More Mac Tips

I've got about two weeks, most likely, until I've got a Macbook with OSX Leopard. So, I've been looking at all the ways to get the most out of a Mac. First, here's just a good shortcut. Press Apple/⌘ + Space to pull up Spotlight and do quick searches of your Mac. If you haven't used Spotlight, it's a great way to instantly find files, programs, settings, and just about anything on your Mac.

Onto a much more useful website I found. The people over at MacRumors, a great Mac News website, have a website with a list of video codecs for the Mac. So, if you've got issues with AVI, Divx, WMV and a host of other video formats, this website has a codec that will let you play those videos. The neat thing is that there are a bunch of codecs that let those files play in Quicktime, so you don't need to download and install new programs that clutter up your Mac. I've never actually used any of these codecs so I'm not sure how fool proof they are, but I would believe if MacRumors is posting it, it's probably problem free. As a matter of act MacRumor says "These are installed into the QuickTime plug-ins folder and usually require little or no setting up."

MacRumors - Video Codecs