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OS X Tips: Taking Charge of the Color Picker

Written on August 04, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 8 people have commented

The infamous color picker is present among many of the built-in OS X applications and is quite a powerful tool once you dig into it. With the ability to store your favorite colors in “wells” and use them between applications, the color picker can quickly become an indispensable tool in your daily workflow. Here’s some [...]

Marry Address Book With Google Maps

Written on December 05, 2008 by Nick Santilli and 9 people have commented

Apple’s Address Book is a clean and concise way to manage all of your contacts. It does what it needs without a bunch of frills, and for the most part, that’s a good thing. My use of Address Book is fairly infrequent — and by infrequent I mean that it’s pretty much only utilized around [...]

Yahoo Acquires Inquisitor

Written on May 09, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 11 people have commented

Today, Davaid Wantanabe announced that Yahoo has acquired the rights to his popular Inquisitor for Safari.
Congrats to David, and a big “what the heck?” to Yahoo. I honestly can’t imagine what Yahoo would want with a plugin for Safari.
It has long been a Safari-only plugin so with the acquisition of it on Yahoo’s end, I’m [...]

Perian “The Swiss-Army Knife for Quicktime”

Written on January 07, 2008 by Arvin Dang and 12 people have commented

Being a minimalist I quickly became captivated by Apple’s ability to streamline multiple functions into single, easy to use applications. OS X is a clear example of this consistency, every bar, every window and every feature all reflect an over arching goal of practicality and use. My desire for a clean, simple interface quickly [...]