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Unbeknownst to me until just now, you can click on the OS X login window to get more information. As noted above, if you click on the computer name, the following can be shown. With each click a new item is shown: Computer Name (default) Version Build Serial Number IP Address “Network Accounts Unavailable” (?) Date and Time I accidentally clicked there moments ago and was surprised to see something happen. Cool. View high resolution

Unbeknownst to me until just now, you can click on the OS X login window to get more information. As noted above, if you click on the computer name, the following can be shown. With each click a new item is shown:

  • Computer Name (default)
  • Version
  • Build
  • Serial Number
  • IP Address
  • “Network Accounts Unavailable” (?)
  • Date and Time

I accidentally clicked there moments ago and was surprised to see something happen. Cool.

It occurred to me moments ago that if I ever upgrade to a 15” MacBook Pro (which I hope do do whenever my 13” polycarbonate one dies), all of my backdrops that I’ve saved will be for 1280x800, whereas the native resolution on the 15” is 1440x900. However, I remembered that the Get Info window (usually) shows a very neat piece of information for files that are downloaded from the Internet: where the file is from. So, in many cases, I’ll probably be able to go back to the source site and get new versions of the files. As I’ve said before, it’s the little things that make computing on a Mac so much better. View high resolution

It occurred to me moments ago that if I ever upgrade to a 15” MacBook Pro (which I hope do do whenever my 13” polycarbonate one dies), all of my backdrops that I’ve saved will be for 1280x800, whereas the native resolution on the 15” is 1440x900.

However, I remembered that the Get Info window (usually) shows a very neat piece of information for files that are downloaded from the Internet: where the file is from. So, in many cases, I’ll probably be able to go back to the source site and get new versions of the files.

As I’ve said before, it’s the little things that make computing on a Mac so much better.

Public Service Announcement

For your Apple fanboy pleasure, MacHeads is currently available for streaming on Hulu, and Welcome to Macintosh (subscriber-only link) is currently available for streaming on Netflix.

Hat tip to peroty on the Macheads link.

Today

Is my MacBook’s first birthday. Awww.

And that concludes our geek moment for today.

As my wife so often reminds me, “it’s the little things that count”. That’s very much how I feel about OS X. So often, little touches make the experience just that much better. Here, we have a file for a partial download that was begun using Safari. I cancelled it quickly after starting. Notice that in the icon there is a progress bar indicating how much of the download had completed. Little touches like that just make the OS X experience that much better. Furthermore, if I want to restart/resume the download, I simply need to click that icon. Granted, this could be attributed more to Safari than OS X itself, but regardless, it’s indicative of how Apple tends to go about developing their products, both hardware and software.

As my wife so often reminds me, “it’s the little things that count”. That’s very much how I feel about OS X. So often, little touches make the experience just that much better.

Here, we have a file for a partial download that was begun using Safari. I cancelled it quickly after starting. Notice that in the icon there is a progress bar indicating how much of the download had completed. Little touches like that just make the OS X experience that much better. Furthermore, if I want to restart/resume the download, I simply need to click that icon.

Granted, this could be attributed more to Safari than OS X itself, but regardless, it’s indicative of how Apple tends to go about developing their products, both hardware and software.