Windows 7 and Mac

When your in a hurry and just need to share some files quickly between your Windows 7 PC and Mac there is not better way than this 3 step process.

Step 1:On your Mac. Go to Finder, Click “Go” and select “Connect to Server”.

Step 2: On your Apple Mac, under server address type in “smb://” followed by your IP address for your Windows 7 PC, example smb://192.6.1.100

Step 3: You will be prompted to enter your Windows 7 username and password, do so and you will be connected and asked which drive you would like to mount.

Troubleshooting: If you can’t see any files or folders ensure that they are visible on your Windows 7 PC under “Network” and your computer name in explorer. To share a folder in Windows 7 just right click it and select “share with”.

There is no need to restart your Mac for sharing to begin.

aptana Studio: Build, deploy, scale

Supporting PHP, ROR and Python this is a serious tool. Although I have only used it for basic HTML, CSS editing I found that a breeze with helpful hints and colour coding of syntax. It’s going to be around for the long run as they just secured $7.8 Million in Funding. Its 100% free and monetises via its web app hosting platform.

GIMP

An alternative to Photoshop its completely open source and has a plug-in available that converts the layout closer to Photoshop for an easy learning curve. A great way for aspiring web designers to start honing there skills.

Handbrake

For converting your video files into a web friendly format you cannot go past this one.

Caliper Project

For pixel perfect designs you need a simple measurement tool like Caliper.

MAMP: Mac – Apache – MySQL – PHP

The essential coding environment just a few clicks away :>.

Cyberduck

FTP browser that also supports, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files & Amazon S3.

Dashalytics

Google Analytics on your Dashboard.

Sequel Pro

MySQL database management app.

Dropbox

File sharing the way it should be :>. Great if you are often moving between the office, your home Mac and your MacBook.

Paparazzi!

A tiny app that makes screenshots of websites.

Check out the Yelp app from Apple Store, its available free.

Based on the popular review site it allows users to view bar, restaurant etc ratings using their camera and the direction it is pointing.

It is released as a hidden easter egg as the feature is not yet officially supported by Apple.

Jen from Mashable explains.

Last week we showed you how to get Windows 7 running on your Mac, but iTunes won’t be able to sync your shuffle. This is a solution both for those with Windows 7 installed on Mac and PC. To fix the problem you will have to work through the following steps.

1. If your Shuffle is connected to your Mac/PC then disconnect it, close iTunes.
2. Close ”ITunesHelper.exe” in the windows task manager (CTRL-ALT-DEL).
3. Download Sharepod
4. Reconnect the iPod Shuffle and start Sharepod, you should now be able to see your iPod.
5. With Sharepod still open start iTunes.
6. Your iPod should be visible in iTunes, select options and uncheck iTunes autostart, check hard drive usage.
7. Accept changes and close iTunes, do not eject your iPod using the iTunes interface.
8. Close Sharepod and disconnect your Shuffle before you restart you Mac/PC.

Thats it your iTunes will now be able to place all your podcasts and music on your shuffle just like normal. You will no longer need Sharepod so feel free to uninstall it.

A few requirements

• An up to date Mac and preferably an up to date Time Machine backup.
• Windows 7 on DVD, get it here (available until August 20,2009, although can be installed after).
• 8GB  of space although I would recommend about 25 so you have some room to play with.

Lets get stuck in

1. Restart your Mac and close any apps that automatically start.
2. Open Boot Camp Assistant via finder and click continue at the intro screen.
3. At this stage choose how much space you want to give your new OS, as mentioned above around 25GB is good, although feel free to choose more or less if you know how much you will need. Once your happy click partition.
4. Insert your Windows 7 DVD and click the option to Start Installation.
5. Once your Mac restarts you will have to select which partition to install on. Select the one named Bootcamp you don’t want to accidentally choose the wrong one so pay close attention.
6. Choose drive options and “Format” press ok when prompted.
7. Once Windows 7 has installed it will reboot and you will need to take the DVD out.
8. Your nearly done just select your language etc and finish the installation, connect to the internet and Windows will download the latest updates and a video card driver, yep after this its time for another reboot.
9. All done your ready to go, depending on you Mac hardware you may have to look at getting your sound drivers setup. Just hold option when you turn your Mac on to choose Windows 7 or OSX.

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