Viewing HTML email is a nasty way to get tracked by spammers. The spammers put images in with names coded to your email address and as soon as you view the image, the spammer knows you read the email and now your email is more valuable to other spammers! Go to Preferences, choose Viewing and… Continue reading Mail – Turn off display of images in HTML messages!
Internet – Where did the Internet System Preferences go?
Where did the Internet System Preference go? How do I set my default Mail client, Web Browser, etc? Believe it or not, Apple moved these into the preferences of the respective Apple applications. You can find the default mail viewer application preference in yep, Apple’s Mail.app preferences panel. You can likewise find the Default Browser… Continue reading Internet – Where did the Internet System Preferences go?
General – Mouse Wheel button acts as application switcher
If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel that is also a button, pressing and holding down on the mouse wheel will bring up the Application switcher bar and you can then scroll through to another app (while holding the wheel down) and then release over the application you want to switch to.
Finder – Reset the Finder to open Zips
If Stuffit Expander insists on opening the zips you make with the Finder’s new Archive command, select said Zip file and choose Get Info. Then turn down the “Open With” panel and click the popup menu and choose “Other” Now, click your hard disk in the left sidebar, then select System, then Library, then CoreServices… Continue reading Finder – Reset the Finder to open Zips
Finder – Quickly resize columns
You can quickly resize all finder columns to the same width by double clicking on the column resize widget while holding down the Option key. The column resize widget is located in each column below the scroll arrows.
Finder – Default search mode can be time consuming
The Finder’s search field, located in the toolbar, is hot searchable now. This means that the Finder starts finding as you type. It also defaults to all local disks, so this can get pretty slow if you have a ton of files. In a Finder browser window, click the magnifying class icon to the left… Continue reading Finder – Default search mode can be time consuming
Panther is 802.11 PCMCIA friendly
I use an external Linksys 802.11g wireless card. Apple added support for these cards in June of 2003 in 10.2 (Jaguar) which was great, but less than pefect. You could experience kernel panics if you removed the card while the Mac was asleep, or inserted one after waking up the Mac. I am happy to… Continue reading Panther is 802.11 PCMCIA friendly
CodeWarrior Speed Tests
I took some time to test compiling an app of mine on several configurations with CodeWarrior Pro 8.3: TiBook 500 1GB RAM10.2.85 minutes TiBook 500 1GB RAM10.33 minutes G5/Dual 2ghz 1GB RAM10.31 minute
Preview – Use Scroll Wheel to scroll horizontally
In Preview, you can use the handy scroll wheel on your mouse (you do have a scroll wheel mouse, right?) to scroll horizontally by holding down the shift key when scrolling the wheel. Wouldn’t it be cool if holding down option caused Preview to zoom in and out with the wheel?
Use Keyboard Shortcuts to disable built in screen shots
If you are a Snapz Pro X user like myself, you know that it is an invaluable tool for taking screeshots. Couple that with OS X using PDF as the default format and you end up with using Snapz Pro X a lot, and using funky shortcuts that don’t conflict with the built in shortcuts.… Continue reading Use Keyboard Shortcuts to disable built in screen shots
See Exposé in slow motion
If you would like to see the Exposé screen effects in slow motion, hold down the shift key while activating Exposé! Cool!
Panther – Applications/Hardware I have run
Here is a list of applications I have run successfully on Panther: Apple Developed: Mail.app Safari iPhoto Address Book iCal iChat A/V iSync (with Palm conduit) iTunes w/ iTunes music store Backup Beta 2 Scheduled back ups do not work Third Party: TK3 (Pre-release) Quicken 2004 NetNewsWire 1.0.5 LaunchBar 3.2.12 Fire 0.32f Snak 4.9.6 ICQ… Continue reading Panther – Applications/Hardware I have run
Mail – Getting a certificate for Mail Encryption
Update Joar has posted a very nice page on this at: Getting a certificate for Mail Panther’s Mail.app supports certificate based signing and encryption of email. Mail’s help mentions this and the fact that you need a certificate on your keychain, but no instructions on how to get a certificate. So after some research and… Continue reading Mail – Getting a certificate for Mail Encryption
Panther – What’s new?
As I have used Panther, here are some things I noticed that are new to those of using OS X for awhile: Finder Delete files system owns: You can now select a folder you don’t own (say system owns it) and delete it in the Finder. The finder will ask for your admin password. This… Continue reading Panther – What’s new?
Panther Ships!
Well Panther is finally out (early, too! This guy got his) and I must tell you, Panther is amazing! You’ll find Panther to be much, much faster and more streamlined. There is so much to talk about! If you are the kind of person that likes to upgrade ASAP, you’ll find Panther incredibly useful. I… Continue reading Panther Ships!
New car speakers
My Ford Taurus SHO Mach in-door speakers had blown out after 6 years of use, so a trip to Car Toys here in Portland, Oregon and $121 later (installed) I have crisp, clean sound once again. The reference I used was Tom’s Diner, the a cappella version. The syllables were crisp, the silence was silent.… Continue reading New car speakers
Trouble
I really dig Pink’s new song, “Trouble.” Of course I bought it at the Apple iTunes Music store for 99 cents. I especially like the chorus bridge. The melody of her voice played against itself is really sweet.
How many routers does one geek need?
Linksys BEFSr41 – Worked well, had some issues with my Vonage – Gave it away Apple Airport Snow Basestation – Works well, but apple’s features suck. Especially in port forwarding. SMC Barricade – What a pile of crap. Bought it for modem backup. SMC took 10 months to update firmware. Never did add the promised… Continue reading How many routers does one geek need?
iPod Review – Very In Depth
At Stereophile, talks about the innards and the sound quality, the design, etc.
G5 is here!
This article will be updated with a few pics. I am still using the G4 (with an old monitor) until everything is set up. First impressions: Super slick design. I have some pics with the air flow guard on and you can hardly tell Don’t try and slide this boy across carpet – It weighs… Continue reading G5 is here!