July 2011
2 posts
Create a Folder Containing Your Current Selection
minimalmac:
finermac:
Create a folder containing your current selection by choosing File > New Folder with Selection or by pressing Control-Command-N (⌃⌘N).
Handy as hell.
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May 2011
1 post
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Six Unexpected Uses for the Application Switcher →
I didn’t know about half of these.
April 2011
1 post
“Tip: save a copy of your Mac’s Apple System Profiler report to your...”
– danielpunkass
March 2011
3 posts
The powerful, mystical Spotlight. On steroids. →
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February 2011
2 posts
January 2011
2 posts
My backup plan: Dan Frakes | Storage & Backup |... →
“The end result of this diversified backup plan is that at any given time, I’ve got a complete clone of each of my drives that’s never more than 24 hours old, Time Machine backups of modified files for each hour of that day, and both onsite and cloud versions of all the documents I’m actively working on. And those in-progress articles are accessible from any of my Macs, as well as from my...
“If you’ve installed Find My iPhone on your iPhone, iPod or iPad take a look at...”
– Apple icon secrets: hidden meanings hiding in plain sight | Electricpig
I put it there because it looked terrible in San Francisco. The iPhone was originally in Africa, but a design review moved it to NYC. FACT.
(via implodr)
November 2010
1 post
Panic Blog » 15 Secrets of Transmit 4 →
Transmit 4. It’s easy to use, but there’s a whole lot under the surface. And while we try to design apps for the majority, sometimes we throw in some power user features for the pros. As the Finnish always say, “always add a few extra blood dumplings when cooking mykyrokka for a tonttu-ukko!”
October 2010
2 posts
“As you’re typing a long word, hit the escape key. A popup window will...”
– Mac 101: Autocomplete words in TextEdit Great tip for using the included TextEdit in Mac OS X.
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CMD-Delete in Preview
When viewing a document (PDF, image, etc.) in Preview.app, pressing CMD-Delete will throw the current document into the trash.
A very handy way to quickly rid yourself of a photo or PDF that you downloaded that isn’t what you thought it should be.
September 2010
1 post
Save Space - Zip it Up
stevenf:
This terminal command will turn every file in the current directory into a zip file of itself (removing the original file):
for item in *; do zip -m "${item}.zip" "${item}"; done
I recently used it to shave 20 GB off a collection of uncompressed disk images.
August 2010
1 post
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Back to the Desktop
Quite honestly the shortcut key I use the most throughout my day is when presented with a ‘Save’ dialogue box (i.e. when you go to save your Photoshop, Word, etc. document for the first time)
Simply pressing Command-D will change the currently selected directory to your Desktop. Saving files to the desktop (temporarily!) makes it easy to use, particularly if you’re going to...
June 2010
4 posts
8 Subtle Changes You May (Or May Not) Notice in... →
Every time Apple releases a new OS update, be it on the Mac or iPhone, there’s a bucketload of smaller - lesser-spotted - changes that appear in the system. iOS 4 very much continues this trend, so whilst you’re busy perusing the new update today here’s 8 little changes you may (or may not) spot.
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Taking a Screenshot on iPhone/iPad/iOS Devices
Let’s say you want to take a screenshot of the latest app you are running on your iPhone or iPad (maybe to show off a high score in Carcassonne - great game btw!) to send to a friend or upload to your blog. Here’s how:
Press the ‘Home’ button and at the same time press the ‘On/Off’ button. No need to hold them down for very long (1 second is enough).
The...
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Moving Apps Around
In order to move apps around your iPhone/iPad screen, you just have to press and hold on any app for 2 seconds (try not to move your finger) until the apps start shaking and some of them (non-Apple apps) get a little ‘X’ in the top left corner - you can stop pressing now:
Now press and hold on on the app you want to move and slide it to the location you want the app to be. Other...
May 2010
1 post
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Scroll Back to the Top of a Window
To quickly get back to the top of a window you’ve scrolled through (like say this great post on The Empire Strikes Back), simply tap on the top bar of the display window.
This should work in most, if not all, apps.