A view of technology and some non-technical things.
Well I’m really getting to grips with OS X. I’ve also got a Linux machine so they are very similar in a lot of ways.
I discovered a portable drive that no longer worked with Windows works fine on the Mac so that will be useful for photo shoots.
I’m hoping for some better weather this weekend to be able to get out around the village to take some more of the ‘Then and Now’ series on my Pembury Website.
Well after my request for a Mac OS 9 CD, I was pleasantly surprised to be contacted by a friend who said I could loan his. When I went to collect the CD, I was even more surprised when he offered me a redundant Mac G4 with OS X Tiger loaded on it… yes please!! So I’ve got it set up next to my PC and I’m rapidly learning OS X.
The machine might be 6 years old, but it does work really well. I’m even more tempted now to buy something like a Mac Mini to supplement my PC, although once I get used to the operating system I may even transfer over to it full time. I’m still learning how to get things set up to my liking. But so far I’m very impressed.
Oh and Happy New Year…
So are you making any this coming year. I don’t normally but this year I was thinking about making one or two and posting them up on my notice board next to my PC to remind me of all the things I’ve promised to do, or that I should be doing instead of sitting in front of the PC!!
Number 1 on the list will be DECLUTTER… I’ve made a start… but need to continue.. especially in the garage, the shed, the loft… it goes on!! Time to get rid of all those ‘just in case I need them later’ type things… that I never do, or I forget where I’ve put them!!
Number 2… take more photographs… seems obvious really. I think I will start to carry a small digital compact to capture those things you see around you every day…
I’m sure there are others I will add later over the next few days… I will keep you posted…
I was recently given an old Apple iMac, one the old see thru CRT models from the early 90’s.
Sadly no discs, but it appears to work with only a few minor problems, so I am looking around for some OS 9 CD’s. Contact me if you can help.
I have been using the machine on the internet, there’s a few limitations but nothing that stops you from using it as a fairly compact machine.