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Have you ever used Quicksilver on a Mac? Or maybe GnomeDo on a Linux system? If not, then I will explain what these programs do. They are programs that allow you to search for files/folders and even execute programs by just typing the name of that program. Type in 'Firefox' and it will allow you to open your website. Type in a song file name and it will allow you to play song in a media player. Launchy is essentially the cousin of the above programs. Only this cousin runs Windows (although Launchy does have a Linux version too). Launchy runs in the background of your system and only appears (or disappears) when you press 'alt-space'. The dialog box will open and allow you to search for the application/file/folder…

 

 

If you switch from Windows or Linux to Mac, one of the things you will notice is Mac OS X doesn't have a utility to help uninstall applications.  To try and make things simple, Apple didn't include an uninstaller, instead all you have to do is delete the application files.  The only problem with this is as applications began to get more complex, not all the files were located in the same place.  Sure you can try and manually search for the files but there's no way you'll find all of them. If you don't like deleting only some of the application files, you should give AppCleaner a try.  AppCleaner is a FREE program designed to find and…

 

 

I decided to come up with a poll in the hope to provoke some comments. I want your opinions! Which is your favorite Linux distro, and why? I'll start: I am an Ubuntu user. I have used Mandriva and OpenSUSE before but decided on Ubuntu in the end. The biggest thing I like is the community. I can find out how to do anything because there is such a big community of users. I managed to get things done a lot faster as an Ubuntu beginner than I managed with either Mandriva or OpenSUSE before. I would have to say Ubuntu is a great beginner Linux distro. The 'safe' choice. It's also nice because I know it's going to work for me day in and day out. If you are someone who loves to delve into the mysteries of computer

 

 

Nowadays with viruses and spyware all over the Internet, everyone is worried about protecting their computers from software problems.  But have you ever worried about protecting your computer from hardware issues? You can know whether your hardware is working properly or not by doing some simple monitoring.  SpeedFan is a hardware monitoring program that allows you to monitor everything from voltages to hard drive temperatures.  SpeedFan can even control your fan speeds so your computer runs quieter. You can tell a lot about a computer by monitoring its hardware. For example, if the cpu and system temperatures are too high it is likely that your computer is being bogged down with too many processes running at the same time…

 

 

Ever since iTunes allowed the cover flow option in iTunes I've wanted an easy way of getting all of my album art together. Luckily I found this program for Mac users. Fetch Art is a little utility program that does what the name implies: fetch your album art. It essentially uses Amazons XML interface to find the album art to match the info already in your iTunes library. The program is controlled through the iTunes script menu. It allows you to preview album art it finds so that you can make sure it's the correct picture. Here's a little screenshot:

thanks to Macupdate.com for the picture

Click here to download

 

 

One of the hardest things for former Windows users to get used to is you can't press Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up the task manager. So what do you do when there is a program that has become unresponsive??? There is a simple solution and you actually have a couple different options. Option 1: (my favorite, also the easiest) The easiest way to quit a program that stopped responding is by using the force quit button.  In Ubuntu this button can be added to any panel by right clicking on the panel and choosing 'Add to Panel.' Then scroll down and select 'Force Quit.'

Then, when there is a program you need to stop, just click on the force quit…

 

 

A couple of months ago, I was in a rush to shut down my laptop. When I finally got to my destination, I found that my computer had not in fact shut down as I had told it to do. Apparently a program had crashed and it was waiting on me to click the 'End Now' button. I was so annoyed that from then on I waited to see that my power light had gone out before I ever put my laptop in my bag. But now, I have found a better solution: Force my computer to close unresponsive programs at shutdown without my permission. I'm shutting my computer down any way, who cares if it's closing an unresponsive program. Here's how to so it: Step 1: Click the Start button, then…