Archive: mac

Contiuing my project to get my Mac to feel like a proper PC and not cause me mental strain every time I switch to it from Ubuntu, I have started using a proper UK keyboard and have now found out how to make it have the correct keymapping.
For full details go here:
http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2005/11/20/using_a_british.php
In a nutshell though:
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If you regularly swap between a PC (Ubuntu for me) and a Mac, then this little tip might just save you a load of hassle.
The biggest bug bear switching between the two systems is that the combinations [ctrl]+[c] etc are now [cmd]+[c] which is not on the same keyboard locaation and is generally a bit [...]

Perhaps it’s the 30″ monitor that is seducing me, or the cute way windows can pop open and closed. Maybe it’s the fact that as a Linux user I see a lot of things that I recognise thanks to OSX being a unix based OS.
Now that I have my Ubuntu Jaunty laptop and the Macs [...]