As enjoyable as Apple’s software is to use, they like to make us work. Hidden below the surface of most Apple software are hundreds of undocumented little “switches” which can be turned on to enable new sooper-seekrit features. By the same token, these switches can be disabled to [...]
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Yet another new one to me! And such a useful little nugget too… If you already have command-tab hardwired into your muscle memory then you may just love this tip for pulling minimized windows out of the Dock. Directly from the Application Switcher (cmd + tab heads-up display). Using only the keyboard.
BEFORE AFTER So y’know how everything you type in a search field gets stored and suggested back to you for ever and ever? Have you ever wanted to remove one particular (possibly embarrassing/incriminating) search term from [...]
New / Beginner Mac users Recent “switchers” (just gave up your WIndows PC for a Mac) Long time Apple users looking to pick up new skillz Basically, if you [...] A friendly public service announcement to the droves of Mac-toting netizens out there who browse the webs with an inflated sense of security: Your system is weak. Whether or not you decided to ignore the warning signs and upgrade to the latest OS X 10.5.7 recently, you are all equally susceptible to an exploit [...]
Stumbled across this post on Mac desktop locking and and learned a few things myself. They cover the Keychain Access method. They also highlight some nifty/useful widgets and preference panes. Via UsingMac.com: Lock Your Mac Desktop (Part II). Do you deal in sensitive information? Private? Paranoid? Cautious? Then this tip is for you! In this tutorial i will demonstrate a quick and easy way to help protect any sensitive data from prying eyes or passersby.  padlock menubar Allow me to draw your attention to the padlock icon showing in the menubar above. By clicking on this icon i can very quickly send my computer into screen saver mode and, whats more, the user will be required to enter their login password to be able to exit the screen saver. This effectively locks your desktop while keeping you logged in and all of your documents and applications open, untouched, and secure! Here’s how you can get a padlock icon of your very own… Continue reading Added security for your desktop
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If you re not familiar with TextExpander, it’s a utility which runs in the background on your computer all the time and does nothing, until you type out a predefined string of characters. It then leaps into action, replacing those characters with a preset block [...]
Use a Mac for work or play? Want to learn how to use it better? Who:
QuickLook is a spiffy new feature of OS X 10.5 “Leopard”. In the following screencast i’ll show you how you can use QuickLook to work more quickly and easily on documents and email.
Maybe some day you are working on some documents and you realize that it’d be soooo much easier if you could just combine several of your docs into one nice big doc. Naturally, you are concerned with accessibility so you’ve chosen PDF as your [...]