Archive for the ‘mac’ Category

Have a Break – free OSX productivity app

11, Jan 2010

Because sometimes you just need a reminder to have a break, relax your eyes or change your posture, Have a Break is a tiny free mac app that lets you do just that: set up a periodic reminder which you simply CAN’T ignore.
Freshly baked, hot from the oven, my first osx app with hideous graphics [...]

Essential tips to make your Mac the king of USER FRIENDLINESS

11, Dec 2008

It’s a common symptom among new Mac users to be really ecstatic about their new MacBook, praise the speed and functionality, then after a month or so start seeing some flaws; much like in any relationship, where your passionate blind love from the first weeks starts to fade, giving way to more realistic assessments.
Some hard-core [...]

How to seamlessly sync your iCal with Google Calendar

2, Dec 2008

Quick question: what is the One and only most essential tool for any productivity fan?
You guessed it – the calendar.
There are many reasons why you’d want to use Google Calendar for your time management: first of all, it’s free; second, it’s online(you can access it from everywhere). Third, it has SMS alerts, which is probably [...]

How to display the date in OSX Leopard Menu Bar

9, Nov 2008

If you don’t want to fumble around just to learn the current date, you can display it in Leopard’s Menu Bar, right by the clock, to always have under your eyes.
What I did was to follow TUAW’s tutorial, but here’s a quick summary, just in case you’re in a hurry:
1. in System Preferences, International, Formats [...]

Usability on the Mac – tricks for Mobility Impaired Programmers

22, Jan 2008

On the 1st of January I had a skiing accident resulting in the injury my right arm – actually my right shoulder. After about two weeks of waiting for the pain to go away, I got the guts and visited a doctor who didn’t think twice before putting my entire right arm into a tight [...]

7 geek tricks for a fresh OSX Tiger install

9, Nov 2007

I spent the day before yesterday cleaning up my MacBook hard drive and reinstalling anew my Tiger operating system.
Sure, OSX is a very powerful system, but even it gets cluttered after months of intense usage and hundreds of apps installed. So.. nothing like a fresh new install to get rid of all unwanted apps, documents, [...]

Forget the Apple Terminal, now you have Quicksilver

26, Jul 2007

Remember I promised I’d show you how to do your basic computer stuff from within Quicksilver? Well, it took me a while but I finally pulled myself together and wrote this tutorial – a beginner’s guide on doing all kinds of nice and useful stuff with Quicksilver.
What is Quicksilver, you ask? I dare you ask [...]

Make yourself an unique laptop sleeve on the cheap

26, Jun 2007

Old habits die hard, and as much as the continuous progress wants us to change we still fight these artificial urges. We are builders, makers, do-it-yourselfers; or, at least, the heirs of some. My grandfather used to do by himself all kinds of stuff around house – masonry, carpentry, agriculture and much more – [...]


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