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Distraction Free Mac 2007-02-07 08:54:58 Ever get annoyed by having a cluttered desktop full of windows? There's a slew of applications out there for this very task. I've hand picked just two that I think are the best combination for distraction free use of my Mac
Watch MacBreak 2007-02-07 00:33:23
Sometimes people ask me where I get my tips from. Usually, my tips and tricks come from my own personal experience using a Mac. That's what iUseApple is all about.
Jumpcut: A Clipboard Manager 2007-02-06 22:32:04 Sometimes I copy and paste something, then copy something else, forgetting I really needed the information I copied in the first place. Or maybe I regret cutting that section of text from a document and I want to recover it. Read more:Clipboard
Put Myself in Space 2007-01-25 21:06:55 Here is a Screen Saver I cooked up with Quartz Composer. If I have a Mac running Tiger and an iSight or webcam, I can put myself in outer space! Read more:Space
WriteRoom 2007-01-05 01:04:23 I was just a child when I started typing on an Apple IIe at my local library and elementary school. I remember typing was so much simpler than the typical Microsoft Word interface now. Typing used to be a dark screen with bright text, which is easier on the eyes than looking at a white screen with black text. Enter WriteRoom...
Software Update 2006-11-10 22:16:05 Software Update
is an Application that allows me to update any Apple made Applications easily and without any hassle... Read more:Software
Quartz Composer 2006-11-08 22:22:53 I design visualizations that can be output as screen savers, autonomous movies, or integrated into any Cocoa design with Quartz Composer. Make iTunes Visualization in a snap using a visual programming language! Quartz Composer is an Application found in the XCode Developers Tools that comes on every Tiger Disc, so that means it's free with Tiger...
How to Rip DVDs for Video iPod or PSP 2006-11-06 06:17:31 Handbrake is a great application for ripping DVDs. Maybe I don't want to lug around a bunch of DVDs on a roadtrip. Or maybe I want to take a DVD and play it on my video iPod
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Browse Websites with Shiira 2006-10-26 04:40:53 I gave Shiira a chance. And what a delightful experience it has been. Sometimes I feel like Mozilla Firefox gets way to cluttered with toolbars and extensions. Shiira has a simple interface, Mozilla power, and cool innovations... Read more:Browse
, Websites
How To Change Language In Pages 2006-10-24 22:43:00 If I use my Mac for multilingual projects, say I write a newsletter or do anything that's not in English (i.e. Spanish, French, etc), and I'm trying to figure out how to set the language in Pages
to fit my particular needs (including spell check and auto-correction). Here is how I do it... Read more:Change
Grid Wars 2 2006-10-20 08:15:06 Ever hear of Geometry Wars, the online arcade game for XBOX 360? It has an old school feel and fun gameplay. Maybe I am just a sucker for space shooters. I refuse to go out and buy the XBOX 360 because it's overpriced and plagued with hardware issues. Holdin' out for a Wii, honestly. But anyways, thanks to the Mozilla Firefox Online Games ToolbarI found a version of Geometry Wars for Mac OS X!
Dashboard Widgets: iStat Pro 2006-10-16 04:04:07 iStat Pro is a top notch statistics viewer for monitoring practically everything on my Mac. I can monitor processor load, disk space, memory usage, battery life, and network bandwidth... Read more:Dashboard
Resizing Photos in iPhoto for the Web 2006-10-13 08:38:01 Sometimes when I want to upload photos to a site there are size restrictions. The photos my digital camera takes are enormous in file size, so I need to trim them down to put them online... Read more:iPhoto
Hello! 2006-10-12 10:36:38 What’s up everyone! I thought I’d introduce myself as well. My name is Leo de Leon, 25-years-old, and I use my MacBook Pro for all kinds of cool stuff such as making a full-time income from home, recording soundtracks with GarageBand, making Keynote presentations for church every week, making DVD’s with iDVD and editing videos [...] Read more:Hello
Ever wonder what a certain color is? 2006-10-12 10:09:10 Ever wonder
what a certain
color is on the monitor? Sometimes I am stuck in Photoshop, wanting to know the certain RGB values of a color outside of photoshop. As a web designer, knowing exact colors is invaluable.
Greetings! 2006-10-12 08:28:16 Greetings! My name is Mark Burstiner. I will be one of your new best friends. I’m here to inform you, teach you, and help you get the most of your Mac. Apple OS X has so many quick and easy shortcuts for things you do every day, and SO many programs to make your friends [...] Read more:Greetings
Call for Writers! 2006-10-09 21:03:56 iUseApple.com is looking for writers who want to teach others about their experiences using Apple computers. This means you could become a writer for iUseApple! Always showing your friends cool tips and tricks? Now you can show people all over the world what you know. Every writer will be given full credit for their material, admin privileges, a bio page, links to their websites and publications, and email. Read more:Writers
UNO: The Sunken Unified GUI 2006-10-09 19:38:40 Apple is moving away from the traditional look of OS X. In iTunes 7, I noticed a whole new look with different graphite scroll bars, smooth header that fit seamlessly into the interface, and new sleek buttons. This means Apple is changing Aqua, the theme Apple uses in OS X. Aqua is the look and feel of a Mac. In OS X Leopard, Apple will be performing an overhaul on Aqua, changing the brushed metal to a smoother interface.
So now I have to wait until Leopard to make my Mac look cool?
Wrong. Read more:Unified
Wardrive with an Apple 2006-10-06 23:01:07 KisMac is a free and open source Wardriving application, like NetStumbler for Windows. I can use it to accurately find open wireless networks while I am on the road. This is known as Wardriving... Read more:Apple
Dashboard Widgets: Dash Clipping 2006-10-06 22:23:55 In OS X Leopard, I will be able to take snapshots of any webpage and make a widget. Now I don't have to wait for this feature, because the Dash Clipping
Widget does this for me already... Read more:Dashboard
Play More Movies in Quicktime with Perian 2006-10-02 01:38:56 "Perian is a swiss-army knife for Quicktime" Perian supports many movie formats beyond the typical Quicktime .mov files in Quicktime Player. Perian will allow me to watch Divx, XviD, FLV, AVI and more right in Quicktime Player.
It's easy and it's free, go and do it.
Customize My Terminal 2006-09-28 18:45:57 I got real annoyed by the look of Terminal today. I found this article on Macworld that shows me how to customize the look of Terminal, even to the point of specializing certain styles for specific Unix commands.
My Mac Won’t Start! 2006-09-28 01:51:42 Here is a link to an awesome guide about how to fix a Mac when it won't start... Read more:Start
I Dig Internet Radio 2006-09-19 18:36:59 I get down with internet radio. There are very few local radio stations I like to listen to. Don't get me wrong, I cohost a local Indie Rock show on WRPI Troy 91.5 every Wednesday 11am-1pm EST. WRPI is a college radio station in Troy, NY that airs award winning political broadcasting, video game music, jazz, indie rock, classical, jam bands, reggae, whatever the RPI community can cook up. WRPI, like most modern radio stations, offers a RealPlayer and Windows Media stream of thier live broadcast. How do I listen to these streams on a Mac? Read more:Internet
, Radio
iScroll2 2006-09-19 07:06:50 I bought a MacBook Pro a few months back and found I can scroll using the trackpad just by touching two fingers side by side and moving up and down. Hopping onto older laptops is a drag. iScroll brings two finger scroll on all pre-2002 G4 PowerBooks and iBooks, running OS X 10.3 or higher...
Manage User Accounts 2006-09-17 22:01:28 I have a computer that many users want to access. But I don't want my files and folders damaged or altered by their presence. I may not want a guest to install programs without my consent. Here's all I need to know about managing user accounts in OSX 10.4 Tiger... Read more:Manage
, Accounts
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