Archive for March, 2009

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.

MacBook Mini

I have to say, this is exactly how I image a Mac netbook. And exactly what I want.

Get the Word Count of a TextEdit Document in Growl

Add a simple feature to TextEdit via AppleScript and Growl.

Flying Meat Releases an Alternative to AppleScript in JSTalk

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.

Distraction Free Writing with TextEdit and BackDrop

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.

Playlist Folders in iTunes

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.

Finder Window Views

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.

Gesture Based Navigation of Boxee on Your iPhone or iPod Touch

Boxee has released a gesture based iPhone and iPod Touch remote control for their home media management software. Really fun.

Guts of the New Shuffle

5 Beautiful App Icons from Leopard’s Utilities Folder

Some of the prettiest application icons on your Mac can be found in the Utilities folder.