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Change the Mac OS X Dock from 3D to 2D in Leopard & Snow Leopard

Dec 24, 2007 - 8 Comments

The appearance of the new Dock changed in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard which has caused somewhat of an uproar in the Mac community, some of whom even claim it looks like it belongs in Windows Vista. That change stuck around in later versions of OS X as well. If you’re totally insulted by the … Read More

Use Quick Look from the Command line with qlmanage

Dec 24, 2007 - 3 Comments
terminal

Quick Look is a nice feature in Mac OS X for quickly previewing documents, images, and other file data before opening it into a designated application. I use Quick Look often for glancing at the content of various documents and it certainly beats launching an application when you just need to take a quick peak … Read More

Instant On-Page Text Search in Firefox with This Easy Tip

Dec 16, 2007 - 2 Comments

Here’s a really cool Firefox tip that was just passed along to me that allows you to instantly search on page text. Here’s how this works: You can instantly search for any text on a web page by hitting the forward slash and typing that word. So for example, you want to find “Firefox” on … Read More

Want Microsoft Paint for Mac OS X? Paintbrush is Equivalent!

Dec 14, 2007 - 83 Comments
Paintbrush for Mac

Many of us who converted from a Windows PC to a Mac may long for the amazing artistic capabilities allowed within Microsoft Paint. Ok so maybe that’s a bit dramatic, and we all know that Microsoft Paint is pretty crappy in a weirdly lovable way, but that’s also why it was fun. So, if you … Read More

Navigating Mac OS X with Only the Keyboard

Dec 13, 2007 - 13 Comments
Finder icon on the Mac

Did you know you can navigate Mac OS with only the keyboard? If you’re an avid typer it can be annoying to have to interrupt your flow, lift your hand(s) from the keyboard, simply to use the mouse and navigate around Mac OS X. Instead of dealing with that frustration, try using exclusively the keyboard … Read More

Mac OS X Christmas & Holiday desktop app fun

Dec 2, 2007 - 8 Comments

It’s that time of the year again Mac users! The holiday season is now here in full force, and part of the fun is customizing your Mac to be with the season. Here’s our three favorite apps so you can deck out your Mac desktop in the holiday spirit. Snowfall – a beautiful falling snow … Read More

Easily Convert a Boot Camp Partition to VMWare

Dec 2, 2007 - 3 Comments

Many of us intel Mac OS X users installed Boot Camp partitions so we could run Windows or Linux on the same machine as our Mac. Boot Camp is great, but it’s annoying when you have to reboot just to access the other operating system, which is why something like VMWare is so useful. If … Read More

Show Full Directory Path in Mac OS X Finder Window Title Bars

Dec 2, 2007 - 32 Comments
Show the full path in Finder title bars

Have you ever wished you could see the complete file system path in the titlebar of a Finder file system window? Well you can use a secret setting in Mac OS X to display the path in the titlebars of windows. The geekier Mac users amongst us and those familiar with the unix world should … Read More

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