Ok, it’s a bit early for me to be describing Camino as the Fastest and Best Browser on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, but at the same time I can’t help but be overjoyed at the prospect of having full keyboard navigation functionality (i.e. searching, finding, clicking/navigating/opening a link purely through the keyboard) with the… Read More »