October 2010
10/31/2010 23:26:12
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In most dialogs shortcuts can be used to quickly select options.
In iTunes “delete file from library dialog” (⌥⌫) hit ⏎ to confirm file removal followed by M
meaning “Move to Trash”. German iTunes installations say “In den Papierkorb legen” therefore press I
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10/31/2010 23:19:09
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While searching in Spotlight from the menubar. Hold ⌘ to reveal the selection in Finder. Works with click and ⏎.
10/31/2010 23:03:01
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Switch views in Finder with keys 1 through 4 and the ⌘ key.
10/31/2010 23:03:01
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Take screenshots from a window or any other control by pressing ⇧⌘4 followed by a press on the space bar. A camera will appear and highlight selected windows or dialogs. Just click to take a snapshot.
10/31/2010 23:03:01
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While making a screenshot in ⇧⌘4-mode hold ⌥ to resize taken screenshot size from the center.
10/31/2010 23:02:43
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Cycle through all windows in Expose using the ⇥ key.
10/31/2010 23:02:43
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Sort windows either alphabetically or by application in Exposé using ⌘1 and ⌘2.
10/31/2010 23:02:43
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⇧⌘G in Finder (Go to…) supports ⇥ completion. Just enter something like /u and then press ⇥ to make it change to /usr/.
10/31/2010 23:02:43
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In most dialogs shortcuts can be used to quickly select either option. In save dialogs for instance ⌘S select the save option, whereas ⌘D selects don’t save.
10/31/2010 23:01:15
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Go to… (known from Finder) is also available in Open and Save dialogs. Just hit ⇧⌘G and a popup will appear that read Go to the folder:
10/31/2010 22:55:16
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Get to the Menu Extras (right side of the menubar) with the shortcut ⌃F8. It’s possible you have this key deactivated. Check in System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts → Keyboard & Text Input.
10/31/2010 22:52:02
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While making a screenshot in ⇧⌘4-mode hold ⇧ to lock either width or height temporarily.
10/31/2010 22:51:43
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To temporarily turn off the sound effect for volume changes hold down the ⇧ key while changing the volume.
10/31/2010 21:52:54
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Get to the menubar with the shortcut ⌃F2. It’s possible you have this key deactivated. Check in System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts → Keyboard & Text Input.
10/31/2010 21:52:51
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Get to the Dock with the shortcut ⌃F3. It’s possible you have this key deactivated. Check in System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts → Keyboard & Text Input.
10/31/2010 21:52:40
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To quickly open the Displays Preference Pane press ⌥ + a brightness key.
This works for both keys (brithness up & down). If you’ve set your keyboard to inverse the function keys the shortcut obviously also different fn + ⌥ + a volume key.
10/31/2010 20:36:52
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10/28/2010 18:18:04
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To quickly open the Sound Preference Pane press ⌥ + a volume key.
This work for both keys (volume up & down). If you’ve set your keyboard to inverse the function keys the shortcut obviously is fn + ⌥ + a volume key.
10/27/2010 18:30:43
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Cornerstone 2 has just been released recently
Cornerstone 2 an absolutely fantastic SVN client for Mac OS X has been updated to its second iteration. It is an absolutely extraordinary Subversion tool. I can’t stop recommending it.
The website has also been updated. It’s beautiful. Check it out here.
We did a review on version 1.
10/26/2010 17:49:50
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Android Screencasting Tool
Droid Explorer (untested!)
10/12/2010 09:10:42
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10/10/2010 22:15:42
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10/09/2010 17:00:57
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Backup all your Tweets
TweetBackup backs up all your tweets.
But remember: Twitter allows only access to the last 3200 tweets. If you sent over 3200 tweets already, those are lost.
10/08/2010 23:40:58
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10/08/2010 04:52:05
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5632573512646119509#
Lisp Screencast 1 (for all you nerds out there ;-) )
Original
10/07/2010 17:50:42
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