Posts Tagged ‘organize’

Create a File Dispatcher for Finder

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

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:

file-dispatcher-done.jpg

 

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Get all the information on your files

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Mac OS X does a great job of providing you with information on the files on your hard drive. Today we will look at how to show all kind of information on your files.

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Quick Tip: Open a single bookmark from an Auto-Click folder

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

The last post was on how to open multiple pages in Safari with one click, utilizing the Auto-Click feature for bookmark folders.

However, there are times, when you don’t want to open all the sites, inside a folder, but pick a single one.

To do so, hold down the option-key and click on the Auto-Click folder (we named it Favorites). This will pop up the list of all bookmarks in this folder, allowing you to select the one you wish to open.

pop up auto-click folder

Open your favorite web pages with one click

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Bookmark management is really easy in Safari, our web browser of choice.

Everyone has a bunch of favorite site, e.g. Mac Kindergarten, Google, Facebook, you name it. We visit those sites on a regular basis, most of the time as soon as we go online.

But there is no need to enter the addresses of these pages every time you go online. In fact, only one click is needed after this tutorial.

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