Archive for August, 2008

Know Your Mac – Top Ten Secrets of a Power User

Macs are easy to use, but they also allow for significant customization. Here are 10 tips to help you become a Mac power user.

iTunes Timer Widget

And as every child knows, having a story read to you provides a gentle transition into sleep (and drowns out the nightly feral cat congregation outside your apartment window). iTunes Timer will stop iTunes from ruining your rest.

Lesser Known Mac Freeware – 10 Apps and Utilities

I could write a hundred of these posts – and I might try! Here are 10 excellent but lesser known freeware apps and utilities for your Mac.

Leaked Photos of New MacBook Pro, iPod Nano?

Is this the new MacBook Pro? Is this the new iPod Nano? I normally wouldn’t post rumors, but these images are making me really excited. Come on September Apple event!

A Quicker Way to Extract Application Icons Using AppleScript

An AppleScript to make opening an application’s icon in Preview a one click affair.

A Runaway AppleScript Nightmare

AppleScript is a powerful tool and should be respected as such. Ghosts in the code…

10 Unbeatable Shareware Apps for your Mac

Everyone loves freeware! But developers work hard on their creations, and giving everything away for free doesn’t pay the bills. Here are ten of my favorite shareware applications that I was more than happy to shell out a bit of cash for.

Excellent Google Search Keyboard Shortcut

Select some text in Safari and hit Command + Shift + L and a new tab will open with Google Search results from your selected text! I had a whole AppleScript doing this for me before I found the shortcut…

OpenClip and the Sandbox

Daring Fireball on OpenClip – the application that has (partially) brought copy and paste to the iPhone. As always, you’ll learn something new by reading Gruber’s article.

Use Ratings and * to Search iTunes

MacWorld has a neat tip on how to search your iTunes library by rating. Just type in ‘***’ to see all your songs with three or more stars, or ‘Pink Floyd ***’ to see only highly rated Floyd songs.