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 […]
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 OSX Keyboard Tip – Find or Search Within Application
Posted on 3 August , 2012 //
Most Apps have a search box that lets you search within the app. The obvious thing is ⌘-F and the text search box opens, like this: Only, problem is that I really want to get to the Application Search bar that searches for words within the entire applciation. Then I noticed that ⌥ – ⌘ – […]
OSX: Monolingual, Saving Space on OSX Lion
Posted on 27 June , 2012 //
I’ve been using Monolingual for a long time to save space on my machine but I haven’t tried to use it on OSX Lion since I’ve always had plenty of space. Now that I’m moving to a 512GB SSD ( I’m going to be short on space with my Retina MBP) I need to be […]