Posts Tagged ‘Mac tips & tricks’

A table of special Apple symbols and their values

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Below is a table of symbols used in OS X menus to represent special and modifier keys; read on for how to create them in OS X, and for use in HTML and Javascript. 

Symbol Name Hex Dec
Shift 21E7 8679
Control 2303 8963
Option 2325 8997
Command 2318 8984
Delete Right 2326 8998
Delete Left 232B 9003
Escape 238B 9099
Eject 23CF 9167
Return 21A9 8167
Left Arrow 2190 8592
Up Arrow 2191 8593
Right Arrow 2192 8594
Down Arrow 2193 8595
Page Up 21DE 8670
Page Down 21DF 8671
Home 2196 8598
End 2198 8600
Tab 21E5 8677
NumLock 21ED 8685
Clear 2327 8999
Enter 2305 8965
Apple Symbol F8FF 637

Here’s how to create these symbols on your keyboard in OS X:

  1. Basic setup; to be done once:
    • Open the International preference panel in System Preferences
    • Under the Input Menu tab, check the Unicode Hex Input box
    • Check the Show input menu in menu bar checkbox. The Input Method Menu Extra will appear as a national flag in the top right of your screen.
  2. Click the flag and select U+ Unicode Hex Input
  3. Hold down Option while entering the hexadecimal value and the symbol appears
Enjoy Yourself!!
Source: joel bruner

Software by CodeWeavers - CrossOver Mac

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

From: codeweavers.com

Our flagship Windows-to-Macintosh compatibility tool. Intended for Intel Mac OS X machines, CrossOver Mac will allow Mac users to run their favorite Windows applications seamlessly on their Mac. Windows files can be opened directly within your file browser, or from email attachments. No rebooting, no switching to a virtual machine, and no Windows Operating System license required; CrossOver is a complete replacement for your Windows OS as far as your Windows software is concerned.

This is a sweet piece of software, easy to use, not heavy for the system, and very practical, as in: YOU DON’T NEED WINDOWS, to install any windows app!!!!

‘No rebooting, no switching to a virtual machine, and no Windows Operating System license required’

 

This is written using the new Wordpress app

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Now it is possible to use your iPhone to blog to your Wordpress blog using the new Wordpress app

This sure Rulez Big Time

features:
- Support for WordPress.com blogs and self-installed WordPress blogs (version 2.5.1 and higher)
- Full support for tags and categories
- Photo support for both camera pics and library photos
- Support for multiple blogs
- Auto recovery feature recovers posts interrupted by phone calls