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For instant access to any bookmark in Safari (and probably Firefox) you can set up a keyboard shortcut to automatically open the bookmarked website.

Here’s how:

1) Go to Safari and note the exact title for the bookmark(s) you want to quickly access. In my case, it’s “wells”, “amex”, and “ing” – my banking sites.

2) Go to Apple Menu (top left of screen), System Preferences, Keyboard & Mouse, and click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.

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I’ve recently become obsessed with rating songs on my iPhone. I have too many bad songs and need to weed them out. But, when listening to music throughout the day it’s a pain to stop what I’m doing, switch to iTunes, rate the track, then go back to what I was doing. So, I made an Applescript, six actually, to get this done for me.

1) Download a .zip file of the applescripts here.

2) Move the enclosed .scpt files to a folder of your choosing.

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GeekBrief.TV broke another news story for me this afternoon, the release of Hulu Desktop.

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Wondering why I haven’t been writing lately? I’ve been using Plex!

I was planning on writing a whole big feature on Plex, then I just watched Don McCallister’s Screencast (from within Plex!) on Plex. It’s great and there’s no point in writing out everything his video demonstrates, check it out:

http://www.screencastsonline.com/index_files/category-mac-mini.php

In addition to Plex, there’s lots of other info on Screencastonline about turning your Mac Mini into the ultimate Media Center.

Once your done watching, check back here to learn more about Plex and how to make it work best for you.

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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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