Brilliant. This is an extension to provide a minimal (Google Chrome-like) status bar for Safari. It also has built-in longurl support to convert those pesky and opaque short urls to long ones again. via Minimal Status Bar for Safari by visnup.
Mac OS X: SwitchUp To Have Different App Setting for Different Customers
Posted on 19 December , 2014 //
Briefly wanted to mention SwitchUp from Irradiated Software. When working on customer sites, I am able to have a completely different instances of most Mac apps. For example, I have separate Safari, Terminal, profiles for each of my customer sites with bookmarks, logins and history that are unique to that customers. Also, same for Mail (but […]
Launchbar: Adding Search For My Own Blog
Posted on 15 July , 2014 //
I need to search my own blogs often to find related blog posts. I decided to add a custom search templates to my LaunchBar I add one for each of my blogs like this. I also added one for Ivan’s ipspace.net because I use that a lot as well: now when […]
MailMate – Creating an “Everything Today” Mailbox
Posted on 9 June , 2014 //
My deep passion for Mailmate for email continues. I created a mailbox just for today’s email, both inbound and outbound with a “per user” setting.
iTunes 11.1 and Genius Shortcut
Posted on 24 September , 2013 //
In iTunes 11.1, I noticed that if I press the ⌥ / Alt / Option key then the back button on iTunes becomes a Genius shortcut. I use Genius a lot so I think that’s cool. The Genius icon will stay in place until you Pause / Play. Nice way of reminding you that you […]
Quitting OmniFocus for Pen Paper
Posted on 20 September , 2013 //
I deleted OmniGroup’s OmniFocus product from my all of my devices today. After three years of attempting to use it I’ve finally admitted to myself that it simply isn’t the right tool. I’ve read books, followed blogs and tried repeatedly to make it work. It doesn’t. I’ve declared bankruptcy at least four times (and maybe […]
Why I use an Apple Keyboard At My Desk
Posted on 27 August , 2013 //
When I am working at my home office I connect my MacBook to external monitors and an external keyboard is neede to sit properly at the desk. I once used a IBM Type 1 keyboard as my preferred keyboard but, sadly, threw them away when I left migrated from Australia to England. I considered acquiring […]
Mac OS X: Eject to Flash
Posted on 5 July , 2013 //
One of my favourite apps to avoid using is Adobe Flash. There are large security, performance and battery life benefits. I do not have flash installed on my OS X and used When I must have Flash, I use Google Chrome because a Flash Player is built into it. But switching to Chrome can be made […]
Mac OS X Glui
Posted on 19 May , 2013 //
Screen Capture Applicaton for the Mac that replaces Skitch since Evernote trashed it. Highly recommended. Best Features: Snaps an image with minimum of fuss Fast upload to Dropbox (Skitch no longer able to upload anywhere useful). Annotations of images are quick & simple Glui
Video: History of Typography
Posted on 5 May , 2013 //
As I continue to develop skills in using Mac OS X to produce better quality documentation, I’ve become more and more aware of fonts as part of the documentation process. Currently, I most aware of choosing fonts for diagrams. I found this video on the history of typography to be very illuminating insight in the […]