Author: sroot

  • Useful Mac Shortcut Key (show desktop)

    Part two of my notes of moving from Windows to Mac – read part 1 here One of the most popular posts in the blog is the shortcut key in windows to ‘show desktop’. I love shortcut keys, but they’re all different on the Mac so I’m having to learn them all over again. Here…

  • Notes from moving from Windows to Mac

    My trusty HP laptop (nx6325 circa 2006) has finally reached retirement. Actually, as a PC it was running fine. It’s processor was expensive for it’s time (a 64bit dual core AMD) and routine improvements (memory to 1.5GB, hard disk to 256Gb, 2 replacement batteries) had extended it’s life nicely. The reason for replacing was the…

  • My name (root) – most dangerous word in computing?

    I haven’t posted for a while, I know. I’ve been busy doing other things is all. Some of which you may hear about soon, others only if I get around to posting about it. One thing I have done recently is set up an http://about.me page. For most people, that’s a very easy thing to…