Category Archives: mac

Java for Mac: Of Mice and Momentum

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Sam Howard

A few years ago Apple introduced multi-touch functionality to the trackpads in their laptops. Undoubtedly the most used gesture is placing two fingers on the pad and moving them around to scroll. If you remove your fingers while still moving, … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, mac | Tagged , , | Comments Off

3 annoying things about Lion 10.7 upgrade for my Mac

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Mark Stephens

In general, the upgrade of my Mac to 10.7 (Lion) has been very smooth and I have written a blog post about how impressed I have been. However, I have come across a couple of niggles…. 1. My NAS box … Continue reading →

Posted in mac, opinion | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

4 First impressions of OS X Lion (10.7)

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Mark Stephens

I have installed the new version of the Apple OS on my MacBook Pro and here and some initial impressions. 1. Installation is very slick. It takes a while to download the OS (even on Broadband) but it installs without … Continue reading →

Posted in mac | Tagged , , | 2 Comments