Damn you, Dictation
“Edifice will die a hero’s death, endowed by the gods with powers to Courson Blatz.”
Macintosh Plus emulator
Like 1986.
Der・ri・da
OS X’s Dictation service tries to spell “Derrida.”
Mac shortcut to save as PDF
“This shortcut will save me tens of seconds each month. The real benefit is what it saves in tedium.”
ClockSaver
A screensaver for Mac.
Mac Dictation
Boogie-boogie, boogie-looking, boogie-wiki, boogie-Woodkey, Boogie-Woody, Boogie-Wookie, okay-Wookie, the de-wiki.
Shine on, nvALT and Simplenote
I’m sticking with nvALT and Simplenote for now.
Quicksilver fix to close
How to get Quicksilver to close after copying or moving a file or folder.
Dropbox, onward, upward
Version 2.0 for iOS, and how to update Dropbox for Mac.
date:yesterday
A handy Mac tip from David Sparks at MacSparky: typing “date:yesterday” in Spotlight produces list of all apps and files that you accessed the day before.
TextWrangler replacement icon
It’s my favorite writing app, and I like everything about it but its icon. Found: a beautiful replacement.
SiteSucker
SiteSucker is a Mac app that downloads websites with no muss, not much fuss.
How to fix a Mighty Mouse trackball
A fix that really works.
Mac keyboard shortcuts
Like it says.
Mac recommendation: AppDelete
My only connection is that of a happily paid-up user.
Noisy for Mac
Noisy is a free app (OS X 10.5 or later) that generates pink noise or white noise, masking background chatter and other distractions.
Mac Quick Look
A strangely delightful feature of using a Mac: stumbling upon a wonderful feature that you never knew was there.
TextWrangler gutter removal
“To permanently remove the left-side gutter from the Mac app TextWrangler, open the Terminal and type the following.”
Alphabetizing Safari bookmarks
The free utility Sortosaurus does the trick.
A computer “with only the basics”
Area dad Paul Moyers is in the market for a computer “with only the basics”
A better Notational Velocity icon
It‘s a substitute Evernote icon from iconaholic.com.
A Mac PDF tip
"To speed up a slow-handling PDF, resave the file using Save As."
Prepend?
A puzzling word in TextEdit
David Pogue reviews Microsoft 2011 for Mac
He pans it
Steve Wozniak on the iPad and college
We think alike!
Ska desktop
It's 1979
The iPad and college students
The market Apple is after, I think
OS X hidden gems
Mac details
Welcome to Macintosh
Documentary, airing on CNBC
Minuteur
Nifty Mac timer, well suited for use with the Pomodoro Technique