Posts Tagged ‘Tips And Tricks’

Helpful Tip: Drag and Drop Using Exposé

Seeing that Ashley and I are still relatively new to the Mac world we are still finding some little gems that demonstrate Apple's eye for detail. A fine example of this is something I saw on the help page Apple developed to explain what Exposé is. It was there that I found out you can drag and drop files from one window to another using Exposé:

October 21st, 2008
Helpful Tip: Drag and Drop Using Exposé

Convert & Extract Audio from Videos

There have been a few times where I've wanted to extract audio from video files, but it's not always easy to find a free tool that can successfully do that. I highly recommend grabbing the free Pazera app if you ever find yourself in a similar situation. To make it even more useful the program also doubles as an audio conversion utility.

September 26th, 2008
Convert & Extract Audio from Videos

CyberNotes: Google Chrome Tips

Google Chrome has taken the browser market by storm ever since its release a few weeks ago. The only complaint that I've really heard about the browser is that it doesn't support add-ons like Firefox does, but Google has already said that a future version will be covering those bases.

September 24th, 2008
CyberNotes: Google Chrome Tips

CyberNotes: Using Cobian Backup to Keep File Revisions

Have you ever been working on a project where you wish you had a copy from a few hours or days ago before you made some changes? Most people never think about being able to setup a system that manages revisions of files (a.k.a. version control) because they think it's too complicated, but it takes only minutes to do using the free Cobian Backup software.

August 7th, 2008
CyberNotes: Using Cobian Backup to Keep File Revisions

CyberNotes: Update Your Status on Twitter (and more) from Opera’s Address Bar

A few weeks ago we wrote about a Firefox extension that could post to Twitter right from the address bar, and it impressed me to say the least. One commenter, who goes by the name lilmoder, cleverly pointed out that you can do the same thing in Opera using its keyword search functionality.

July 30th, 2008
CyberNotes: Update Your Status on Twitter (and more) from Opera’s Address Bar

CyberNotes: Shortcut to Show/Hide Hidden Files

One of the things that I've always done on my Windows computers is have them show all of the hidden files. Some people think I'm crazy because this adds a lot more clutter, but it always seemed as though I frequently had to access files there were otherwise hidden.

July 24th, 2008
CyberNotes: Shortcut to Show/Hide Hidden Files

CyberNotes: Add Separators to Mac OS X Leopard Dock

One of the first things that I did when I got my new (and first) Mac is I started customizing different aspects of the Dock. There's actually a decent number of things that you can customize with the Dock by default, and it didn't take long for me to start finding out some tricks here and there.

July 10th, 2008
CyberNotes: Add Separators to Mac OS X Leopard Dock

Helpful Tip: Disable Drag & Drop Images in Firefox

In Firefox 3 Mozilla wanted to make dragging and dropping items in the browser a little more intuitive, and so they decided to show a preview of the item your dragging underneath the mouse cursor.

July 7th, 2008
Helpful Tip: Disable Drag & Drop Images in Firefox

CyberNotes: Firefox 3 Tips & Tricks

Firefox 3 (review) has been out for just barely over a week now and it has been downloaded over 19 million times according to Spread Firefox. Many of you requested that we assemble a tweaks guide just like we did with Firefox 2, and so that's exactly what we've got in store for you today.

June 25th, 2008
CyberNotes: Firefox 3 Tips & Tricks

CyberNotes: Fill Out Rebate Forms Digitally

One of the things that bug me the most when buying something are the accompanying rebates, but sometimes that is the only way to get a good deal. When it comes to online purchases I like to print off the rebates as soon as I make the purchase, but then the laziness kicks in for a few weeks simply because I don't feel like filling out the form.

June 5th, 2008
CyberNotes: Fill Out Rebate Forms Digitally