Since Tiger was released it has seemed to me that Automator was one of the unsung heroes that shipped with the operating system. I’m guessing more people use it than we hear about, but just in case, I wanted to show off the use of Automator when saving workflows as plugins, rather than Automator [...]
As I was just about finished recording my latest screencast tonight, I got an uninvited (at least while in the middle of a screencast recording) notice that St Claire Software’s Default Folder X has an update available. This of course is a great thing, as I love this utility for the way it adds [...]
I recently came across a cool little application by the name of Singular. The point of Singular is to examine a directory (and sub-directories) for duplicate files. You get the option to find duplicate files by filename, size, or MD5 hash - which is the most reliable in just about every case. [...]
Thank all that’s Holy and good - something other than iPhone to write about! Macrumors reports that Mac Developers have gotten a new seed of Leopard which actually reads and writes to the ZFS [file system]. Many likely don’t care or even understand what this means. But some geeks will be quite [...]
Clearly there’s an active Developer Community for the Apple platform. I love that my favorite apps are regularly updated - being constantly made better, feature-rich, and all that jazz. But the process of updating some of these apps can be somewhat of a drag at times.
Let’s just put it this way: If [...]
Regular reader/commenter/fellow Quicksilver guru Jono emailed this great tip for Quicksilver. If you’re a regular user of Quicksilver - especially with the advanced features enabled - you know it can act up from time to time. And while Quicksilver can be used to Force Quit or Relaunch other applications, it’s like trying to [...]
Co-Founder of The IconFactory, Ged Maheux has laid-out his idea of a ‘match made in heaven’ and would love for your support in helping achieve it. With Frenzic’s recent release as the first game to come from The IconFactory, many a Mac-user found their next Tetris.
With the iPhone on the brink of [...]
These things happen all the time, but every now and then there are the software update news items that really excite me. This week I went from being out of town, to being out of town… But finally this morning I caught up on the Apple happenings around the web, and couldn’t be [...]
How great would it be if Apple were to offer a Tiered Referral program on sales of their computers? We’ve all probably helped show a friend or two (or several…) the light by bringing them to the Apple platform. Now wouldn’t it be cool to get Referral Bucks or a percentage discount each [...]
Alumnus of The Apple Blog, Chris Holland, is back to ranting about his tech-mistress, SIP. And although the concept may sound far-fetched at the onset, the idea at the core is pure genius, and in this writer’s opinion, has Apple written all over it.
Chris postulates the iPhone as being the vehicle Apple [...]
Ars reports that AT&T stores will be closing early on June 29th in order to setup and prepare for the 6pm launch of the iSecondComing, er, iPhone. There will be nice velvet ropes to que the eager techies into the stores and handle sales on a first come first served basis. Oh, and [...]
Anyone who’s been using a Mac for a few months has probably noticed that there is a glut of text editors available for the OS X platform. If you’re in the web/design category, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the similar situation of too many FTP client options. What gives?
I’ll take the latter issue first. [...]
A huge thanks goes to Dan Moren at MacUser for posting this tip. I was literally looking for this method over the weekend when I right clicked on an image file and Finder took FOOOREEEVER to show my [crapton of] ‘Open With…’ options.
Most commonly, as you add and delete applications from your Mac, [...]
At some Apple stores, like the new one at Park Meadows in Lone Tree Colorado, it’s pretty much the rule that your AT&T - and probably most other carriers - phone will get no usable service coverage. That’s the case when I wander in with my Blackjack on a regular basis. But all [...]
Apple has already upgraded its yet-unreleased iPhone. They announced this morning a battery capable of 8 hours of talk time, and over 10 days of standby time. Additionally, the previously plastic touch-screen is now optical-quality glass for better clarity and durability.
Straight from the mouth of Jobs:
With 8 hours of talk time, and 24 [...]
The folks at Missing Sync sent out an email over the weekend to announce some updates to their line of PDA and Smartphone syncing software. While users of Palm devices may be glad to hear that Missing Sync for Palm version 6 has been released, that wasn’t the exciting news to yours truly.
It seemed [...]
Services are a part of OS X that many users either don’t even know about, or forget to use. They are a powerful bunch of actions that you can apply to your workflow - mostly in cases where you’re working with text.
In this Screencast, I’ll show you firstly, how to trim that over-grown hedge [...]
UPDATE: Alright, NOW you can sign up on plasq.com for an opportunity to get into the Skitch Beta program.
UPDATE: I guess in my excitement, I jumped the gun a tad:My apologies! The update and goodness I wrote below is - at the moment - intended for the private beta users only. But hang [...]
Wow those guys work fast! No sooner did Steve announce the availability of Safari 3 beta, and there’s an update for 1Passwd to work with it! Awesome response guys!
1Passwd is a fantastic utility that saves all your passwords and unifies them across your many OS X browsers. It even manages your identities [...]
Derik at MacUser points out that VMware is driving hard to the net in regards to the virtualization battle with Parallels. If you pre-order the 1.0 version now (which is expected by end of August) you get the normally $79 license for just $39. Sweet deal for a top virtualization contender for Macs.
