I remember having a similar problem when Leopard came out… trying to print a label from usps.com would look like it’s working but the print dialog box would never appear.
There soon came a workaround, clicking the bottom left corner of the screen (a hidden button, basically) would allow the label to be opened in Preview.
With 10.6, this no longer seems to work. And, I couldn’t find any workaround using Safari or Firefox, it seems neither work correctly (probably because of usps’s javascript).
The solution is to use the web browser Opera. I’ve never needed or used Opera before because Safari or Firefox worked for every website. But now with 10.6, I’ll be keeping Opera around in case a situation like this happens again.
You can download the latest version of Opera 10 here.
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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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Categories: Applications, Efficiency, Keyboard Shortcuts Tags: 10.4, 10.5, bookmark, bookmark shortcut, Keyboard Shortcuts, leopard, mac, safari, shortcuts, tiger
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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