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Using the Edit feature in Cyberduck freeware FTP browser for OSX

By • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: Tutorials

Note: You should always have a backup of files that are edited in the following way. One of the great features of the freeware FTP browser Cyberduck, is the ability to edit files directly from the file browser.  The reason I am writing this post, is because I used Cyberduck for about three years before [...]



About Hidden OSX Leopard annoyances

By • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Tutorials

Here are mine. What are yours? 1) The “Reset Safari” problem Let’s say I want to change which parameters that get reset when I choose to “Reset Safari”. As it is right now, I can only have those parameters changed if I DO the action of resetting Safari. In other words, I have a list [...]



About the recent trend in ambiguous Macintosh application names

By • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: Tutorials

Pages, Numbers, Mail, Preview.  I am waiting for the Safari update called “Browser”; I know it will happen.  The problem is that finding help online is next to impossible. Check out the following hypothetical search:   As you can see, not a single of the top 5 results had anything to do with the application [...]



Jaems’ top ten picks for Leopard-friendly Macintosh Freeware

By • Mar 26th, 2008 • Category: Tutorials

In ascending order of joy: These ten applications let you do what Apple should be letting you do. And they are free. Help put a stop to software piracy! 10. TacoHTML TacoHTML is an HTML editor but it is not WYSIWYG. But the real beauty of Taco is that you can open and edit basically [...]



How to quickly backup your Mac using Time Machine and the Airport Extreme Base

By • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: Tutorials

Note: Apple’s latest Leopard update allows you to access external disks from the Airport extreme without the Terminal hack (step 3). Otherwise, everything else in this post still applies! I still can’t believe their latest maneuver. Before the release of 10.5 Leopard, Apple began advertising for this great feature called “Time Machine” that was going [...]