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TabStop – Warn before closing tabs in Safari

Jun 26, 2007 - 6 Comments

If you’re anything like me, you’ve accidentally hit command-Q while in Safari and lost tons of important tabs. Unfortunately there’s no warning so if you make such a mistake, that’s that. Well, not quite anymore, thanks to TabStop. TabStop is a handy utility that causes Safari to warn you before closing a browser window if … Read More

Mac OS X Leopard Developer Roadmap

Jun 25, 2007 - Leave a Comment

MacScoop has apparently gotten their hands on Apple’s developer roadmap for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, which covers the intended release cycle of development versions from the current version until the final release in October. Nothing new or groundbreaking is included, but it’s still an interesting read and something worth viewing if you’re half as … Read More

Mac OS X 10.4.10 released

Jun 20, 2007 - 5 Comments

Mac OS X 10.4.10 update has been released today, covering a series of security and bug fixes, adding a few additional features, and including some other improvements. Nothing too amazing is in the update in terms of features (especially when compared to what we’ll see in Leopard), but it is still worth downloading, so be … Read More

Updates coming soon

Jun 19, 2007 - 2 Comments

We apologize for the recent delay here at OS X Daily, updates will continue as normal soon! Thanks readers!

Expose Keyboard Shortcuts for OS X

Jun 13, 2007 - 6 Comments
Mission Control tips

Expose is an awesome feature of Mac OS X that functions as sort of like a window manager and app switcher all in one. I use the feature so often it is almost impossible to live without. If you don’t use Expose, you should start, and this simple little list of keyboard shortcuts with each … Read More

Now Apple WON’T use ZFS as the Leopard file system

Jun 12, 2007 - 4 Comments

Lots of Mac OS X news lately, and this blows in the face of last weeks news. Apparently, Apple will NOT use ZFS as the file system in Leopard. Information Week provides us with the latest news, which could come as a letdown for some, citing an Apple marketing official “ZFS is not happening,”. So … Read More

Confirmed: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will run on G4’s

Jun 12, 2007 - 16 Comments

There has been some concern since the announcement that Leopard is a 64 bit operating system that those of us with 32 bit machines would be left in the dust with Tiger. Fear not though, Endgadget dispels this rumor after talking with Apple. This means that G4’s, G5’s, Core Solo’s and Core Duo’s will be … Read More

New Finder Announced for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Jun 11, 2007 - 2 Comments

Some big announcements were made today at WWDC 2007, but amongst the most exciting is the introduction of a new Finder in Mac OS X Leopard. The new finder functions a lot like iTunes, even down to Cover Flow, which is no longer for just flipping through albums. In the new Finder, Cover Flow allows … Read More

ZFS will be the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard file system

Jun 8, 2007 - 5 Comments

The durable and powerful ZFS file system is said to be the official file system of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, this according to a report on MacNN. Citing the CEO of Sun Microsystems as the source of the information, Apple will reportedly announce the change this next week at the Worldwide Developer Conference. From … Read More

Enable Spell Checking in Firefox Text Input Fields

Jun 6, 2007 - 10 Comments

Here’s a great Firefox tip that I think you’ll appreciate as much as I do, which allows for a spell checking function in web based input forms. To accomplish this, you’ll start by editing an entry within the about:config configuration menu of Firefox, where you can enable spell checking in text input fields. For example, … Read More

Camino 1.5 Released

Jun 5, 2007 - 3 Comments

Mac browser usage goes something like this: #1) Safari #2) Firefox and #3) Camino, after that not much is really relevant. While Camino is not as widely used as Safari and Firefox, it’s still a good browser, and some Mac users swear buy it claiming it is better than both it’s better known brothers. If … Read More

Quickly save content from any cocoa app

Jun 4, 2007 - 3 Comments

Mac OS X is filled with useful features to make your computing life easier. Here’s a great Mac tip provided by Chad Barraford: “Ever want to quickly save some content in any cocoa app? Maybe a phone number, directions, a picture, url, etc? Highlight it and hit Shift+Command+Y and your Mac will paste the content … Read More

Borderless QuickTime Playback in Snow Leopard

Jun 4, 2007 - Leave a Comment

Wouldn’t it be nice for QuickTime to be borderless? In Mac OS X you can accomplish this with a little bit of a trick, so if you’re on Mac OS X Snow Leopard or before with Quick Time on those releases you can make a few adjustments for borderless playback. MurphyMac has yet another great … Read More

Display Disk Space and File Info on the Desktop of Mac OS X

Jun 1, 2007 - 6 Comments

Want to see available disk space of drives and volumes on the desktop of Mac OS X? Perhaps you’d like to see information about files and folders that are on the Mac desktop as well, including dimensions of images, and data about file counts contained within folders. You can reveal this information easily with a … Read More

Convert Web Video to iPod and Apple TV format

Jun 1, 2007 - 7 Comments

TubeTV is a great little app that allows you to easily convert web videos to either iPod or Apple TV compatible formats. All you do is direct an URL to the app and it’ll download in either iPod or AppleTV compatible formats. TubeTV requires the Perian QuickTime plugin, but don’t worry it’ll tell you if … Read More

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