Posts Tagged ‘apple’

Control iTunes With Quicksilver

Use iTunes on a Mac? Quicksilver junkie? Still aren’t controlling iTunes with iTunes? Silly, let’s use keyboard shortcuts to skip tracks:

Play / Pause Option-Command-Up Arrow ⌥⌘↑
Next Song Option-Command-Right Arrow ⌥⌘→
Previous Song Option-Command-Left Arrow ⌥⌘←
Search Artists Option-Command-Down Arrow ⌥⌘↓

It’s a great tutorial from MacApper for Quicksilver users to get started controlling iTunes without having to open iTunes.

Have some requests for app control through Quicksilver? Let us know.

How-To: Control

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June 7 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: apple, itunes, mac, quicksilver | no comments»

AutoRate: Turn iTunes into Pandora

One of iTunes’ least used features must be the star ratings. I’ve never found the urge to pull up the player while listening to make sure I’ve rated what I like or not.

A more practical solution would be one that’s similar to internet radio programs like Pandora and Last.fm - and particularly useful because Pandora shut up shop for anyone outside the States.

AutoRate is a simple iTunes… » Continue

May 21 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: apple, ipod, itunes | 1 comment»

DoIt on your Mac

This piece of Mac software instantly catches my interest with a simple idea I’ve yet to see in other ToDo list managers.

Not only does DoIt [formerly ToDo] categorize your tasks, set with priorities and deadlines; it also associates each todo with a URL, address book contact or file on your computer.

Compatible with Applescripts, Quicksilver and iCal, DoIt also adds a sync function across multiple computers using .Mac - got… » Continue

May 4 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: apple, mac, software, todo | 3 comments»

Tabbed Browsing on your Mac Desktop

Here’s an interesting Apple app for your Mac. Sticky Windows 2.0 allows you to drag any window, like iTunes or your browser window, to the edge of the screen where it will turn into a small tab.

When you hit a tab, the window will restore to it’s original position. Sticky Windows is a shareware program by Donelleschi Software that runs on Mac OS X Tiger.

Sticky Windows 2.0

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April 9 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: apple, mac, macintosh, software | 6 comments»

Does Apple’s Mail.app Stink?

I’m a Mac user, and have been since day 1. I had one of the first 128K babies in my town way back when. And I’m rockin the new Intel Mac Mini with OSX Tiger, and I tell people every day when they ask about video editing and podcast creation, “Dude, just go get a Mac.”

But I’m not a Mail.app user.

First off, I admit a bias towards web-side… » Continue

August 7 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: apple, Communication, email, gmail, mail, mail.app | 14 comments»

Six is the Magic Number

Jessie James Garrett gives us Six Design Lessons From the Apple Store, where he talks about the difference between experiences and artifacts, context, messaging, consistency, change, and the human element. Every single bit of this piece is a storm of microcontent for you to consider.

There’s a lot about the Apple Store experience that we can apply to the design of many other kinds of products — and a few… » Continue

May 2 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: apple, creativity, design, graphical, information | no comments»

Get some things done in Apple Mail

Tim Gaden over at his Apple Mail blog talks about his setup in Apple Mail with GTD. In addition to the Delete, Action, Waiting For, Sometime (Tickle File), and File actions, he also uses MailTags keyword in Apple Mail to help him on some of the actions:

… The Action rule applies a MailTags keyword (Action) and changes the email’s colour in the Viewer window to red.

The Waiting For rule applies… » Continue

November 21 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: apple, gtd, mail, software | no comments»