MacMembraneThere are peels everywhere…

Very quickly hide desktop items and bring them back with a command.

MarsEdit’s blog selector and post manager is one of the things that makes the application such a joy to use. Here’s an AppleScript to bypass it altogether.

The following AppleScript with take the current Safari tab and the tab to the immediate right and open them up ‘side by each’ for you to compare. Vive le Québec libre!

Add a simple feature to TextEdit via AppleScript and Growl.

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.

I download and try lots of apps from the App Store. When I like one enough that I want to broadcast my find to the world, my first stop is Twitter. Here is the fastest way I know of to get App Store links onto the clipboard in a Twitter ready format.

While we wait for a power user release of Twitterrific, here are a few of my own tricks and scripts that make the little app more usable for me.

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

Backdrop overlays a picture or solid color on your desktop and hides all any files that may have accumulated there. Here is an AppleScript to toggle Backdrop on and off behind your active application.