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There are M1 refurbed macbook airs on ebay from Currys for £584 with the LEAP20 discount
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354982896137
I guess I was just a little surprised at the lack of free software for certain use cases. There is a learning curve when moving to a Mac which is to be expected after 30+ years of using Windows.
Googled around - looks like there is a port of Putty for MacOS, and Cyberduck looks to be similar as well.
Free software I use on Mac:
- VSCode
- iTerm
- Alfred (though pay for it now)
- Numi (amazing notepad/calculator thingy that I should probably pay for)
- Rectangle (Window management, possibly my one hangover from Windows days)
I'd also say a lot of the bundled software is great, especially if you are also an iOS user. Embrace the apple-y darkness!
There are M1 refurbed macbook airs on ebay from Currys for £584 with the LEAP20 discount
Oohh so there are thanks, there’s an even cheaper one that appears to still be in a (damaged) box.
Excellent PSA, thanks. Just ordered the cheaper one.
Well now I wish I hadn’t posted that 🙄
It’s OK, the one I was looking at is still there 😁
Ordered a base spec Air M1 from Currys eBay outlet, cheers to @oldtennisshoes for the heads up 👍
I’ll see how I get on with Mac OS, I haven’t used it for years and might hate it…
If it goes well I’ll be on the lookout for a Mini 16GB for the study.
USB-C hub on the way too so I can connect it up to my monitor and other stuff.
Well it's arrived, seems good and is in pristine condition with "Normal" battery health. Will take a bit of getting used to Mac OS I think, especially getting my head around multitasking and what happens when you maximise a window(??) and where files get saved.
It's a nice machine and seems pretty nippy so far...
Rather than start a new thread now that I’ve been happily using it for a couple of weeks…
Is there a cheap / free app that I can print a set of photos on a single page with specific dimensions and spacing between?
e.g. I want to print photos 5cm square with 1cm in between each one.
I’ve found plenty of ways to print a contact sheet but they just auto size pics to fit a certain number on.
I want to print a grid of photos, each one 5cm x 5cm with a 1cm gap between each one so I can cut them up and have a border around each print.
The preview app nearly does it, I’ll check out Canva cheers.