Archive for December, 2008

Find Out Who’s Replying to Anyone on Twitter with AppleScript

Someone ask a question on Twitter and you’d like to see the answers they get? Search for replies to the Tweeter with AppleScript.

Blue Screen of Death T-Shirt

Terminal Command to View Folder Paths in Finder Toolbar

TUAW with a quick terminal command to show full folder paths in Finder’s toolbar. Until now I’ve always Command clicked on the folder’s icon in the toolbar to see its path. This makes it even more simple.

Photo Booth Keyboard Shortcuts

Every now and again I rediscover something every new Mac user already knows: Photo Booth is loads of fun. Here a few Photo Booth shortcuts.

Search CompFight From MarsEdit with AppleScript

CompFight is the best way to quickly find Creative Commons images for use on your blog. Use this script to search CompFight right from MarsEdit.

iPhoto’s Trash – Bastion of Wasted Disk Space

Macworld with some great advice to free up some disk space: empty iPhoto’s trash. When you delete a photo from iPhoto, it isn’t completely deleted. Rather, much like the Finder, the photo is moved to the Trash section in the side bar. Right click on the Trash section and select Empty Trash from the contextual [...]

Suggestive Finder Icon

BabyGotMac, which apparently lists Mac software that has been discounted, updated or released (I haven’t spent much time on the site), has this excellent logo which made me laugh out loud:

Really, that’s brilliant, although I can’t see any logical connection with the content on the sight, and moreover it looks to be something that might [...]

Macworld’s Eddy Awards Posted

Macworld’s 2008 list of Editor’s Choice (or Eddy) software and hardware for your Mac. Some of my favorites include Airfoil, CSSEdit and Flock.

Top Apps of 2008 on iTunes

A new section of itunes lists the Top Apps of 2008 for every category (iTunes link). I’ve already seen a few I didn’t know about.

Control iTunes by Waving Your Hands About!

Smoking Apples: FluidTunes uses your iSight to let you scroll through your albums by moving your hands in the air. Haven’t tried it, but it looks a bit neat.