Ok, here’s a cool Dock trick or hack (whatever you want to call it) that is also incredibly useful if you keep lots of applications open. When you activate this feature any application that you have hidden will become transparent in the Dock, making it clear which applications you have hidden, and which ones you…
It’s very easy to save to PDF in OSX, but did you know there are advanced options that allow you to encrypt, compress, and even save the PDF as a Post Script file? Just open any program that allows you to Print, and select File>Print. In the lower third of the Print window you will…
MacOS’s Automator is a little-known but highly useful piece of bundled software. Designed to bring software automation to non-programmers, Automator workflows use a simple grammar that will be familiar to any user of IFTTT. By adopting an “if this, then that” approach to managing complex tasks, it makes it easier for non-expert users to set…
If you’re a Photoshop user this is a pretty handy trick. If you have files saved in PSD format, and your text layers are still text (i.e. you haven’t rasterized them yet) then you can actually search for them in Spotlight, to help you find the right file. Pretty slick, huh?
Why pay $99.99 for .Mac when you don’t have to? A reader tipped me off to this a few weeks ago, and I have foolishly forgotten who (sorry about that)…but if you purchase Apple’s .Mac service from Amazon, instead of Apple, you get for the discounted price of $79.99. That’s $20 bucks off! With all…
The Desktop is a great place to just drop stuff. I’ve found myself dropping so much stuff on my Desktop sometimes there will be 50 things on their before I really notice that it’s a mess. Beyond the mess factor, though, having that many things on your Desktop can really slow your system down….and if…
Steve Jobs spoke with the New York Times about Leopard, saying that this latest release of OSX would form the basis for another cycle of continuous operating system upgrades, which could last as long as a decade. “I’m quite pleased with the pace of new operating systems every 12 to 18 months for the foreseeable…
One of the great things about OS X is that it basically runs itself. Left to its own devices Apple’s operating system will keep itself pretty clean and issue-free, but even with this there are times that you need to intervene to do some good old-fashioned manual maintenance. The 5 tips outlined below can be…
Think Secret has a new set of screenshots from Apple’s upcoming OS. Among the screenshots are a look at the terminal window with tabs, some of the new screensavers in Leopard, and the new icons for X11 and the Terminal. Think Secret is also still holding tight to the idea that Leopard will be released…
If you want to search through just your bookmarks, you’ll be interested in this quick tip from Apple. First, click on the Show All Bookmarks icon in the top-left corner of the Bookmarks Bar. Doing this makes the Collections column visible on the left side of Safari, but more importantly, it adds a Search field…
AppleInsider thinks so. According to their report the newest build, “9E17” has no known issue and that only two fixes have been in the last 10 days. The article suggests that we’ll see 10.5.4 before July 11th, because of a need for the system to integrate Mobile Me support into OS X. I think its…
OS X Mavericks has been out for a little while now but users are still finding hidden tricks and features in the newest iteration of Apple’s flagship operating system. The biggest features were mentioned when the software was released, but a few have snuck through under the radar where you might have missed them. Fear…
