Posts Tagged ‘installing’

Automate an installation process - with Automator

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Previously, we looked at how to install custom QuickLook plugins, so we can preview more kinds of file types using this awesome feature of Mac OS X Leopard.

Today we will learn how to automate this process of copying a file into a certain location. So we only need to click the file, select the action and it’s installed.

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Make QuickLook preview more kinds of file types

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

In recent posts we talked about QuickLook, which allows you to instantly preview a file, without having to open it in an application.

However, there are file types, that can’t be previewed with the standard installation of Leopard.

Let’s find out how to add more plugins, so we can preview more file types (eg. compressed .zip files, flash video or even folders).

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Uninstalling applications in Mac OS X

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Previously we looked at how to install applications in Mac OS X. We identified different forms applications for your Mac can come in and how to handle those different types.

Today we will learn how to uninstall applications again.

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Installing applications in Mac OS X

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

It’s not only about the operating system, one uses. What makes a computer great is the software you can run on it - and for Macs there is a lot of great software out there.

In the next two post we will have a installing-software roundup. We will cover all forms, software for your Mac can come in, how to handle different file types and how to install applications. In the following post we will look at how to remove software from your Mac again.

At the end of this post we have a list of great sites to get (mostly freeware) applications for your Mac.

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