Option to Select Private Browsing Without Annoying Dialog Box

Here’s a quick one: if you hold down the option key while your hovering over ‘Private Browsing’ in Safari’s main menu, the ‘…’ will disappear and you can select the option without being hit with the ‘Are you sure you want to turn on private browsing dialog?’ box. Yes, I am sure…

Command Up in Finder for Containing Directory

Here’s a quick Finder tip: If you’re in list view (Cmd + 2 switches to list view), you can press Cmd + the up key to navigate to a files containing directory. If you select a folder in list view and press the right arrow key, the folder will expand to show the contents, [...]

It’s a Drag: The Power of Drag and Drop in Safari

Some tips for manipulating tabs, links, text and images in Safari via Drag and Drop.

Tips, Tricks and Add-ons to Maximize Safari’s Potential

Safari is easily my favorite browser for OS X. It’s clean interface, advanced rendering capabilities and quick load times make it almost painful for me to use anything else. Here are a few tricks and tips to supercharge Safari and get the most out of your browsing experience.

Resize Any Window Quickly and Exactly With AppleScript and FastScripts

I’ve never been entirely convinced by the little green button on OS X windows. It can be difficult to predict exactly how pressing it will resize some windows, and occasionally, full-screen, regardless of what is being displayed, is exactly what I am after. Here is the fine-grained and keyboard friendly solution that I’ve hit upon.

Create a Text to Speech Shortcut in System Preferences

Text to Speech was one of the minor but significant improvements made in Leopard, and the improvement comes in the form of a new voice named Alex. Though it’s not a perfect substitute for a human voice, Alex is a great leap forward when compared with any voice included with Tiger.