Well Apple had their big event today and I have to say that I was underwhelmed. I have yet to figure out if it was due to the fact that there where no surprises as a result of leaks from the past few weeks or that Steve just made a general menton of the 2.1 update which still does not (I assume) include cut and paste. I will have to report on the outcome on Friday when the update drops.
Category Archives: Software
Dropbox Invites To Give Away
I have been using Dropbox as a Mobileme’s iDisk Substitute for cloud storage mainly because I use the Mac GTD app Things. The purpose of Dropbox in this context is so I can sync across several Macs by pointing Things at the Dropbox folder on each Mac. The suggestion came from the Cultured Code Things forum that I give Dropbox a try, and it works like a charm. Without any question this is the best iDisk alternative. You can check it out at www.getdropbox.com if you like. And Dropbox has created a snappy iPhone web interface to boot. Unfortunately it is an invite only beta at this point, so….
I have 9 Dropbox invites to give away. First come first serve.
Services Scrubber Hurray!!
Mac OS has a Services menu where all the tasks associated with each app on your system are found in one location. I had for the longest time items in my services menu that where out of place like “convert to simplified chinese”. I went looking for the location of each of these services in an attempt to remove them. This can be a difficult task in itself, so I googled “how to edit the services menu in OSX” and found an app that simplifies the process of disabling services you don’t use, and removing those that are orphaned when uninstalling software. The App is called Services Scrubber, and it can be found here. Give it try. I am glad I did.
(Via My Trick.)
My Gift To You (LotsaSnow)
I came across this awesome screen-saver for Mac OSX. I thought I would share it with you. Enjoy!
(Via wakaba.c3.cx.)
Below is an image of the screen-saver in action:
And Happy Holidays.
iphoto to Gmail Plugin…YESSSS!!!
I am glad to report that someone has finally come up with a plugin for iphoto that I will use on a regular basis. If you are like me and convey images of birthdays and holiday to family via gmail, then this is the plugin for you! You can find the plugin here. Enjoy!
Mac OS X Hints: Make sure your mailboxes really are empty
Mac OS X Hints: Make sure your mailboxes really are empty: “Here’s how to get to the Account Info window in Mail to view what’s actually sitting on your mail server.”
(Via Macworld.)
Marsedit
So now that I am using WordPress, I need a good post creator that i can use off-line. Enter stage right MarsEdit. MarsEdit is a light weight software package for Macintosh, produced by Ranchero makers of my other favorite Mac app NetNewsWire.
Marsedit
So now that I am using WordPress, I need a good post creator that i can use off-line. Enter stage right MarsEdit. MarsEdit is a light weight software package for Macintosh, produced by Ranchero makers of my other favorite Mac app NetNewsWire.
