Jul 31, 2012 | Applications, OS X Lion Tweaks, OS X Tweeks, System Utilities |
There are many tools (software applications) available for tweaking and adjusting the more advanced and sometimes hidden or obscured system and application settings on your Mac OS X computer. TinkerTool is a great application for fine-tuning your OS X system and it is...
Jul 31, 2012 | Applications, Mac OS X |
Looking for a fast way to do basic calculations whilst working on your Mac? There’s the calculator widget, and then there is the Calculator.app built into OS X. But both of these require jumping to some other location or application on your Mac. What about an...
Jul 31, 2012 | Mac Enhancements |
If you use a Magic Mouse there is one piece of free software many folk are recommending is a must-have for Magic Mouse owners. In fact I know Magic Mouse owners who are not Magic Mouse users, simply because they found the Magic Mouse was not as wizard like as they...
Jul 31, 2012 | Productivity |
Here’s a quick list of some very useful time-saving and RSI-reducing keyboard shortcuts. 1. Select Safari’s address field If you’ve got a URL you have copied and need to paste into the Safari address bar, hit Command-L to bring the focus to the address...
Jul 30, 2012 | Finder, Mac OS X, Solutions & Fixes |
If Finder should die or lock up, there are a few ways to restart it. First try right-clicking (two-finder click, context menu click) on the Finder icon in the Dock. You’ll see an option to Relaunch Finder. Click that and see what happens. If that does not work...