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Category Archives: Tips-Tricks

Skip Leopard’s Security Lockdown on Downloaded Files

Well, ever since we upgrade to Leopard, we’ve been seeing that “security” warning that your File “is an application which was downloaded form the Internet. Are you sure you want to open it?” This happens every time after downloading a file and attempting to execute or un-archive it.

I’m sure that for most of us, we’re [...]

Getting things done with your Mac’s OS X Date and Time

Here is one simple way to use the Mac OS X to keep you company with Date & Time while you work. In fact, this can also be one of your Getting Things Done tit-bits.

Set you clock to announce the time. This way, you will know the time passing by. This helps a lot when [...]

Run multiple versions of Internet Explorer on Mac OS X without the need for Windows

For all those Web designers and developer wishing to test their web apps in Internet Explorer but always had to boot into a whole Operating system, can now relax. IEs4OSX is a standalone application for the mac that can run multiple version of Internet Explorer (without windows) - from IE 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 to 7.0. [...]

Quick tip of the week videos

Apple has a Quick tip of the week videos as part of its business section. This should be a pretty good place to start with if you’re new to a Mac. Apple’s business section helps you get your business get things done quickly and in a smart manner.

A Mac empowers you with advanced capabilities and [...]

Keyboard shortcut to “Make Alias Here”

Arul Prasad help me through a Twitter message on How to make a shortcut or an Alias in Mac OS X;

either

Right click or “Ctrl + Left Click” on the App and do a “Make Alias” or
Select the App > File > Make Alias (Apple Key + L)

However, I wanted something like Windows - Right Click [...]

Open New Finder from a Folder

I’m pretty sure most of you know about this but not me. I came to know of it by accident. You can open a totally new Finder by “Command + Double Click” on a Folder. Of course, if you select 2 or more folders and do a “Command + Double Click”, all folders will opened [...]

How to remove DRM from your iTunes Songs (perhaps legally)

Easy, yet legal ways to make your songs DRM free.

Recent Items (Documents, Applications, Servers) in Mac OS X

I was missing Recent Documents (Windows) in the Mac OS X but not anymore after I found the Recent Items in Mac OS X. You can find the Recent Items from a system-wide location - the Apple Menu.

It lists the 10 most recently used applications, document and servers complete with their respective icons. You can [...]

Zoom in and out effect anywhere on your Mac’s screen

Well, to a Mac colleague of mine, I was boasting off a trick that I learnt recently from - Minimising windows in OS X. But I was defeated at my own trick when he did something - zoom in and out on his screen.

Here is the trick - Hold the Ctrl key while scrolling with [...]

How to install SVN plugin for Mac’s Finder?

Do you missed the TortoiseSVN plugin for Windows Explorer? I missed it terribly. I was living with RapidSVN for quite sometime. It is not that bad but I needed a bit more satisfaction than that. I was really wishing that I can get SVN integration right in the File Browser - The Finder. Eclipse Projects [...]