Applications I Use Every Week – Part 1

Applications I Use Every Week – Part 1

by | Sep 14, 2009 | Featured Articles, Ordinary Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Technology, Time/Life Management

[YouTube Video] Hey everyone, today’s blog post (and a few others this week) is a screen cast from my desktop in my study at home. I am currently using a 2.4 GHz iMac. I also have a MacBook Pro for portability (I’m hardly ever without my laptop) and its set up exactly like my iMac. What do I find to be some of the best applications I tend to use every week? Which are some of the most helpful to me as a pastor? This week I’ll be taking a look at my desktop and sharing with you the apps that find their way into my workweek. In general, just take a look at my doc (the bar of icons at the bottom of my screen). I don’t have any on there that I don’t regularly use. I’m going to give a quick overview today and then throughout the week, I’ll screen cast some details on those that I find most helpful. Finder. The way you find your way around the Mac environment is basically through the “Finder.” It’s comparable to Windows Explorer in the Windows environment. Pathfinder (instead of finder). It is much more versatile and worth the small amount it costs. It makes Windows Explorer and Mac Finder look useless. Safari (I’ve left Firefox behind for the most part). Google. For e-mail, calendar, contacts, chat, and tasks. Also Reader. Few Google docs.  I will review a number of the web applications (WordPress, Picasa, etc.) that I use all the time. Dropbox.  This is an excellent file sharing and synchronizing software.  You can share any files with anyone,...

Uninstalling Applications on a Mac

by | Sep 3, 2009 | MiniPost

O.K., here’s where Windows does seem to outshine Mac – uninstalling a program.  Windows has a great “uninstall” feature that cleans up the system when you want to remove a program.  Mac is limited here.  Check out this article for some help. Uninstalling Applications |...

Path Finder

by | Aug 17, 2009 | Technology

Now here’s a Mac Finder (i.e., Windows Explorer) that does everything.  Wow.  I may actually pay for this. Path Finder 5 by...