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Karabiner: Mouse/keyboard customizer for OS X

For beginners, or the one who migrated from Windows environment, Natural Gestures (Scrolling and Swiping) might be bit confusing. But, once you get familiarized with them, it may feel like "What was I doing, all those days?". It all changed, when I connected external mouse to my Macbook. When you start using that WHEEL, you will be confused. Luckily there is a setting for mouse, to change scroll behavior (natural or the other way). But, here's the catch. If you toggle that setting, it also toggles the same for TRACKPAD!!!!! I've seen that many people were freaked out and even raised BUG report to Apple. But, all those reports were closed, saying that is not a bug, but intentional feature!!! For those, who can't leave with such one-sided settings, here is a simple util, which came to my rescue: Karabiner It's simple, powerful and stable mouse/keyboard customizer for OSX. Without going into much detail, here's the configuration I used to ret...

QuickSynergy - Control multiple computers with single mouse and keyboard

Sometimes, we may have to access more than one computer simultaneously, and it is not convenient to use multiple mouse and keyboards. To access multiple (mostly 2) computers at a time, one can use a KVM switch. It is a switch which toggles the access of peripherals between two computers. This is bit costly and KVM switches are not so common in electronics shop in your lane. So, here is an software alternative for KVM. QuickSynergy : It is a graphical interface (GUI) for easily configuring Synergy2 , an application that allows the user to share his mouse and keyboard between two or more computers. Also, your clipboard will be shared between the devices. Isn't it cool!! Enjoy multi-tasking.

Keyboard keys not working

Recently I faced an issue with my laptop keyboard. Some of the keys are not working. As it is still under warranty, I thought of replacing the keyboard. When I contacted customer support, after listening to the problem he asked whether I tried DRAINING. Then he explained me the procedure, and guess what - it's working perfectly again. Here is the procedure of DRAINING: First shut down the laptop/notebook Remove the battery Also unplug the adapter Now press and hold the power button for about 25-30 seconds Insert the battery again Now power on the laptop by pressing power button(normal booting) Now your keyboard will work again normally. If the problem still persists, consider replacing the keyboard.