We had a nice big set of pages in a PDF which we wanted to convert into a KeyNote presentation. Thankfully, this process is really easy due to Melissa O’Neill’s PDF to Keynote application. Simply load it up, give it the PDF, tell it where to save the KeyNote file – and you’re done! Thanks [...]
I’ve come across a problem – my main computer (a MacBook Pro) has all my music on it, and is hooked up to my iPhone. But I’ve just got a nice big flat screen TV and its connected to my stereo. So I want to be able to play music/movies I buy on iTunes through [...]
In Mac Mail, I like to file all emails out of inbox when processed. But I have a huge folder tree to traverse to find where to move a messg to. I liked the right-click Move To menu, but its not fast enough. My newly discovered solution: 1. Select message(s) to move 2. Click on [...]
moint is a fantastic utility that can be installed on Linux or Mac OS X and provides the ability to monitor services running on your server. These could be apache, mysql, bind or any other service you need to be up and running. After installing monit, you create a config file containing information about the [...]
We use CVSDude.org to host all our subversion repositories. They have recently upgraded to subversion 1.5.0 which is not compatible with 1.4.x clients. Unfortunately the command line utility that is built into Mac OS X is only at version 1.4.4 on my MacBook Pro – so I needed a way to upgrade to version 1.5. [...]
I wanted a tool to create animated logos for Mac OS X. After a little looking around on Google and various message boards, I settled on GIFFun. Its a simple tool that allows you to plonk a whole heap of images into its window, and turn them into an animated GIF. You can control the [...]
Cyberduck (the excellent SFTP/FTP client for Mac OSX) has just released the first beta of Version 3 of the most excellent SFTP/FTP client. Version 3 adds support for: Amazon S3 WebDav Apple Quicklook Version 3 is looking like it will be particularly cool, especially the Quicklook and WebDav support. Help out the testing process and [...]
You can connect two Mac’s together via a firewire cable to maximise transfer speed between them. Say you have a really large file on Mac 1 (source) and you want to copy it to Mac 2 (destination). Do the following: Ensure the source Mac is turned off, and the destination Mac is turned on. Connect [...]
Safari 3.1 was released today, and I (along with many others) have noticed problems with GMail. When typing a message, if you press either the “Shift” key or the “Command” key on the Mac, focus jumps to the subject or the addresses of the message. I haven’t confirmed this behavior on Windows yet, however it’s [...]
Apple have just released Safari 3.1 which includes a host of new features and blisteringly fast Javascript. From Ajaxian: JavaScript performance improvements Standards: Adds support for CSS 3 web fonts Standards: Adds support for CSS transforms and transitions Standards: Adds support for HTML 5 <video> and <audio> elements Standards: Adds support for offline storage for [...]
I’ll admit I’m a recently reformed windows user, as I’ve really only been using a Mac for the part 8 months. One thing I really missed as a developer when switching to the Mac was a nice integrated SVN client like TortoiseSVN. Thankfully, there is SCPlugin – a Finder plugin for Mac OS X which [...]
Recently I upgraded to a new Mac. I like to install applications from scratch when I upgrade, as it allows me to clean out all the garbage that I didn’t need in the first place. So I’ve compiled a list of all the best free applications I like to have installed on my Mac. Must [...]