My otherwise limitless love for Quicksilver has recently been tempered by a burgeoning love for the addition of Quick Look to Mac OS X in the 10.5 version. Pre-Quick Look, Quicksilver was hands-down the fastest way to access and open files. ⌘+Space → type a few characters → and you were on your way. In some instances you still […]
A few thoughts on Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) after having spent a solid week using it: Spaces. I didn’t think that I was going to use this at all but it turns out that it’s a great alternative to minimizing certain windows. Example: during the day I typically run all the apps I need and […]
Hold down cmd+ctrl when you hover over a link in VoodooPad; you’re in for a treat: Just more evidence that this is the greatest application available today.
I didn’t exactly “get it” with the iPhone but this week’s release of the iPod touch has me convinced: when the much-rumored, ever-coveted “tablet Mac” comes, it’s going to be an iPod. It’s going to be a big iPod (form-factor-wise, x- and y- but not z-axis-wise) with some extra, even fancy features — but it’s […]
Via DF: Garrett Murray on the new Apple keyboard: The wired keyboard now has up to F19, and no dedicated volume controls. Instead, it moves the volume controls to special functions on F10, F11 and F12. You might remember those as two Expose keys and the Dashboard key. Well, not anymore. In fact, F9, the […]
Held off all week on commenting about Leopard at all because… Haven’t been “Mac-bloggin’” much these days anyway and there didn’t seem much to comment on… …but that said, I felt compelled anyway. Not much to add that hasn’t been thoroughly reviewed and/or lambasted just about everywhere. The short version: changes to the menu bar […]
My most favoritest of browsers on the Mac has been updated! Camino arrives at version 1.5 today. Download it here. An upgraded rendering engine, integration with the Mac’s spellchecking services, better/tighter integration with Keychain, and (one of my favorites) RSS detection and badging in the address bar a la Firefox. As if you didn’t already […]
If you didn’t already hear: version 3 of Smultron (Peter Borg’s fabulous open source text editor) has been released. With each release it becomes a stronger and stronger competitor to paid-for apps like TextMate. I use this thing every day and I seldom want for any features 1. If you’re on a Mac and you […]
NASA – Stereo Eclipse The video of the lunar transit? Pretty damn cool. (tags: science space video) Tantek’s Thoughts – 2007 February via DF: three theories on human interface design (tags: design research usability UI essay todo) 11 Ways to Optimize Your Mac’s Performance via TUAW: strategies for optimizing an older machine (or “How to […]