Switch from PC to Mac: Day 3

I was having problem with file sharing. I was not able to access my PC (Vista)'s shared folders even both machines are allowed to share anything on the computers. Believe or not, I was able to shared files across the computers prior to this incident. "The finder cannot complete the operation because some data in smb://xxx.xxx.x.xx could not be read or written. (error -36)". That gave me headache for a few days. Later last night, I found out two reasons.

1. Password Encryption. Windows log in password is encrypted and Mac only support plain text password. You can google this and find a few useful suggestions dealing with it. This is not the only solution. You can try remove password access on Windows and see if you can connect from your Mac. Read next.

2. Security guards. Windows Firewall is blocking the access from another non-Windows computer even it's in the same. I'm not sure why?! PC don't like Mac?! Try to turn it off. I'm pretty sure that's usually the case. If not, turn off your windows defender and security suite (virus scanner). You can always open a port on the Windows side to solve this problem

Here is a simple guide when you first got your Mac and needs to move files from between PC and Mac.
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3001.html

The programs on Mac are so nice that it literally doesn't require installation. The widgets are simple and easy to add and remove. You don't have to worry about uninstalling it if you get tired of it. Just go to Widget Manager, then right click the widget that you wish to remove at the bottom bar. Select Move to Trash.

I used Expose more than Spaces now. I found it more useful when I have tons of things opened and even you can't find it on the Spaces screen. Yes Expose!!!!

I was also experimenting the auto hide feature for the dock. I got lots more space to hide it. The drawback is, I won't see the any programs calling me, jumping up and down on the dock. So I'm not hiding it, instead I reduced the size of it once again. My sister suggested me to use ToDos. It's a great tool for those who got tons of programs and don't want to find it on the dock or your application finder.

I'll try out the screen capturing and iMovie (again) over this weekend.