Posts catagorized 'Interface'

An Ultra Minimalist Toolbar for Safari 4

Wash Safari 4′s toolbar clean.

Hide Desktop Items With an AppleScript

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

Gmail With No Ads

Gmail effectively reads your incoming mail and pitches you ads based on its contents. Fortunately you can turn them off.

Hide iTunes Store App on iPhone and iPod Touch

If you don’t download music from iTunes Mobile, then you don’t need the iTunes Store app icon on your iPhone. Here’s how to remove it.

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.

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.

Use GeekTool to Display TaskPaper Lists on Your Desktop

For all my good intentions, I need my todo list staring me in the face or I won’t get a thing done. After a recent update to 2.0, I’ve gone back to TaskPaper for my simple list management. Here’s how I use GeekTool with TaskPaper to keep my todos where I need them most.

20 Essential Tricks for Web Browsing in Safari

Right now I’m stranded in Firefox land and, although Firefox has a lot to offer, it’s made me conscious of all the little things I take for granted when browsing in Safari. These are a few of those ‘little things.’

Beautiful iTunes Icons by Jonas Rask

If iTunes’ default icon is beginning to bore you, check out iTunes Speaker from JR Design.

Convert, Manage and Set Icons in OS X with Img2icns

Img2icns, the simple image utility which lets you create icons for use in OS X, has recently been updated to version 1.0. With this major update from Shiny Frog Img2icns now boasts a refined user interface and a wealth of new features that finally make the focused application a serious contender for best customization tool for your Mac.