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I’m in to Apple, OSX, iPhone and lots of other technology stuff. I run a small ad agency - we do both traditional and new media marketing, brochures, logos, websites and other good stuff.

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December 16, 2009

Readability - a simple tool to make reading on the web more enjoyable by removing page clutter

Install this bookmarklet and click it when reading a webpage to remove the clutter so you can focus on the text.

See here: Readibility

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December 16, 2009

iPhone 3GS DIY Copy Stand

via youtube.com

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December 12, 2009

Use EasyFind to find things that OSX's Spotlight can't

Sometimes OS X's Spotlight could use some help. Download EasyFind, a free alternative to (or supplement to) Spotlight and find files, folders, or contents in any file without indexing. EasyFind is especially useful for those tired of slow or impossible indexing, outdated or corrupted indices, or those just looking for features missing in the Finder or Spotlight.

Boolean operators, wildcards, phrases
Extended Boolean operators
Immediate searches, no indexing required
Finds invisible files and files inside packages (Spotlight doesn't)
Displays the location of each file in a separate column
Previews files using Quick Look (Mac OS X 10.5 or later)
Provides contextual menus and services
Supports drag-and-drop
Very responsive, thanks to multithreading
Uses very little memory

More info | Download

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December 11, 2009

Easily convert Safari .webloc files to Internet Explorer .url files and vice versa with this OSX script

Get it at http://cverge.net/tools/

Drag and drop doesn't work for me, but running the script and then selecting the source file and target format does.

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December 7, 2009

Use your iphone as a bedside alarm clock

Install Kensington's free Rise&Shine Clock and Weather app [appstore link] and buy their $40 Nightstand Charging Dock.

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December 6, 2009

Sync your files online and across computers with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free!

Get your free Dropbox here: http://bit.ly/4CTIr0

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December 5, 2009

Easily create Symbolic Links in OSX via contextual menu

The easy way is with SymbolicLinker 2.0v2. It's a Contextual Menu plugin that allows you to right-click on a folder or file and instantly create the symlink.

The long way in Terminal with the ln command is like this:

ln -s ~/path/to/source/folder ~/path/to/symlink

So for a folder on your desktop:

ln -s ~/Desktop/folder ~/Desktop/folder-simlink

(Works same way for files.)

Get more info on symlinks by typing "man symlink" in Terminal (without quotes) and press return.

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December 4, 2009

Make websites print better with Printliminator

The Printliminator is a bookmarklet with some simple tools you can use to makes websites print better. One click to activate, and then click to remove elements from the page, remove graphics, and apply better print styling.

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Filed under // osx printing

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December 4, 2009