One of my favorite tips in the 60 Tips Book is a list of all the keyboard shortcuts you can use in the OS X Save/Open Dialog box. For example, ⌘+D goes to the desktop. I just learned a new one from Dark Sky’s…
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Maps at Night
I used the Maps app through much of the beta and never had any problems. I used it to drive from Orange County to San Diego and Los Angeles several times. It didn’t route me any different than my prior driving app, Motion X.…
Continue reading →Hide Archive Items from Apple Mail’s VIP Inbox
During a recent MPU episode, Katie lamented the fact her VIP inbox included previously archived items. I knew there was a way around that but couldn’t puzzle it together during the show. Listener John wrote in with the solution. Select the VIP Inbox Select…
Continue reading →TextExpander Expense Snippet
I spent most of yesterday in court. As I fired off my TextExpander expense reporting snippet, it occurred to me, “people may like this.” This snippet creates a fill-in form with all the relevant boxes. I can use it in any text application, I…
Continue reading →Using TextExpander for Markdown Reference Links
Patrick Rhone (from MinimalMac) did his first screencast this week about creating a Text Expander snippet for Markdown links. Like Patrick, I write everything in Markdown (although I use the MultiMarkdown variant), which lets me export to nearly any format and write on the…
Continue reading →OmniGraffle Folder Trick
If you drag a folder on the OmniGraffle application icon on your Dock, you get an interesting dialogue. After clicking OK, OmniGraffle creates a diagram of your folder structure. Really. Little things like this make me smile. Thanks Landya for the tip
Continue reading →MacBook Scuba: What To Do When Your MacBook Gets Wet
1. Get the Mac Out of the Water.
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