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WebWorkerDaily writes up a nice comparison of VMWare Fusion 2 and Parallels Desktop.

I was editing a bunch of files on my server via FTP and was a bit annoyed by multiple TextMate windows for every file that I needed to edit. After a quick search, I found this great post that describes how to configure a TextMate project for files opened via Transmit.

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I haven’t actually tried Boot Camp for a few reasons:

I like the idea of running Windows and OSX side-by-side* AND I don’t have enough hard drive space (I run all my VMs off an external drive) AND I haven’t rebuilt my Mac in a long time to free up enough space

Yes, I am aware VMWare Fusion has [...]

So, after about a year of using a Mac as my primary computer, I decided to share the list of applications I consider essential on OSX. This is not a comprehensive list of every application I have installed; it only includes the ones it would be really tough to deal without. What are your essential [...]

I had actually removed all stacks from my dock but this one actually looks like it might be useful.  To enable it, run the following command:

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–>defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add ‘{ “tile-data” = { “list-type” = 1; }; “tile-type” = “recents-tile”; }’

Then you can right click the stack icon [...]

Open Keychain Access and launch the preferences (Command + ,).  Check the Show Status in Menu Bar checkbox.    There will be a new padlock icon in the menu bar.  Click it and choose Lock Screen from the menu.

I picked up a couple of nice tips from this Hack the Day post.  I especially like the F1-F12 tip.  I was annoyed by the fact that I used to have to press fn + F9 to invoke Expose, fn + F8 to invokes Spaces, etc. but never really looked into how to fix it.  [...]

Looks like I’ll have to wait on the VMWare Fusion 1.1 upgrade.