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I have decided to give up VirtualBox to run Windows 7. It is too slow for my Ms Access application and other third party software.

The best way to resolve the slow performance is install Windows 7 on its native Windows environment by using Boot Camp for Mac OS. Boot Camp is a build in utility in Mac, for Windows user.

How To Setup Boot Camp?

Boot Camp helps to create Windows partition easily. Go to Applications > Utilities > Boot Camp Assistant, create the Windows partition size you want. 15GB is enough for my 3rd party software + Windows 7.

Once created the partition, restart your Mac and insert Windows installation DVD. Follow on screen instruction to format the newly created Windows partition. You have to be extra careful when format partition. ONLY format the ‘Bootcamp’ partition that you have created. By deleting wrong partition could cause your Mac OS and data gone!

The Windows 7 took sometime to install. Go for a break while waiting. Once completed, restart your Macbook (iMac, MacBook Pro, whatever) while holding ‘Option‘ key when machine starting up. It should prompt 2 choice: Mac OS or Windows. Select Windows to boot up.

Opps..no drivers? Insert Install Mac OS DVD and setup all drivers. Cool! Now Windows 7 run on my awesome Macbook. (more…)

Plain desktop make our computer looks boring. We should make full use of what we have paid for, the processor, memory, etc.

BumpTop Mac reinvented a new way to look at your Mac desktop. It is a full 3D experience with smooth and realistic physics to make the desktop more realistic.

It organize the desktop better. You may clean up, pile, grow or shrink desktop icons ask you like. The single desktop can be extend to 5 walls with different wallpaper and icons.

I would like to review the BumpTop Pro version (paid version) on Multitouch Gestures for more realistic action. I have wrote an email to BumpTop for temporary serial but didn’t hear any reply from them. (more…)

Too bad and sad Wallpaper Junkie has been discontinued! Due to InterfaceLIFT ban Wallpaper Junkie to crawl its beautiful wallpaper.

Wallpaper Junkie is an easy to use GUI tool to download and set wallpaper on Mac OS (featuring WallFlow and ListFlow like iTunes cover flow). You have choice to ‘View’, ‘Quick Download’ or ‘Full Download’ over 2000 most beautiful wallpapers.

Where Download Free Beautiful Wallpaper?

Lastest Wallpaper Junkie version 3.04 compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 or later. But it is now crash on my Macbook when starting-up. Probably it was totally ban from interfaceLIFT server.

Of course we still can download those nice wallpaper on interfaceLIFT but I much prefer a GUI tool. Hopefully interfaceLIFT come out a tool for us and make our life easier!

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We never convert our music to WMA music format, but somehow downloaded music still have. iTunes Mac not able to add WMA files into music library (maybe copyright issue?). Anyway there is a workaround to bypass the music format compatibility issue:

1. Install Flip4Mac Windows Media component, then your QuickTime manage to play WMA files.
2. Open WMA music file in QuickTime, then click File > Save As > Movie format.
3. Add converted music in .MOV format into iTunes Library. (more…)