5 Things in My Dropbox
Dropbox is a service/application that lets you sync files, folders or whatever with an online server and, by extension, between your Macs. Here are a few things that I keep synced between my two Macs with the help of Dropbox.
Dropbox is a service/application that lets you sync files, folders or whatever with an online server and, by extension, between your Macs. Here are a few things that I keep synced between my two Macs with the help of Dropbox.
I have to say, this is exactly how I image a Mac netbook. And exactly what I want.
Add a simple feature to TextEdit via AppleScript and Growl.
Gus Mueller, developer of VoodooPad and Acorn, has released a beta preview of a new Mac scripting tool based on JavaScript called JSTalk. Someone should appreciate the effort.
TUAW has a neat little write up on using TextEdit plus BackDrop to make a minimalist, distraction free writing environment. I quite like the idea, so I wrote up an AppleScript to automate the process.
The MacTipper. I’m not sure how I’ve missed this, but it’s possible to create folders of playlists in iTunes (File >> New Playlist Folder). This is useful especially if you make Smart Playlists and base other Smart Playlists on them, as MacTipper points out.
Thorough rundown of Finder basics by Macworld’s Kirk McElhearn. It’s great when people spend a few hundred words describing the most basic elements of the Mac UI.
Boxee has released a gesture based iPhone and iPod Touch remote control for their home media management software. Really fun.
Some of the prettiest application icons on your Mac can be found in the Utilities folder.