Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Snow Leopard
Filed under: Software Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection Client is a free utility which allows you to connect to Windows computers running Windows from computers running Mac OS X (versions 10.4.9 or later). For those of us who help manage Windows computers, it’s a handy tool to have around, much like Screen Sharing (or Apple Remote Desktop) for connecting from one Mac to another. Fortunately I don’t have to use it all that often, but last night when I tried it for the first time in a while, it crashed. I relaunched it, and it crashed again. Since I’m a slow learner, I tried it one last time. Yup, crashed a third time. Assuming this wasn’t some Halloween prank, I wondered if maybe I had an outdated version of the app, since I hadn’t used it since Snow Leopard came out
Microsoft offers video tips on organizing with Office
Filed under: How-tos , Productivity Ah, summertime; the kids are out of school, the pace drops back from ‘overdrive’ to ‘merely hectic,’ and you finally have the opportunity to tackle the giant looming crisis that is your personal state of disorganization. Perhaps I’m projecting a little bit. Anyway, if you’re looking for a bit of guidance on how your Mac can help you get organized — and, of course, if you are a Microsoft Office 2008 owner — the Mac BU has something for you . Organization expert Peter Walsh (possessor of a charming Australian accent, and author of the slightly-less-charmingly titled Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat ) is the host of a video tips presentation over at the Mactopia site. Walsh runs through a couple of suggestions for reducing the chaos in the three key areas of Family, Finance & Health, mostly on the straightforward side (keep a family calendar in Entourage, track your website logins in a secured Excel spreadsheet)
