Subtle Gradient has a post about pimping out your favorite mac os apps ui’s. Think I’ll be hitting up the hack for my Text Mate ui. I hate that the fonts and colors in the drawer don’t match my editing area and I also hate how small the fonts are. I have my fonts jacked up to 16 so that I don’t throw my back out every time I want to code from leaning into my computer screen!
Expose previous mail recipients in mac os x mail.app
Ever forget someones email address that you have previously emailed? Want to know the address? In Apples Mail.app you can goto =>Window =>Previous Recipients … and a list of all the email addresses that you’ve sent emails to should appear in a window.
iDVD bug – App hangs when authoring audio
I just used iDVD for the first time in a long time on my new MacBook Pro (I’m a Final Cut, DVD Studio Pro guy). I was authoring a fairly large video (about 90min), with audio, motion menus, and audio menus. Everything went fine until It started to author the audio from the video. As soon as it started it hung up and I got the death ball. Well it’s apparently just a bug so I left it for a while and it finally went through. Apparently a ton of others have been having the same problem. Hope this helps someone out.
TextMate desktop shortcut image
I just made a switch to TextMate for my editor of choice and found a sweet shortcut png file for my desktop. When ever I need it I just use expose on my MacBook Pro and walla! Easy shortcut help. Makes life so easy breezy.
Mac OS X Keyboard Sleep Shortcut
After being a full mac user for about 6 years now, i’ve started to notice how much I use “keyboard shortcuts”. They make things easy and quick. Here’s one that I just learned that puts your mac to sleep:
Option-Command-Eject or Option-Command-Power
Check out Apple’s page to see some more useful shortcuts. Also to see and edit your keyboard shortcuts open your system preferences ->keyboard/mouse->keyboard shortcuts.
Backseat Drivers