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How To: Force Safari to open links in new tab

January 4, 2010

Are you annoyed when a webpage forces Safari to open links in a new window (ie target="new")? Fear not, because there's a simple fix!
To force Safari to open new web page links in a new tab rather than a new window, cut & paste the following into Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true
Restart Safari and [...]

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1Password jumps the shark

November 14, 2009

For me and many other Mac users, 1Password is the ideal application. I essentially remember — wait for it — one password… ever. The app takes care of creating secure passwords for every website I visit and remembering them. They even have a companion app for iPhone/iPod that allows me to browse with my passwords [...]

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Google Reader "Oops.. an error occurred" messages in Safari

October 8, 2009

Since upgrading to Snow Leopard and running the most recent, 64-bit version of Safari (Version 4.0.3 (6531.9)), I've been experiencing the most annoying error.
After several minutes using Google Reader in Safari on OSX, I receive an error message: "Oops…an error occurred. Please try again in a few seconds." Once Google Reader resumes, I can [...]

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The good, bad, & ugly of installing Snow Leopard

September 5, 2009

As most Mac users are aware, the latest OS X operating system release – version 10.6 "Snow Leopard" – is out in the wild and drawing strong initial reviews.
Unlike the previous version's 300 new features, Snow Leopard was introduced to the Mac community with zero new features, but loaded with welcome enhancements reducing the [...]

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How To: Free Up 3GB of Hard Drive Space in Mac OSX

August 13, 2009

Running out of space on your Mac? Need to free up space on your OSX hard disk drive? Here's a quick and easy way to free up 3GB of space on your hard drive in less than two minutes!
The answer: PRINTER DRIVERS
That's right, printer drivers. Mac OSX comes with 3.54GB of printer drivers installed – [...]

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Review: AMOD AGL3080 GPS Data Logger

June 7, 2009

I have to confess – I love that sites like Flickr and programs like iPhoto allow me to preserve the locations where photos were taken (aka geotagging).
I had been using several hacks to geotag photos in iPhoto because my Nikon doesn't support GPS locations. But… the days of sniffing the dirt are over.
Say hello [...]

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My Nikon D40 Geotag Workflow For Mac

June 7, 2009

With the rise of geotagging on photo sharing sites like Flickr and Locr and the new Map functionality of iPhoto 09, I have finally gotten my geotag workflow ironed out for the Nikon D40 using my Amod AGL3080 GPS Data Logger.
If you're looking to use a handheld gps to geotag your pictures, I hope my [...]

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Hotkey triggered iCal events

February 5, 2009

I love Google Calendar's quick add feature – just a couple keys and you've got a new event. If only there were a simple tool for iCal.
And now there is! FlexCal for iCal adds hotkey access to add a new event in iCal.

Rawk!
FlexCal is donation-ware and WELL worth it.

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Browse… Faster

January 12, 2009

If you've got a bit of a tolerance for beta software and Mac OS X, you've got to check out the latest nightly builds of Webkit – the underpinnings for Safari, Google Chrome, and other browsers.
It's ridiculously fast.
Webkit is still in development — user beware — but I've yet to experience any issues [...]

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My favorite Apple TV tools

January 4, 2009

I've gotten a couple of emails from people whom (I presume) got an AppleTV for the holidays.
First… congrats. The AppleTV is a great little system. We've been enjoying ours quite a bit since last April.
Second… here's some tools that I use to help manage tv shows, movies, music, etc on the Apple TV. [...]

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Syncing Google Calendar on Mac OS X

July 31, 2008

I was very excited when Google announced that Google Calendar would support CalDav, because that means you can now have a native, two-way sync with iCal without buying any crazy add-on software.
I set up Google Calendar to sync in iCal and have been very happy with the results so far. There are a few [...]

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Taking "Made on Mac" to the extreme

May 13, 2008

This homemade music video using Mac apps for The Bird & The Bee's "Do it Again" takes the old "Made on Mac" tagline to the extreme. Enjoy….

Awesome.
PS – If you're digging the song, it's available on iTunes.

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A better Safari with must-have add-ons

May 7, 2008

Regardless of your particular browser preference, there's no denying that Safari has some great built-in functionality vis-a-vis the core OS X apps. I've always wanted to like Safari, but I never really have. Instead, my browser of choice has always been Camino, with an occasional Firefox window now & then.
In an effort to increase [...]

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Mac client for Amazon S3 file storage?

March 23, 2008

I feel like I'm tempting the fate of the LazyWeb / Hoosgot gods, but… here goes….
Is anyone familiar with a good Mac OSX client for Amazon S3? I'm using Leopard and trying out Forklift, however, I would prefer some way to treat S3 as a connectable share or server within Finder.
I have found BucketExplorer and [...]

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How To: Geotag your iPhoto pictures

March 1, 2008

I like to catalog my pictures in iPhoto by event and location. It's not only helpful as a reference, but it allows me to make cool travel photo maps online at Flickr or in Google Earth. For example, here's my geotag map from Flickr.
Since iPhoto doesn't offer a native interface for adding geotags to [...]

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