Chris Pirillo

Gnomie Luke Scott writes:
Hey Chris,
I have been planning on getting a Mac Pro for a while, and since my last Mac purchase with the first-gen Intel MacBook, I’ve been keeping an eye on MacRumors’ “when to buy” page and other news to make sure that any future Apple purchases don’t happen right before a release.
I [...]

Gnomie Frank Sims writes:
Chris,
I have watched your videos on Macs and I still feel like I have questions and some comments.
I think one of the biggest reasons that people around my age (28) don’t switch from PC to Mac is because of the file systems and their differences. As far as my background goes, [...]

Gnomie Tony Policano writes:
Hi Chris,
My name is Tony Policano and I am an avid follower of your blog and YouTube videos. I have spent many late nights watching them too. Anyways, I don’t know if you are even interested in my review of the new iPhone 3G but I thought I would send it over [...]

Gnomie rantom from our chat room writes:
Hi.
I’ve started to use OS X since last Friday (4th of July) and I did encounter a problem with it. So I decided to let you know about this so that you can tell this to other OS X beginners, in case you do see this helpful. Problem is [...]

Gnomie JavaBeans writes:
Hey Chris,
I’ve noticed the recent videos involving programming. Seems like that is a pretty popular subject as of late. My questions are aimed at development on the Mac OS platform. I’ve never programmed outside of Windows. I have really been debating on switching over and developing for the Mac. I have heard that [...]

Gnomie Matt (itubepro in our chat room) writes:
Is the Macintosh for everyone? Here’s a list to test if you should switch to Mac.

Go to an Apple Store or visit a friend who has a Mac and see if you can limit yourself to using a Mac for a couple of days. I am a big [...]

Gnomie Ryan Hall writes:
Hey Chris,
I don’t know if others have emailed you about this, or if you’re experiencing this problem, but after you turn off the iPod, there is audible static from the headphones.
From what I’ve discovered from various forums, this only seems to affect the 80 GB iPod class — not the 160 GB [...]

Gnomie William (MacintechStudios on YouTube) writes:
Hey Chris,
I just read your 50 Reasons to Switch from Microsoft Windows to Apple’s Mac OS X article, and saw that you mentioned Dashcode. It’s quite timely as over the past few days I’ve been fiddling around with Dashcode myself. While it does take the “geekery” out of widget-designing, it [...]

Gnomie bGeorge writes:
Dear Chris,
Two days ago I received my very first Mac, a MacBook Pro 15″, and I am astonished with the experience. I have been a lifelong Windows user and have used every Windows operating system except Vista. My previous machine was a five-year-old Dell with little RAM and a failing hard drive. I [...]

iPod from our chat room writes:
I have some tips on keeping your iPod battery alive as long as possible (because we all hate the day where we have to replace it).

Dont keep your screen too bright! 50% brightness is a decent level. You don’t need it at a high level just to listen to music, [...]

Michael Trimm also sees the value in getting AppleCare:
If you buy a Mac (or most any big electronic), get the warranty. I purchased the extended warranty for my MacBook Pro back in November and it’s already halfway paid for itself. See, I’m one of the lucky people who received a MBP battery that has a [...]

I’m not a widget addict - yet.
Hello. You may remember me from a few years back - my name is Steve Lundstrom. I ran the Pocket PC Themes Web site. We also met at Gnomedex 3 in IA. Anyway, I thought I’d let you know about a new website / project that I just started. [...]

If you shutdown your Mac every night, it won’t run the automatic Unix-level scripts that are necessary for occasional file system maintenance. By using a little geek power, you can run those scripts manualy. Use the Terminal and the following commands to force Unix to perform maintenance:

sudo /etc/Daily
sudo /etc/Weekly
sudo etc/Monthly

As the commands imply, each [...]

Via Dave Taylor: “Hey all. I’m working on an article for a major computer magazine on must-have Mac OS X utilities and would love to hear about your favorite shareware/freeware utilities for Mac OS X. The more obscure, the better. As an example, Synergy is a great iTunes controller and well worth the download, Fire [...]

Thanks for bringing OSX fanatics back, Chris! The only thing that I miss, however, is the reviews of shareware in the email itself. That said, I’m sure I picked up a a couple of Mac-centric programs over the past couple of months that are useful.

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