Archive for the ‘Efficiency’ Category
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
I’m all about efficiency — especially when it comes to downloading my torrents. I’ve been gradually getting more and more annoyed that every time I download a .torrent file, I have to double click it (in the Downloads window) to have it open in Transmission.
Solution: Download this zip file which contains a revised version of com.apple.DownloadAssessment.plist. This is the file that tells Safari what files are safe to open after downloading – it’s been revised to include .torrent files as “safe.”
After unzipping, just move the file to YourUserName/Library/Preferences; replace the file if it already exists.
Happy Downloading!
P.S. Thanks to Manuel Studer for this tip!
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Tags: bittorrent, mac torrent, open safe files after downloading, safari, safari safe file, safe file, torrent, Torrents
Posted in Applications, Automation, Efficiency, Hint, Torrents | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
A new hint was posted today on Mac OS X Hints explaining how to re-gain use of the arrow keys in Quick Look’s full screen mode. The solution worked but I thought that there had to be a better, quicker, easier way.
So, I started trying various other keys when in Quick Look full screen and I stumbled upon a much easier solution:
[video solution after jump]
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Tags: 10.5, 10.5.4, 10.5.5, 10.5.6, arrow keys, browse, browsing, full screen, fullscreen, leopard, navigate, Quick look, quicklook
Posted in Efficiency, Finder, Hint, Keyboard Shortcuts, Quick look | 1 Comment »
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Just about every time I open Finder on my Mini, I end up navigating to the same folder on my external “Video” drive. It’s the folder with all my newest Torrent downloads from uTorrent.
Today I realized that there has got to be a more efficient way — a way to have Finder automatically open new windows to my new downloads folder, instead of having to navigate there manually dozens of times everyday. Sure enough, there is — and the solution is only a few click away.
Open Finder. Click “Finder” (top left of your display). Click “Preferences” – Under the “General” tab, change “New Finder windows open:” to any folder you like. Easy.
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Tags: default finder folder, default finder location, default finder path, default new finder window
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
As you probably know, I’m all about shortcuts and using the keyboard instead of the mouse to improve efficiency and productivity. Well, there’s a new shortcut in Leopard just for sleeping the display (I did have a hot corner setup, but this is faster and easier): Shift+Control+Eject
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Tags: leopard, shortcut, shortcuts, sleep, sleep display, sleep screen
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
If you’re like me, you organize your Mac Mail into folders (aka Mailboxes). I like to keep my Inbox as close to empty as possible — that means, when I get new messages I move them out of the Inbox and to their appropriate folder immediately.
Since I have 5 IMAP e-mail accounts all with their own folder structures AND Mail folders stored locally on my computer, it can sometimes take a while to navigate to the folder I need. Once I find the correct folder, I have to physically click-and-drag the message from the Inbox to the appropriate organized folder. Although it’s not really all that bad — there’s a much better way…
MsgFiler!
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Tags: e-mail, mac mail, Mail, mail folder, move message, msgfiler, organize, os x mail
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