From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Ken Clark’s Blog on the Mac Power Users Podcast

September 30, 2009

Earlier this week, David Sparks and Katie Floyd of the Mac Power Users podcast released Episode 11: Services and Macworld 2010. This show featured a discussion about Mac OS X Services and Mac automation and included a mention of my blog post, Using Mac OS X Services to Import Files into Evernote.

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Discovering the Minimal Mac

September 30, 2009

I’ve recently reworked my desktop to embrace a lot of the ideas discussed on Minimal Mac. I’ve gone to an auto-hiding Dock, de-cluttered my menu bar, and removed any sign of files, drives, or folders from the Desktop.

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Learning Applescript… One Script At A Time

September 30, 2009

I have been pushing myself of late to take my Mac knowledge to that next level, and as far as I am concerned the path to get there goes straight through Mac OS X’s automation tools, and Applescript in particular.

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An Applescript to Move Screenshots From the Desktop

September 30, 2009

This Applescript is a folder action I wrote that moves screenshots taken with Mac OS X from my Desktop to a designated screenshots folder.

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An Evernote GTD Tip: Create an Inbox Notebook

September 24, 2009

When I first started using Evernote, I didn’t really think too hard about how I was going to use notebooks. Was I going to have a single notebook? Multiple? Work notebooks and personal notebooks?  I didn’t know.  I had no idea and didn’t even give it a second thought.
Then before I knew it, I [...]

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Use Mac OS X Services to Import Files into Evernote

September 23, 2009

During my recent foray into rediscovering Evernote, I experimented with Evernote’s Applescript dictionary and Snow Leopard’s updated Services architecture. My goal was to write a service that made capturing data into Evernote even easier.

I was pretty excited to see how easy it was to write a service and created one that directly import files from the Finder into Evernote.

Here’s how to set it up…

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The Device Driver Got Stuck In An Infinite Loop

September 22, 2009

This screen popped up in VMWare Fusion today in the middle of Outlook synchronizing with my Exchange server (yep… still using Outlook over Entourage or Mail.app until we upgrade to Exchange 2007 / 2010).
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen something like this — I forgot how horribly great Windows error screens can be.  When I [...]

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Evernote or Yojimbo? Finding the Right Bucket For My Stuff

September 21, 2009

I sure felt like I was reading a lot about information organizers or “anything / everything bucket” software over the last week.  First, Bare Bones Software released Yojimbo 2.0.  Shortly thereafter I read about a new version of Notational Velocity and a press release that Chronos was updating SOHO Notes with iPhone support.  Before I [...]

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How to Get Me to Test Drive a New App

September 14, 2009

I woke up this morning and saw a double recommendation for Notational Velocity, a note-taking app for the Mac, from two of my favorite bloggers, Giles Turnbull and John Gruber.
How can I not give this app a test drive?

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3 Undocumented Hacks for iTunes 9

September 13, 2009

Now that pundits, bloggers, and Mac hackers have had some time with iTunes 9, they are uncovering some nice undocumented updates. These three tips hit the Mac Power Tips feed on Friday, and I thought were good enough to share:

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