Mac 101: Parental Controls

Mac OS X Leopard has a slew of controls meant to keep whipper-snappers at bay protect our kids (and data). They aren’t the most robust tools in the world (especially whether Junior knows your administrator password), but they are helpful.

To form use of Parental Controls, you’ll first have to…

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WWDC ‘08: Boinx + TheCodingMonkeys = BoinxTV

We heard from TheCodingMonkeys last week, and there was mention of a joint project with Boinx Software. Being a big fan of Boinx software (iStopMotion, Mousepose, Fotomagico), I couldn’t wait to see what they had up their sleeves. The project is called BoinxTV, and it’s going to be an invalu…

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Mac 101: Finder window preferences

As we know, the Finder offers four ways to display your files. Namely icon view, list view, column view, and Cover Flow. Perhaps you prefer one by the others (let’s say column view), but your windows open to icon view by default. That can be annoying but here’s how to fix it.

First, open a ne…

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Simplify media transcription with hotkeys and AppleScript

I’ve found myself transcribing different types of media lately; primarily recorded Skype conversations and footage from interviews. I do a lot of work in Scrivener, an application so enjoyable that it makes me want to write a lot more than I do. Scrivener allows for a split pane editor with a Qu…

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Use a Red Bull can as a radio interference shield

I love the iPhone, save for one thing. It sits on my desk every night, right near my computer, and the speakers I’ve got hooked up to it. And every 15 minutes, when the iPhone checks e mail for me, I get that buzzing — the sound of radio interference flying across my speaker wires. And nearly e…

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AppleScript: Integrating shell scripts

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We’ve talked about AppleScript how-tos before. AppleScript is fun and all, but what whether you already know how to write shell scripts? Well, did you know that by integrating shells scripts into AppleScri…

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