Run Multiple Dropbox in Mac

Instruction in following link: http://bit.ly/cae6u5

Access folders in vmware linux from Mac

set up the vmware linux machine following former post.
In Mac, Finder –> Go –> Connect to Server …, input
smb://10.10.1.1/usr_ubuntu
to server address. Then input your_user_name and password.
In Mac Terminal, the linux directory is at:
/Volumes/usr_ubuntu/

Screen Snap software in Mac

Found skitch is a good one:
https://skitch.com/

Tinygrab is a good one too, but cannot see all the histories:
http://tinygrab.com/

Change default application to open files in Mac

Right click file - get info - open with (change to another application) ... - change all...

PDF viewer in Mac

The default Mac Preview is good to view PDF documents. When we want to add some notes, marks, etc., on the the PDF, Skim is a good choice. It is as good as PDF-Xchange Viewer and Foxit in Windows.
A very funny picture below:

from http://pollycoke.net

How to solve the problem "macbook keeps waking up"

Here is the problem of my macbook: after closing the lid on the Mac laptop, the machine sleeps. Then if I remove the cable/USB driver etc. from the macbook, it keeps waking up and sleeping. Now:

1. check /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/, I guess there is no file "com.apple.AutoWake.plist' there.
2. System Preferences - Energy Saver - Schedule... - check 'Start up or wake'.
3. Now the file "com.apple.AutoWake.plist'  appears
4. Uncheck 'Start up or wake' in Schedule window.

Firefox keyboard shortcut in Windows/Mac

Windows	Mac	Description
Ctrl-K	Command-K	jump to search bar
/	/	quick find
Alt-D	Command-L	jump to address bar
Ctrl-R	Command-R	refresh
Ctrl-TAB	Command-Alt- ->	switch to next tab
Alt-<-/->	Command-[/]	back/forward
	Command-H	hide firefox
	Command-Up/Down	change search engine
Ctrl-0...9	Command- 0...9	switch to nth tab

Mac Keyboard

Regular


Alt-


Alt-Shift-

Mac Keyboard

[Mac] Screen Capture

[Command][Shift]-3: capture entire screen and save a file to desktop

[Command][Shift]-4: you can choose which area to save.

[Command][Shift][Control]-3 (4): copy the captured to clipboard memory. Then in your 'preview' software (or others like photoshop), choose: File-New From Clipboard.

[Command][Shift]-4, Spacebar: capture a window hovered by your mouse

[Mac] Make USB hard drive writable

My USB hard drive used in Windows can only be read in Mac. To make it writable, try to use NTFS-3G, MacFUSE is required before NTFS-3G. (you may reboot Mac after installation)

When you plug out USB drive in Windows, use 'safe remove'

[Mac] Dictionary

1. Download the dictionary convert tool DictUnifier
2. Download some dictionaries (search online), keep .bz2 extension.
3. In DictUnifier: choose .tar.bz2 file, convert.
4. Mac dictionary pop out automatically after finish converting.
5. [ctrl]+[command]+d to use dict (?)

Motions (backward/forward) in Mac

Kind of like in emacs:

Move one character: [Control]-f, [Control]-b
Move to beginning/end of line: [Control]-a, [Control]-e
Move one word: [Control]-[Option]-f, [Control]-[Option]-b