Use A HDTV As A Computer Monitor

For A  HDTV Computer Monitor, Size Does Matter You can use an HDTV as ac computer monitor with varying  degrees of success.  I know this statement sounds ambiguous.  This ambiguity stems from pixel density: simply put, the number of pixels used in a square inch on your screen.  TVs are designed to be seen from… Continue reading Use A HDTV As A Computer Monitor

Putting VirtualBox To Work

Mint and Ubuntu Server on OS X

What is VirtualBox? The simplest description of VirtualBox is that it is software that allows you to run another operating system (OS X, Unix, Linux, Windows, and others) in a “window”on your computer. This “window” becomes, in almost every aspect, another computer, and is commonly called a Virtual Machine (or VM). Depending upon how the… Continue reading Putting VirtualBox To Work

Install Linux On VirtualBox With Mac Host

Why use a virtual machine? There are many reasons to use a virtual computer, to name a few:  Software development (configure, and see how software runs on different OS’s), secure LAN networking and/or web surfing, experimenting with different OS’s, keep using legacy software, or reuse or re-purpose old hardware.   My reasons fall into the later… Continue reading Install Linux On VirtualBox With Mac Host

Pixlr Image Editor Review

What Is Pixlr? Pixlr is an image editor from Autodesk, where it has some amazing engineering and entertainment software siblings : AutoCad, Maya, and many others. Adobe’s Photoshop is still the top ranking image editor, and trying to make any comparison between Pixlr and Photoshop is like comparing a bicycle to an F-18 fighter jet.… Continue reading Pixlr Image Editor Review

Kodi Audio Settings – Quick Reference Chart

   What is Kodi?  Kodi (formerly XBMC) is an open source cross-platform media player program.  Kodi is well sorted out, and easy to install and setup.  Kodi can play streaming videos, dvd’s/cd’s, display photos, update weather, and much more. One of Kodi’s is strengths is that it is flexible, allowing plugins to expand and vary… Continue reading Kodi Audio Settings – Quick Reference Chart

Using A Virtual Private Network With Your Local Network

Who knew???

Three months ago, I added the use of a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to my arsenal of online protection (Click the article’s title here to learn more about VPN’s:  Virtual Private Network – Why And How To Use One).  As with most security applications, the more secure your system, the less convenient some of the… Continue reading Using A Virtual Private Network With Your Local Network

OS X Startup Key Combinations

When trying to install Yosemite to a fresh hard drive a couple of weeks ago, I realized my knowledge of OS X startup key combinations was very lacking.  I did a little research, and found the chart displayed below from Apple’s Support pages (To see the original document, click here). All the OS X startup… Continue reading OS X Startup Key Combinations

Install OS X To A New Hard Drive

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The Case of the Missing EFI: Yesterday, I installed a new hard drive on a mid-2012 MacBook Pro (here is a very good video on how to install the drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7co5-qJhuM)[1]. The install itself is pretty straight forward, and within about 20 minutes the little MacBook was back together and ready to have the drive… Continue reading Install OS X To A New Hard Drive

Commander One – An Ultimate Free Finder Alternative

In February, I posted an article titled “2 Free Finder Alternatives for OS X” (Click here to see the article).  MuCommander and XtraFinder are the subject programs, and both are, in my humble opinion, improvements over the OS X Finder. Now, an even stronger Finder alternative has emerged:  Commander One.  The program loads fast, has… Continue reading Commander One – An Ultimate Free Finder Alternative

21 Free Must-Have Mac OS X Apps

  Foreword Located deep in the bowels of a subterranean man-cave in Southern California, the LarryTalksTech computers patiently await daily instructions from their users. Though there is a sprinkling of Debian Linux powered computers, the main work-horses here are Macs. As our capital expenditure budget is next to “0”, so open-source software answers most of… Continue reading 21 Free Must-Have Mac OS X Apps