April 2013
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Tips for changing brightness on MacBook, external...
Changing the brightness with Macbook keyboard always changes the laptop display. External keyboard always changes external display (if attached). Ctrl + brightness key inverts the behavior for both external and internal.
[Thanks Beh!]
Anonymous asked: how do you change address book font
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March 2013
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February 2013
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January 2013
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Exporting Images With Usuable Names From Evernote... →
Evernote is a great tool, but its export features leave quite a bit to be desired, especially when it comes to attachments like images.
In the face of this adversity, what does an enterprising user like Chris Suave do? Why, write an AppleScript, of course.
via MacStories
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Paste Safari Link In MarsEdit - Red Sweater Blog →
Know what’s cool? A MarsEdit shortcut for quickly pasting your clipboard’s URL into a blog post.
Know what’s cooler? An AppleScript, whipped together by MarsEdit’s own developer in response to a customer, that can insert the URL of the current Safari tab and use the webpage’s name as the linked text.
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December 2012
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Safari gets your mouse out of the way when you... →
Thanks Ryan Blair!
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November 2012
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October 2012
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September 2012
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August 2012
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Macworld: Find out what's keeping your Mac awake →
Kirk McElhearn:
Have you ever been annoyed to find that your Mac won’t go to sleep when you tell it to? Reader wjv found that, in Mac OS X 10.6 and later, there’s a simple way of finding out what’s keeping your Mac awake. To do so, run the following command in your Terminal.
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July 2012
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psychology2010 asked: Hi, would you be interested in exchanging the codes of your theme for a solo dash promote from me or a reduced price via paypal? I really like this theme to use for my blog alegrias(.)me, but I can't afford it. I'm wondering if you'll be interested in this exchange.
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Mountain Lion: About Power Nap →
If you own a recent MacBook Air or Retina MacBook Pro, it can get a surprising amount of work done even while it’s sleeping, thanks to Mountain Lion’s new Power Nap feature. This Apple support lays out all the details.
via The Loop
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Display disk drives on the desktop, make them... →
Apple sure made the Finder and Desktop prettier in Lion, but it also made ejecting your drives a pain in the ass. Here’s one way to make things easier on yourself.
June 2012
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May 2012
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[Sponsor] Thanks again to Sidekick for supporting... →
My relaunch this week of Finer Things in Tech and DavidChartier.com went really well, and I’d like to thank the folks at Oomph Inc for being my launch sponsors. Their Mac automation utility, Sidekick, really is pretty great. Check it out.
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Discover apps by opening files with Mac App Store →
Simple tip, great way to find new apps that work with your files.
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Macworld has an easy way to create an automatic,... →
Chris Breen shows you how to create a simple Automator action that will automatically backup your iOS apps every time iTunes downloads updates for them. This is perfect for avoiding “The Twitter App Effect,” where a major update takes one step forward, but two huge steps back.
This action will even create sequential backups of your apps, so you can hang onto (and roll back to) any...
April 2012
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How to show the Dock while using full-screen apps...
When using a full-screen app in Lion, you can move the mouse to the bottom of the screen, then move it down again to show the Dock.
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Google releases Google Drive, Mac client →
The long-rumored service is out with a Mac client, similar to Dropbox, and 5GB of space to start. It also has what are probably the best upgrade prices in town, starting at 25GB for just $2.50 per month.
