It’s a small thing, but something I really appreciate. When saving or renaming a file in OS X just the name portion, not the extension, is selected. To change the name all I have to do is start typing.
The file save dialog:
When renaming a file:
Windows Vista selects everything, including the extension, Although the extension is [...]
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I wanted to capture the iTunes icon for a related blog post. I couldn’t remember how I extracted icons in the past, either or small app or a screen clipping. I figured there had to be an easier way and sure enough there was. I found it at Keith-Knipling.com.
The short version is to "Show Package [...]
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This tip applies to OS X when accessing a remote file system of various types (SMB, NFS, etc…). I was reminded of it while exploring my Windows Home Server.
Mac OS X will create a .DS_Store file in each directory when accessed through Finder (and in some other cases). These are hidden from OS X but [...]
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I subscribe to a lot of video and audio podcasts through iTunes along with a couple TV shows. If iTunes has been shut down for a day or more there’s frequently quit a few files to download. It never seems to fail that what I really want to listen to or watch first is at [...]
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I’ve noticed that people are complaining that Avast announcing “Virus database has been updated” is an annoying feature. A compaint I whole heartily agree with. Here’s how to turn that off:
Start Avast AntiVirus
Select Settings from the menu
Select “Sounds” from the settings dialog
Click the “Settings” button (or just check “disable all sounds” and be done with [...]
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