Tips & Tricks

Pep-up your Mac! Free mac applications for almost everything!

If you are following me on Twitter (CSSJockey or MohitAneja) or Facebook, you must have heard that I recently switched from PC to MAC. “FINALLY”

So far my experience is really good however I had to learn new shortcuts and get familiar with this awesome gadget.

Quick Tip!

If you recently switched from PC to Mac the first thing you will hate is the mouse speed. For me it was a major turn off, however being an explorer, I asked my best friend “Google” and I got the following code which you can write in the Terminal window to increase or decrease the mouse speed.

Here’s the code for the same:

To check the current settings type the following in terminal window

defaults read -g com.apple.mouse.scaling

To overwrite the default settings type the following command and replace “your_mouse_speed” with a numeric value. Higher the number, faster the speed!

defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling your_mouse_speed

I’ve set mine to 33 as I like my mouse to move around this big screen really fast. However you can set the number as per your comfort level.

Free Applications Resources for MAC

I’ve been using a lot of applications on windows to be more productive and organized so I starting hunting for MAC Applications to make myself at home.

I found a lot of websites where you can get applications for your MAC however the following are a few where you will find FREE software for you MAC and make it a power machine

These websites might not be appealing to your eyes and I really hate their designs, but they have really good stuff, so check it out

AppDonkey.com

OpenSourceMac.org

FreeMacApps.com

FreeMacWare.com

ThriftMac.com

FreeMacAppADay.com

I hope you will find the software you are looking for in these websites else Google is the rescue..

I’ve got a lot of stuff to share about my experience of switching from PC to MAC which I’ll share in my up-coming posts, so stay tuned..

Cheers!!

posted on August 21, 2010 in Software, Tips & Tricks

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An easy way to create an animated top button with jQuery!

In my previous post I mentioned that I’ll be sharing a nice tutorial about creating an animated top button for your web pages. To view a demo of the code you can scroll a bit down and click on the up arrow image on the bottom right of the page.

Now you know what its all about, so here’s the code

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posted on August 20, 2010 in Tips & Tricks

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How to move your WordPress site from one domain to another in just two easy steps!

In my previous post I mentioned that I’ve moved previous version of this website to a sub-domain. There are a few solutions available to move your WordPress site from one domain to another however I am going to share the fastest and easiest way to do the same.

This solution applies only if you are moving the WordPress install from one domain (directory) to another domain or sub-domain (directory) on the same server.

I’ll refer the existing install as Site 1 and the new install as Site2 below.

Things to check before we start!

To be safe, Make sure you take the backup of the database and all files on your server (including WordPress core files and .htaccess file).
Make sure both domains and database are on same server.
Make sure the new domain or sub-domain is ready to use.

Let’s start with the setup! (more…)

posted on August 19, 2010 in Tips & Tricks, WordPress

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