The Secret Sound Option in Mac OS X

Speak up! I can’t hear you! Sometime turning your sound down to the last notch just isn’t quiet enough. You still want to hear something,...
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Connect to FTP with Snow Leopard and the Finder

Did you know you can access an FTP, or AFP server from the Finder? If you find yourself needing to access one of these file...
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Get the size of a group of files with the option key.

Have you ever wanted to get the file size of a group of files in a Finder window but have no freaking clue how to...
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Search From Anywhere

You’re not always in your browser when you want to look things up. Luckily there are tools available to fix that problem. Google Quick Search...
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Stay on the Cutting Edge of Acorn and VoodooPad

If you use Flying Meat’s VoodooPad and/or Acorn applications, you should know that Gus Mueller, the developer, has RSS feeds where he releases beta versions....
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Manage Podcasts using iTunes without the iTunes Store

I pod, you pod, we all pod… Podcasting has become a huge avenue of content in the past five years. The iTunes Store is a...
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Lock Away Your Private Files

We all have files on our computer that we don’t want other people to see. Be it tax information or those pictures from your wild...
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Minimizing windows the Snow Leopard way.

If there’s one thing I really envied about Microsofts Vista operating system it was their users ability to minimize their windows in a way that...
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Customize the Finder to your Liking

Make the Finder into your Finder. Open a window in the Finder, and right click the title bar. Select Customize Toolbar to open the customization...
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iTunes Offers a High Efficiency Audio Codec

Keep it efficient! Included in iTunes 9 is the ability to encode audio using High Efficiency AAC. This is a special audio codec that allows...
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Getting non-encrypted Blu-Ray content to play on your Mac.

The lack of Blu-Ray support in Mac OS X is slowly driving me insane. As my Blu-Ray collection grows, my disdain for Apple executives snowballs....
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Capture Flash Video in Safari

Flash video is commonplace now, and that leaves a lot of us desiring the ability to save those files like Quicktime files. Well, it doesn’t...
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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Feature: Software Update Server

One of the coolest features within Mac OS X Server is the ability to set up that server as a software update server. In other...
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Default Folder X lets you save time saving files.

I wish I had the ability to do everything I wanted from any window on the Mac. I know it sounds a little grandiose, but...
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Mail Tags Makes It Easier To Get to Inbox Zero

I love me some automation as you know. Making computers work for us, instead of having to work to use a computer is my main...
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Creep Facebook in realtime from your desktop

I use Facebook just like everyone else, but I seriously try to limit the frequency of my visits. It’s hard work creeping other people’s lives...
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Mail Act-On lets you automate Mail.app

This is the second installment of my week of recommending GTD applications. If you want the other recommendations just click the tag “GTD“. Mail Act-On...
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Hide inactive applications without any user input

I’ve been on a big GTD kick lately, and frankly, if I wasn’t I’d barely keep my head above water. I know, I know, people...
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