In Mac Mail, when replying to an e-mail, the default action is for it to quote the entire e-mail that you are replying to. If you want to quote only part of the e-mail in your reply, then the fastest way is to highlight that portion of the e-mail in the original e-mail, BEFORE hitting the reply key.
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For any of you power-users moving from Windows to MacOS X behind me, another thing you’ll want to know is how to get the Finder to show hidden files (those that begin with a period). Continue Reading »
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My sister-in-law wants advice on buying a new laptop. For what they’re worth, here are my pearls of wisdom for saving money and headaches, and for getting the most bang for the buck.
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I had no idea how ingrained it was for me to hit the Home and End keys, expecting them to take me to the beginning or the end of the line, respectively, until I tried to work on my new Mac. There, the default behavior for Home & End is to go to the top or bottom of the document. Ugh! Fortunately, I didn’t have to live with that bad behavior long.
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I was recently asked, “Have you worked with any HTML automation testing tools that you feel good about recommending? I’ve worked with Winrunner. It was OK, but it had some quirks.”
My answer was to definitely check out Selenium (http://www.openqa.org/selenium/). It’s a javascript-based runner that’s really easy to set up and explain to non-techies.
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As you might imagine, one of the first things I needed to do when setting up my new MacBook Pro was to get it to print. I have two printers that are connected to an old Windows 2000 box (an HP LaserJet and a Canon color ink jet). Getting connected to these printers, via Samba, proved to be a bit of a hassle. I think the problem stemmed from the fact that the user ID I needed to use for the Samba authorization (i.e. the user ID on the Windows box to “Connect As”) contains a space, although I can’t swear to that. All I know is, I had to “wiggle a lot of wires” to get things to work. Here’s what I did:
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