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Daring Fireball: “The iPhone without Flash only compares badly against an imaginary iPhone with Flash, not any actual existing competing phone.”
The maker of the excellent utility, Hazel, has published a candid write up of his experience participating in the Mac update bundle. Though there is some pointed criticism of bundle participation, most importantly, that the lion’s share of the profits go to the promoters, the developer seems to have found the overall experience beneficial.
Hardware test gives you the lowdown on the physical state of your Mac. On the newest models - MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and MacBook - holding down D during boot up will enter your machine into Hardware Test without needing a disk. Good to know.
TUAW reminds readers of the utility MultiFireFox 2.0, which allows users to run multiple versions of Firefox (good for web devs and those who need some plugin for FF that isn’t currently supported by the newest release).
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Toggle Fullscreen Kiosk Mode in Safari with AppleScript
Online video sites can provide a quick fix if you’ve a few minutes to spare and don’t want to crack open that Dostoevsky novel. Here is a script to help you watch online movies in style.
Keep Your Desktop Pristine with Hazel
Billed as a maid for your Macintosh and complete with a feather duster icon, Hazel by Noodlesoft automates entirely the business of keeping your Mac pristinely organized. Here’s how I’ve set it up.
Delish - View High Res Thumbnails of your Del.icio.us Bookmarks
Delish is a Del.icio.us client that downloads high-res webpage snapshots of your entire Del.icio.us library displays them in a dedicated window. It’s really beautiful.
Find Your Largest Files with Disk Inventory X
A friend of mine recently asked for an explanation as to why her Mac had suddenly begun to throw up “Disk Almost Full” warnings. Her music, movies and pictures folders were all a reasonable size and her trash was empty, but still the warnings persisted. Where did all the space go?
Show, Hide or Launch iTunes in Context - AppleScript
It isn’t often that iTunes isn’t running on my Mac. Music is the lubricant of my life, and doubtlessly I’m not alone in this. Here is the best way to quickly bring iTunes to the front, hide it if that’s where it currently is, or launch it otherwise.
Julius Eckert’s Stunning Quicksilver Skins
Quicksilver’s default interface isn’t the most beautiful among Mac applications. Here are three stunning Quicksilver skins from Julius Eckert.
Force Quit an Unresponsive Application
OS X is an entirely stable platform. Every once in a while, however, an application becomes unresponsive to clicks and keyboard commands. Here’s how to force them to quit and regain your Mac.
Open All Linked Safari Movies in QuickTime with AppleScript
What if you could automatically search out movie links in a webpage and open each one in its own QuickTime Player window?
An AppleScript to Duplicate the Current Tab in Safari
Here is an AppleScript that will duplicate the current tab in Safari.
Open Safari and Cocoalicious Together with AppleScript
The ability to store your bookmarks online is one of the greatest advancements of internet culture to date. Here is a simple AppleScript to keep the Del.icio.us client Cocoalicious running and ready to post whenever you need it.