Posts catagorized 'Productivity'

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.’

Ejecting Disk Images – Four Easy Techniques

Installing applications on the Mac is so easy that it’s almost deceptive for new users. Although some apps do have a free standing installation dialog, the majority are housed simply on disk images and need only be dragged into your applications folder. The final part of installation, however, is apparently where new users get confused: you need to eject the disk image once your app is installed. Here are a few ways you can do it.

Drag and Drop Upload to Google Docs

GDocsUploader removes the clumsiness of uploading your docs onto the web.

Tweak Checklist For a Clean Install of OS X

It might sound strange, but I thoroughly enjoy reinstalling OS X. The process may be time consuming, but my fetish for status bars, the awesome first launch movie and most importantly the prospect of a fresh Mac running to Apple’s specs makes it a pleasurable process. As far as system defaults are concerned, I’m happy with 99 percent of Apple’s choices. Here’s my checklist for dealing with that other 1 percent.

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.

Set the Background Color of Preview to Match Your Blog

I often use the Instant Alpha tool in Preview to quickly extract transparent images for use on MacMembrane. Here is a quick way to make sure your images look as good on your blog as they do in Preview.

Genius for OS X Helps You Learn Anything

Genius is the best virtual flash card application for the Mac. Read about Genius here and then get learning!

The Little Things – Quick Look’s Excel Support

I use Excel almost daily in my work and personal computing life. However, I was still surprised to see support for multiple paged Excel docs natively supported by Apple’s Quick Look.

In the Background: Some Thoughts on Desktop Simplicity

Make your desktop mirror the elegant simplicity of your Mac.