Jun 24
You can drag text onto the Safari dock icon to perform a quick google search
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Jun 23
Automatically change the status in iChat
Here is a way to automatically change your status when sending or receiving text, audio/video invitations. You’ll need to create five simple AppleScripts, and save them into your user’s Library » Scripts » iChat folder (create the folder if necessary).
Open Script Editor (in Applications » AppleScript), then copy and paste these scripts, one at a time, into the Script Editor window. Click the Compile button, then select File » Save As and point to the previously-noted iChat folder. Name them as shown with each scripts code, on the second page of the hint…
Apr 18
Like most tricks, I stumbled upon this by accident. If you just want to reply or forward a selected portion of an email in Mail, just drag to highlight the portion of the email and click reply or forward. Comes in handy for those long threads.
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Apr 16
Th three new visualisers have a few tricks up their sleeves.
- LATHE: Press F to see the current frame rate
- STIX: Press F to see the current frame rate
Press the Up Arrow to add a second stick, and the Down Arrow cycles through available speeds - JELLY: Press F to see the current frame rate
Press the Up or Down Arrow to cycle between seven different jelly styles, and press M to lock it, and again to unlock it.
Press and hold 1 or 2, and the center of the current jelly will move farther away or much closer to your viewpoint. Press and hold any combination of 8, 9, and 0 (zero), and you’ll add an extra “glow” to certain areas of the jelly. Press and hold all three for some serious psychedelia.
Apr 16
We all know “coverflow” is pretty cool. You may or may not use it often. Previously we’ve covered how to view your system fonts with coverflow, but how about this neat trick to view your iCal events?
In Finder, switch to Cover Flow view mode (View -> As Cover Flow), then press Command-F to place the cursor in the Finder’s search box. To isolate Spotlight matches to just iCal events, enter kind:ical in the search box, then press the Space Bar, and type in the word or words that you’d like to find on those iCal events—Leopard in this example. At this point, you may or may not see matches in the results area!
from Macworld
Apr 14
I have a mac mini. It is cool although you do not get an iSight with it! I hate it! However, your user pic can have special effects.
Pop open Address Book.app and click your user account entry and edit the picture, there should be a swirly icon that you can make an effect with your pic! (NOTE: This may not take effect until a reboot!)
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Apr 06
For those of you who have lost your Apple Remote or have an older Mac without an IR reciever, the new and improved Front Row included with Leopard now has keyboard commands. You can start Front Row with the icon in the Applications folder, but you can also start it with Command (⌘) + ESC. From there, UP is equivalent to + on the remote and DOWN to - ; LEFT to rewind; RIGHT to fast forward; ENTER to pause/play; and ESC to menu. The keys work exactly the same as the buttons on the remote.
Apr 04
You can change the volume in iTunes in its minimised window form by hovering the mighty mouse over it and using the scroll ball. This works regardless of whether iTunes is the active window or not.
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