Category Archives: Operating System

An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs ( Wikipedia )

Windows Hard Disk Primer Tutorial

On Windows, many users would still have at least one hard disk installed. Typically on Windows that first main disk is called C: … pretty boring name, huh?! … however, you can give it a nickname (for the “volume”) that … Continue reading

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CSS Body Border Linux Crontab Curl Tutorial

Today we take yesterday’s CSS Body Border Primer Tutorial and its styling principles (and add a dash of Extended Linux Crontab Curl Tutorial as shown below, plus a little “eye of newt” (not shown below)), but allow for dynamic variations … Continue reading

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Windows Wireless Printing Primer Tutorial

Some printers are capable of supporting wireless printing on a Windows network. Wireless printing is a pretty powerful tool to have, doing away with that “office” or “home” network “ethernet” wiring or printing cabling of older configurations. So supposing you … Continue reading

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Mac iPhoto Share with Messages and Flickr Primer Tutorial

In a similar “share” category of usage, like yesterday’s QuickTime Player Video Flickr Share Primer Tutorial as shown below illustrating video sharing, this time we delve into the Mac OS X iPhoto application and show some of its “share” with … Continue reading

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Linux crontab Considerations Tutorial

The crontab functionality in Linux or Unix is just great. It is batch processing, doing things while you are not there. This same crontab strength is also, at times, a source of its weakness … what if something goes wrong … Continue reading

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Yosemite MAMP Issue Primer Tutorial

A few days ago we installed Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 on our Macbook Pro laptop here and showed you the install with Mac OS X Yosemite and iOS 8.1.3 Install Tutorial. Most operating system installs will impact on the … Continue reading

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Photo Album Email with Gimp and Paintbrush Primer Tutorial

Were you surprised with our tutorial Image Fits in Gimp and Paintbrush Primer Tutorial as shown below, where Paintbrush ended up being a better option for an image editing job than Gimp, which we also use a lot here at … Continue reading

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NetBeans JavaFX Swing Primer Tutorial

The last time we talked about the NetBeans IDE it was with C, C++ NetBeans, gdbserver Debugging Primer Tutorial as shown below, and quite some time back. NetBeans for Mac has moved onto version 8.0.2 and today, wanted to show … Continue reading

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