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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 EasyFind is especially useful for those tired of slow or impossible indexing, outdated or corrupted indices, or those just looking for features missing in the Finder or Spotlight.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

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

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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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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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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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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Use Shades to dim your Mac's screen beyond the built-in controls

LCD too bright? Shades is a free utility for controlling the brightness of your screen. It's a System Preference Pane that runs in the background providing easy control over the brightness of your display via a slick Mac-like interface, with greater dynamic range and finer granularity than the built-in controls. Get it here.

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With smcFanControl, you can control the fans on any Intel Mac to make it run cooler

via macupdate.com

smcFanControl lets you set the minimum speed of the built in fans. You can increase your minimum fan speed to make your Intel Mac run cooler. To prevent you from damaging your Mac, smcFanControl won't let you set a minimum speed to a value below Apple's defaults. Get it here.

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OmniDiskSweeper Helps You Easily Reclaim Disk Space

Mac only: Freeware program OmniDiskSweeper easily shows you which files and folders are taking up space so you can free it up. Details at lifehacker.com

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