Safari can open a lot of file types for you. PDF files, images, music files - all can be displayed within Safari without the need of downloading it to your Mac and opening them from your Downloads folder.
But what if you want to do that? We show you two easy ways… Read the rest of this entry »
Alright, so you watch a video in QuickTime Player and need to find something on a webpage.
With today’s quick tip there is no need to pause the video or miss a single second of it, just because you activate a different application and thus obscuring the video.
In a previous post we looked at Automator and how it can help us to automate tasks (such as a copy-and-paste installation).
A very short while ago, we also looked at how to create a todo system, based on color labels in Finder.
Today we will use these concepts and expand them using Butler, so we will create a file dispatcher for Finder, looking something like this:
On a Mac - as on any other computer platform - there are several applications that can handle a certain types of files. Just think of pictures in .jpg format - Preview, iPhoto, Photoshop and many more understand and can handle them.
One question that gets asked a lot by new users is, how to change the default application for certain file types, so all files of that type are opened in a certain application.
You probably have come across color labels already in Finder. You can use them to assign a background color to a file, so it stands out from the others. This can help you to identify important files at a glance.
Today we will take this concept one step further and create a file and folder based To Do structure using color labels together with Smart Folders.
Ultimately you will get a list of files and folders you still need to work on, grouped by due date in nice, fresh colors.
Yesterday we looked at how we can control Exposé using only the keyboard. Today’s quick tip is all about quickly identifying a window, not only by looks but also by window title.
Exposé is great to quickly find open applications or a specific window inside an application. We introduced you to Exposé in this post.
Today let’s explore how we can control Exposé only by using the keyboard.
When you browse your files in Finder in Column view mode, you get a preview for a file as you select it. Now this preview is nice to find out about the content of a file at a glance, but there is more to it.
Previously we looked at where we meet our contacts from Address Book again. Today we will find out, how to create and update our existing contact base - without opening Address Book - or create an appointment right from Apple Mail - without iCal.
Did I save the last 30 minutes work now? Can something happen to me and my files? How can I tell, if the file that’s currently open, has been saved already?
Mac OS X indicates, if an open file has changed since the last time you saved it. Look at the red bubble in the title bar (that is used for closing a window).
A black dot inside the bubble indicates that changes have been made to this file, which haven not yet been saved.
Save it and the black dot will disappear.