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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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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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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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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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Andy Ihnatko on The Three Flip Rule

September 12, 2009

Andy Ihnatko via Posterous:

I usually use the “three flip” rule when browsing in a bookstore. If I can flip to random pages three times and each page compels me to read the page that comes next, I’m sold.

Killer observation and tip

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Services: The #1 Reason to Upgrade to Snow Leopard

September 8, 2009

I just finished watching a series of MacBreak video podcasts on the new Services architecture in Snow Leopard, and I was really impressed. With Snow Leopard, Apple has completely overhauled this architecture and introduced a killer framework that will really benefit both the casual and advanced user.

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My Snow Leopard Install Checklist

September 6, 2009

My Snow Leopard DVD arrived on Friday, and I came up with my own install checklist for the upgrade. Here’s the process I used as well as some quick comments and takeaways.

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3 Tips to Get the Most Out of Word 2008 on the Mac

July 7, 2009

In the most recent Mac Power Users podcast, ”Word Processing and Writing“, Katie (@maccore) and Dave (@macsparky) led a great discussion on Mac Word Processing Apps.  I know… it sounds a little dry, but trust me.  It was really good.  By the time the podcast had wrapped up I not only had three new apps to test [...]

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GemFest 2009: All-time favorite affordable software (via @macworld)

June 30, 2009

We’ve reviewed hundreds of affordable applications over the years, from tools with just a few key features to complex software that can compete with more-expensive programs. Some of the Gems we’ve found are applications we can’t live without. As a grand finale to GemFest 2009, here’s a list of some of our all-time favorite Mac [...]

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