April 2011
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Finder: Double-click column separators to...
When using a Finder window in the Column view, you can double click a column divider to automatically resize it to the widest name in that column. This works whether your column is too wide or too thin and you need more room to fit all your file names.
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FileShuttle, an easy file sharing app. →
This is pretty neat. FileShuttle is one of these ultrasimple file sharing apps like CloudApp, but you host the files yourself.
I gave it a go by creating a directory called “shared” on one of my sites. Files are uploaded via FTP or SFTP when you drag them onto the FileShuttle icon in the Dock. It does a few things that CloudApp doesn’t like zipping up files before uploading...
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Preemptively remove running apps from the Dock
If you try to drag a running app that is marked to “Keep in Dock” out of Snow Leopard’s Dock, the icon will simply snap back to its place. However, after you quit the app, its icon will disappear from the Dock.
Compatibility: This was discovered on Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.7. Commenter Tavi says it works in 10.5 as well.
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"Reply All" button in Mail.app
Sometimes when you need to fire off a quick e-mail reply to someone you hit the Reply button… quickly. As you compose your brilliant reply you realize that what you really wanted to do was “Reply To All”. Instead of forcing you to close your composition window and start over, Mail.app features a handy “Reply To All” button right in your message composition window...
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alexanderhoffmann asked: Any tips for an aspiring tech writer like myself?
Other than to annoyingly plug my site at every possible occasion ;)
Other than to annoyingly plug my site at every possible occasion ;)
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iPhone headphone remote works on a MacBook
If you plug an Apple iPhone headphone remote or compatible model into a MacBook you can control iTunes by pressing the button just like on the iPhone.
Editor’s note: This should work on all recent Macs made within the last 2-3 years, including the iMac and I believe the Mac Pro.
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Type to search in long drop-down menus
Instead of scrolling through a long drop-down menu to find an entry (for example: picking a country or your birth year), just start typing and it will highlight what you type.