Safari Tip: Download MySpace Music
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 » Mac OS X, Tips
Have you ever gone to your favorite band’s MySpace page and found they’ve uploaded a new track or demo from their upcoming album and wished you had a way to download it so you could put it on your iPod until you can actually buy the new album? Well then, here’s a tip for all of you Mac OS X an MySpace users.
Leopard Tip: Re-Map Your Contact List Shortcuts In iChat
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 » Mac OS X, Software, Tips
In the twelve short hours that I’ve been using the retail version of Leopard, I’ve discovered a small, easily overlooked, yet very handy feature in iChat. It is now possible to customize the shortcut order for your accounts/contact lists without having to use Chax or some other enhancer. Not only does this allow you to prioritize the order of your contact lists, it also lets you change the default list that appears when you click on the iChat icon in the dock.
Keynote Automator Actions
Saturday, July 7th, 2007 » Mac OS X, Software, Tips
Here are two Automator actions I created that will take selected images from the Finder and create a Keynote slideshow from them. In addition to the “Create Keynote Slideshow” action, the “Automagic Slideshow” action will automatically export the slideshow to a QuickTime Movie. Requires Keynote Actions from Automator.us (included) and GUI scripting (Universal Access) enabled.