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Tag Archives: os x
Getting Your DVDs Onto Your Mac/iPod/iPhone
I’d looked at Handbrake a while back but the GUI was far too confusing for a simpleton like me. It seems like it’s been cleaned up quite a bit now and looks rather useful! (The little video giving an overview … Continue reading
Microformats Plugin for Safari
I’m a fan of the Tails plugin for Firefox… Now Safari (on Leopard) gets its own Microformats Plugin! Of course, in order to take advantage of Microformats and perhaps bring the information they offer onto your system, you need a … Continue reading
Quick Look Folder and Zip Plugins
This is yet another example of why I want to upgrade to Leopard… Quick Look is a beautiful thing, and in my view practically itself worth the cost of admission to Leopard. Unfortunately, the more you get used to it, … Continue reading
IconGrabber
IconGrabber is a useful little application for getting an OS X applications icon for use on the web. It’s also available as a Quicksilver plugin. It couldn’t be easier. Just drop the file or folder that you want the icon … Continue reading
Getting Gmail IMAP Running Nicely
I’ve just managed to get my Gmail service upgraded to the new version with IMAP support,1 and as such i’ve been trawling the net for information on how to get this all set-up nicely. By this I mean moving my … Continue reading
Top 10 Quicksilver Plugins
I love Quicksilver, it’s one of those applications that makes working on the Mac really really great. Lifehacker has a quick rundown on 10 of the best plugins to help improve your Quicksilver experience: Open source Mac utility Quicksilver isn’t … Continue reading
Stacks Overlays
This is a great idea to improve the appearance (and usability) of stacks in Leopard. Stacks is pretty much Leopard’s only non-eyecandy change to the dock, and it had the potential to be pretty handy, but the fact that the … Continue reading
Massive Data Loss Bug in Leopard
I’ve been reading about this in a few places now. Leopard’s Finder has a glaring bug in its directory-moving code, leading to horrendous data loss if a destination volume disappears while a move operation is in action. I first came … Continue reading
Use Folder Icons in Leopard Stacks
Peter N Lewis: The Leopard Dock shows folders as a layer of icons, which is crazy for folders as you cannot easily recognize a folder based on its contents. Especially crazy when the folders have recognizable icons already! Of course, … Continue reading
Use Leopards Quick Look From the Terminal
Useful info from over at the Unofficial Apple Weblog: TUAW reader Shaun Haber sent us a link to his personal blog with a great post about using Leopard’s Quick Look from the command line, which is wonderfully handy for anyone … Continue reading