Snow Leopard: how to play MKV with Perian and QuickTime X
Want to watch MKV with QuickTime X? Solution provided!
link: http://foolrulez.org/blog/2009/09/snow-leopard-playing-mkv-with-per...
tags: mac os x mkv perian quictime player x
Send Email From Gmail From the Command Line
using postfix
link: http://www.mactipper.com/2009/10/send-email-from-gmail-from-command...
tags: gmail command line postfix
Put Google MyMaps on iPhone/iPod Touch
View Google Earth KML files in iPhone Maps app.
link: http://adlr.info/mymaps-iphone.html
Install a workable Google Gears for Safari 4 Beta
I had Gears installed with Safari 3, and found that I had to manually remove it first. How to get Google Gears working with Safari 4.
link: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090303073242222
MacOS iPhone Project
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The MacTipper Blog: Make Safari 4 Look More Like Safari 3
While I'm usually an early adopter of new technologies (especially those released by Apple) Safari 4 is a hard sell. Fortunately there a few terminal commands to make Safari 4 look a bit more like Safari 3.
link: http://www.mactipper.com/2009/02/make-safari-4-look-more-like-safar...
tags: safari progress bar tab bar
Taking iPhone screenshots
Taking iPhone screenshots is easy as long as you have the 2.0 firmware upgrade.
link: http://www.on-a-mac.com/2008/07/12/iphone-screenshot/
tags: software tips how to iphone hardware iphone 2.0 iphone firmware iphone screencapture screen capture screencapture undocumented feature
PostgreSQL for Mac OS X
Before installation: sudo sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmall=10000 sudo sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmax=40960000 or set it in /etc/sysctl.conf
link: http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do#osx
tags: postgresql postgres postgresql support postgresql services postgresql training open source database database download
How to Create/Edit Your Own Mail.app Stationery | The Apple Blog
One of the new features in Leopard's Mail is that it includes a few dozen stationery templates for you to easily choose from to jazz up your emails. For the
link: http://theappleblog.com/2007/10/31/how-to-create-edit-your-own-mail...
tags: mail how-to stationery templates
Enable iChat Data Detection
Remeber how Mail.app hadles dates and addresses - you can easily add them to a contact or create a new one. Here's how you get this working also in iChat.
link: http://pastorbobturner.blogspot.com/2008/06/enable-ichat-data-detec...
tags: mail ichat address book data contacts
How to find hidden preference settings
Learn how to explore applications for hidden preference settings using nothing more than Terminal, a text editor, and some free time.
link: http://www.macworld.com/article/135526/2008/09/findhidden.html
tags: tips tutorials hidden preferences
Google Calendar CalDAV support - Calendar Help Center
CalDAV allows you to publish and subscribe to calendars, share them collaboratively, sync between multiple users and sync between multiple devices.
link: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99358
10.5: View PDFs inline in Firefox 3
There is now a Firefox extension named firefox-mac-pdf, available for Firefox 3 under OS 10.5 that utilizes the built-in PDF support in OS X to display PDFs in-browser.
link: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080616163154556
Stacks Power Tweaks: Power Tweak Your Mac's Stacks
Let's take a look at some power tweaks and uses for Stacks.
link: http://lifehacker.com/395741/power-tweak-your-macs-stacks
Apple releases handy, hefty guide to securing Leopard
This new manual should also make IT folks very happy, since it collects a ton of Leopard security advice and puts it in one place
link: http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/06/03/apple-releases...
tags: software tips tutorials mac os x security leopard step by step
UsingMac - 101 Must Know Quick Leopard Tips
There are a lot of things out there that can be done to your Mac OS X. Since every single trick are too small to be compiled as single article, I decided to combine them all in a single post.
link: http://www.usingmac.com/2008/5/20/101-must-know-quick-leopard-tips
tags: tips tutorials effects mac os x applications shortcuts
Mac Tip: Open New Windows via Command-Tab
Open new windows via Command-Tab in Leopard
link: http://lifehacker.com/384167/open-new-windows-via-command+tab
tags: tips mac os x command tab new window
Fix iChat's iTunes status message format
iChat 3.0 comes with a "Current iTunes Track" option in the status message list. However, for most Internet-savvy audiophiles, this format is backwards. The standard format is Artist - Track but iChat gives it as Track - Artist!
link: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050610163358263
tags: itunes ichat status message
Stickies
How to get Stickies from Dashboard on your Desktop.
link: http://www.leopardtricks.com/leopard/stickies-part-2
Mac OS X Leopard Topic Center
The latest news, reviews, how-to's and expert opinions on Mac OS X Leopard
link: http://www.macworld.com/topics/mac_os_x_leopard.html