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Tutorial: how to convert Mac Icon sets to Windows

Blogger.Iconshock — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:16:14 +0000

As you might know, we at Iconshock post one handpicked icon set from around the world DAILY. Yes, you read it well, we do it at a daily basis, because we want to turn the blog into a comprehensive catalogue of the best icon work from top artists around the net.

But early on in our quest, a problem arose; every time I posted a Mac icon, the complains just poured and almost everybody was disappointed. Everyone but Mac users of course. I know that Mac fans are less than Pc users… But that doesn’t mean that PC users can’t own the wonderful artistry of Mac icons. A very kind blog reader called “Southerner” left a comment some time ago with useful step by step info that I wanted to show here and turn into this tutorial, so you guys can enjoy the icons we post, regardless of their format. So…here we go!

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Must have tweaks for your mac.

Blogger.Iconshock — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:43:23 +0000

Mark Nutter made this good article for Smashing Magazine where he signals out thirty hacks and tweaks to get all cozy and warm with your Mac experience. From Mac newbie’s to Apple old timers there’s a hack for everyone. The author even includes at the end a list with suggested free software.

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Quick tips to improve your workspace on OSX

Blogger.Iconshock — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:24:08 +0000

Does the OS have to adapt to you or is it the other way round? Read this thorough article from Macworld where they give us a list of improvements to make your MAC UI fit your exact productivity needs.

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Would you pay 10 bucks for a computer virus?

Blogger.Iconshock — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:35:32 +0000

Troika design has a point here; when personal computers started to get popular, say twenty five years ago, virus were little programs designed to have fun and amuse users. Troika is a collective of artists, designers and engineers that decided to go back to that golden age of bit infection and create a virus-work-of-art.

The Newton virus uses the movement sensors equipped inside apple laptops to apply physic characteristics to all icons and interface elements of the OS.

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Note to Pc hardcore fans: Some reasons why developers are turning to Mac osx

Blogger.Iconshock — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:48:42 +0000

There is a general belief that Pc’s are for programming and Mac’s are for designing. And although the market tendencies aimed at that partial truth ten years ago, the tides are turning pretty fast. In fact, we can say today that developers are turning to Mac’s and designers are turning to Linux. My question here is… who’s turning to windows?

This good article by Mark Nutter shows us five good reasons why developers are leaving their trusty, not so good looking Pc’s for the better accessibility and versatility of the always sexy MacOsx.

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Windows 7 new UI explained

Blogger.Iconshock — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:04:47 +0000

Matt Buchanan form Gizmodo writes a thorough review of Windows 7 mayor UI enhancement; the super task bar. He gives us very good insight of what Microsoft will bring to us this month with the advent of Windows 7 and he even goes further, stating that it beats Mac OSX dock in features. A must read.

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Apple goes for subtle UI changes in the new MAC OS Snow Leopard

Blogger.Iconshock — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:00:10 +0000

General opinion of reviewers is that Mac’s envied operating system just got one step closer to heaven. At first glance, the new OS doesn’t show any substantial changes, but if you do go deeper, you will find that the $30 dollars that the upgrade cost are well deserved. Besides mayor performance upgrades, Snow leopard has subtle but very significant changes to their UI that every user would appreciate. This is somehow a message to Microsoft: We users don’t want a flashier OS… we want a FASTER ONE! Are you guys from Redmond taking note? Hello?

Apple’s snow Leopard presentation in the WWDC. (World Wide Developers Conference)

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Twenty year old icons still found in Mac OsX leopard

Blogger.Iconshock — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:08:10 +0000

Remember my article regarding the evolution of graphical user interfaces? You better, because I spent two whole F@! days writing it! Well, I found this post by Leander Kahney from Cult of Mac who tells us how to find a little Easter egg back from the time when Steve Jobs hated apples and had breakfast at NEXT instead. (Guide to understand this not-funny-at-all-joke-even-to-geeks here.)

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Unique apps with sexy interfaces for iphone

Blogger.Iconshock — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:49:25 +0000

I’m going to buy my first iphone this week, and am pretty anxious to join the club at last. Well, not that I’ve ever wanted to join the club or like clubs anyway. It’s just that I couldn’t resist that naughty, minimal, little gadget that’s driving everyone crazy. I began researching, and found this very useful list of apps at Macappstorm. What I like the most about this list made by David Appleyard, is that it features the iphone apps with the most exciting interfaces around.

I have to say that what drove me to buy the iphone wasn’t its hype nor it’s tempting fashionable appeal. What really turned my bucks towards it were the possibilities that such a new and evolving technology could offer. Iphone development is kind of a loose Ferrari with no brakes, a real mainstay on portable software and interfaces. A darling too young and growing to fast to ignore.

Besides, it has a 16 Gig mp3 player. How can you beat that?

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How to repair Incorrect Icon Associations on a mac

Blogger.Iconshock — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:24:12 +0000

I just found out this very interesting post by Rob Griffiths, where he gives us a clue on how to change those strange icon mess-ups you find under Leopard. Rebooting your Mac, using mace pepper spray or unplugging the power chord are options not included.

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PICASA: The Greatest Image Viewer!

Lina — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:07:02 +0000

Picasa is a google application, which allows you to see most of bitmap formats, among them you can see the most populars: .png – .jpg – .gif – .ico – etc…

Besides being the greatest image viewer, is the easiest way to share, search, organize and edit your images, photos, graphics and also you can convert them in movie clips, collages, and it gives you the opportunity to filter your files. You can choose if you want to see only portrait pictures, movies or images you’ve cataloged as the most specials and a lot more.

This application Works in Mac, Windows XP/Vista or Linux and you can use it as the principal application to open any kind of new images that you import in your computer.
Picasa finds your documents and organize them from albums, files and any other material that is related with an image.

You really should try it: http://www.picasaweb.google.com