Every programmer will one day realize that Git is easily the best available source code control on the planet. I was a fervent follower of SVN so far and even wrote SVN is the best source code control. The only reason that daunted me to use Git is to use the command line interface. But, if you master the command line, Git is all yours to command. Moreover, with tighter integration of XCode 4 and Git, I think it’s a great idea to...

I think I nearly forgot what “restarting” a PC means…My Mac switches on “instantly”, (faster than a TV perhaps?) which M$ promised with Vista which is a different story altogether. So, I wanted to download a tool that could let me know the uptime of my mac. Searching for that, I found that there was a built in command line program that does it. So I typed “uptime” on the terminal and this is what...

On of the most facinating, useful and equally powerful feature of Leopard, is Time Machine. I’ve been using Mac for over 3 months now and Time Machine for about 2 months. With this background, let me explain my usage rates. I had a lot of data in my PC. Close to 200 GB of data, which I migrated to my mac when I bought it. Took me about 2 days (or more?), and after a month or so, I purchased a new 1TB Western Digital hard drive for 179...

Microsoft has started it’s Win 7 marketing and touts a feature called jump lists. Click the link to see a youtube demo of the same. This feature has been there for a while on mac. Even Microsoft’s own MSN Messenger for Mac had implemented this feature. But now, when it comes to Windows 7, it’s “totally new”, “innovative” concept. (Yeah… may be for Windows users, it’s new… and...