Quick Printer Tip For The Dock 2009-01-19 12:45:58 This is just a quick usability tip for anyone who prints a lot of documents and is annoyed by the printer icon in the dock. As you may know when you print a document it will send it to the printer. The printer will then show itself in your dock. Here you can manage what you are printing and if you decide you don't want something coming out of it you can quickly cancel it. When you finish printing Read more:Printer
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Copy Finder Names To A File 2009-01-18 07:54:12 Sometimes you may need to send a list of all of the files in a folder to someone, for what ever reason this is a really simple. There are two options, the simple "Mac" method, which involves drag and drop, or the more complicated but feature rich "Terminal" method. Both are easy to implement.
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In Address BookMake Quick Multi File Files w/ TerminalHow To Quickly Fi Read more:Finder
Introduction To AppleScript 2009-01-15 16:12:31 Last week I wrote a post about an Introduction
To Automator. It was well received and many people enjoyed it. This week I am going to do an introduction on AppleScript. From the start this topic was a lot easier to find information about. It seems people write a lot more about AppleScript over Automator. I have decided to link to other sources rather than make my own because I would just be repeat
Quickly Print Files From Finder 2009-01-14 14:07:59 I am for ever sending files to the printer, for what ever reason, I want a quick way to print those files from Finder
. Usually you would have to open the file in your chosen application, what for everything to load, go to print and then pick it up. That takes to long. This post will show you two quick ways to print a file without the need to setup all of the various settings. It will throw it out Read more:Print
iCandy - A Unique Way To Share 2009-01-13 12:20:08 This new and interesting app was brought to my attention by Matt. Its called iCandy, its a beta application that is designed for you to share your digital information in a unique way through the use of QR Codes. You can generate a unique code give it to a friend, they can then scan this bar code and red the information. I find its a unique way to share information (also known as hard linking).
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Set Half Ratings In iTunes 2009-01-12 16:09:11 This little Terminal trick seems to be whizzing around the Internet at the moment, I might as well show it to you if you haven't already seen it. If you have used iTunes
at all you will know that there is a star rating system for songs. Each star is out of 5 and can only be a whole star. With this little hidden preference option, you can now add stars which are equal to a half, enabling you to hav Read more:Ratings
Change Recent Saved Places In Open/Save Windows 2009-01-10 15:53:04 This little tip will show you how you change change the number of recent places in the open/save dialog window. This is the list you see what you click on the drop down window. Its a pretty neat trick which is kinda obvious. I can't take credit for this trick I found it on macosxhints, this is also a "heads up" for Alberto who emailed me about such a trick in October. Having looked through my emai Read more:Recent
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Expose and Command Tab Trick 2009-01-09 13:53:45 The title may sound a bit weird but this little trick is quite cool. If you use Expose
you will realise that you can view every one of one application and every window open at the same time. You can combine this effect with command + tab to achieve and interesting effect.
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Append The Previous Terminal Command 2009-01-08 11:43:52 This is just a quick post, I don't have much time today. In short this post is about quick recovering from those little slips you make while using Terminal. Every so often you will be writing a line in Terminal, hit enter and then forget something and end up with a syntax error. This is really annoying, but you can correct this quickly with out having to press up on the keyboard and trying to corr
Introduction To Automator - A General Guide 2009-01-07 12:55:47 Recently I asked what people want to see on this site. A common request was seeing an Automator guide. I really don't have much knowledge of Automator, but I have compiled a small list of places to visit if you are interested in learning more about the program.
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Mac Dashboard Widgets - 10 Must Haves 2009-01-06 14:03:43 I don't usually like doing posts about lists, I see them as a bit of a cop out. But I haven't done one in a while and for some reason seem to be really interested in Dashboard
Widgets. This post, like many list posts, is subjective. I will post my 10 must have which I use on a regular basis. If you have any more (which you probably will have), please leave a comment below. I have tried to pick wid
Useful Startup/Boot Keys For The Mac 2009-01-05 13:32:03 The boot process on a Mac is a magical process, all you see is a grey screen with the magic happening in the background. Did you know that very are various keys which you can use to change how you Mac boots and access certain settings. They are not for every day use, mostly troubleshooting. They are worth knowing if anything goes wrong.
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Ejecting DVD’s & CD’s From Your Mac 2009-01-03 15:34:34 Although the title may seem simple, every so often a CD or DVD will get stuck inside your Mac, not matter how much you hit the eject button nothing will happen. It is stuck. Anyway this post will show you a couple of tricks that will hopefully help you eject a stuck disk. Most of the time waiting and coming back to eject the disk seems to work. But if that doesn't work you can use some of the foll
OSXP Folders - Plugin For Windows Style Folders 2009-01-03 09:15:58 This post today is from a recommendation by Kirk, he asked if I could show you his plugin which he has written. I was only to happy to help. In a nutshell, it is a Quicklook plugin which changes the thumbnails in finder to one which looks similar to the ones in Windows
, its called Mac OsXP Folders
. At this point you are screaming "Windows, Hell Noooo". But the result is quite interesting and is us Read more:Style
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iDefrag - Defrag Disks For Mac 2009-01-02 12:46:33 Technically you don't have to defrag your disk if you are using Mac. This is because the Mac operating system is "intelligent" and can run without de-fragmentation or it does it in the background, I can never remember which. The problem with this thinking is that you can defrag your disk and it does help. This is where iDefrag
comes in.
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Happy New Year! 2009-01-01 14:48:00 I all most forgot to say Happy
New Year to every one. I was too busy having such a good time, that I forgot to Thank everyone who has visited this site. I like to say thanks for every one who has commented, had a question, or just contributed to the site in some little way. Its always fun.
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Windows Boot Camp “Disk Error” On Install 2009-01-01 12:59:24 If you follow my Twitter feed at all you will notice that I had trouble installing Windows
on Boot Camp. I like a Windows installation because I can play all of the latest games. I was having a problem during the install with a "Disk Error", it was a big pain in the ass to be honest. I had a new fresh game sitting on my desk for a couple of days and I couldn't play it. Anyway I found the solution,
Good Saving Habits On Your Mac 2008-12-30 16:13:59 This was a request by Jim on recommendations for good saving habits. Everyone has the odd file thrown anywhere and it can be really annoying to find it again when you need it. Although you do have Spotlight to find the file you are looking for, it is often quicker and easier to find files by looking for them yourself. This post is designed to show Mac newbies (andveterans) good saving habits. It d Read more:Saving
Throttling Bandwidth On A Mac 2008-12-28 18:24:27 Since most of us have a limited Internet connection where we can only download so much data, it can be useful to throttle our bandwidth so we don't use so much. This post is in response to a submission by Grant to the sort of tips he would like to see. Although you can't specifically limit the amount of data sent by each person, you can limit your overall network usage. There are many applications Read more:Bandwidth
Mac 101 - Saving Files 2008-12-27 12:25:03 As part of my Mac 101 series and a personal request from Brady, I am going to introduce good techniques on saving files. If you are new to the OS and have come from Windows saving files is slightly different but once you learn the tricks of the trade it is really simple. I can quickly navigate to deep levels on my Mac with the slightest of ease.
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