Sunday, December 26, 2010

Apple Magic Trackpad on Windows 7

I have my PC connected to my 42" LCD and i do need a easy and comfortable way to control my PC.

The Apple Magic Trackpad is the best for that use. Apple says that is only compatible with windows but it can work with a Windows PC using the Bootcamp drivers. You can't have Multi-Touch but its a simple mouse.



To install pair the Apple Magic Trackpad with windows. After that install this drivers:

Use the x86 for 32bit OS or use the x64 for 64bit OS.

And thats it!
You can scroll horizontal and vertical, double click, drag and drop and second click.
For drag and drop, just activate in control panel, mouse options Turn on Clicklock.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Apple Keyboard on Windows

The great Apple Keyboard works out of the box
in Windows but the layout is not correct in
Portuguese keyboard.
Keys like § ± < > ยบ ^ ~ + * are in wrong place.
I have search on web and i was unable to find the layout.
So i have download the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator
and built my own layout.

Before proceed install the original Apple drivers:
x86 and 64 Bit


The layout file is here

1 - Unzip and install.
2 - Go control panel
3 - Click in Region and Language
4 - Click on Keyboards and Languages Tab
5 - Click on Change Keyboard...
6 - In Default input language box select Portuguese (Portugal) - Apple Keyboard
7 - Click OK
8 - Exit and reboot
9 - That's all


If you have a different language you can install my layout and open in Microsoft Keyboard Layout creator and change the keys and built the install program. It's easy.

Enjoy;)

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Must have Open Source - Mac and PC

Open Office
Forget Microsoft Office you don't need it most people will be filled with this one.
http://www.openoffice.org/

vlc
A great player that can handle vrtualy any format
http://www.videolan.org/

Firefox
A great multi platform browser
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.htm

Thunderbird
Email client
http://www.mozilla.com/

Fruux (mac only)
Address, notes and bookmark sync for Mac OSX
http://fruux.com/

Perian (mac only)
Open strange formats in quicktime with subtitles
http://www.perian.org/

Flip4Mac (mac only)
open wmv on quicktime
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/flip4mac.mspx

Mpeg Streamclip
Broadcast quality video converter
http://www.squared5.com/

UnrarX (mac only)
great rar extractor
http://www.unrarx.com/


7 Zip (win only)
Utility for manipulating archives
http://www.7-zip.org/

CuteWriter (win only)
pdf printer
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/CuteWriter-Download-12692.html

Filezilla
ftp client
http://filezilla-project.org/

uTorrent
tiny Bit torrent Client
http://www.utorrent.com/

AppCleaner
free mac uninstaller
http://www.freemacsoft.net/AppCleaner/

XLD (mac only)
audio decoder
http://tmkk.hp.infoseek.co.jp/xld/index_e.html

Chicken of VNC (mac only)
simple VNC client
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/

Real VNC (pc only)
free vnc client and server
http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/download.html