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Zooming in with a keyboard shortcut
I love Digg. I love Mac OS X Hints. And I love my job. I was just going through the upcoming submissions on Digg when I ran across this tip from Mac OS X Hints (submitted about two years ago) that allows you to set a keyboard shortcut for the Zoom button. If you want to minimise any window on Mac OS X, you can easily hit ⌘M and get the job done. Unfortunately though, Apple’s UI design team forgot that you generally need to hit the Zoom button more often than the minimise button. It is a pain to have to use the mouse (and in case of a notebook, the trackpad) to hit that tiny little button every time you want an application window to change its size. Read more...
Clutch brings the power of a WebUI to Transmission
One of the best torrent clients for Windows is µTorrent and it has one outstanding feature that Transmission lacks, the WebUI. Basically, it allows you to leave µTorrent running on your home computer and then access it from any Internet-connected location in the world with just the help of a web browser (unless that browser happens to be Internet Explorer). I use it on my Mac through CrossOver and it works like a charm.
The makers of Clutch, Malcolm Jarvis, Dave Perrett and Kendall Hopkins, realized what a useful feature this is and decided to bring it to Transmission and they’ve hit a home run. All you have to do is download Clutch from the official website, install it on your Mac, and run it. It places a new item in the menu bar and, once set up, starts the Transmission Daemon and the WebUI. Note that it is independent of Transmission itself. It just uses the daemon which is bundled with the app. Read more...
Piper Jaffray weighs in with a few Macworld predictions
Gene Munster, the Apple analyst at Piper Jaffray, has spoken up and he has a few predictions up his sleeve. Among other things, Mr. Munster believes that we are going to see a new, slimmer MacBook at Macworld Expo 2008. It will use the new 64GB flash drive developed by Samsung and will have some futuristic multi-touch coolness thrown in. He also expects Apple to announce movie rentals being added to the iTunes Store and new content, like games, for the iPhone and iPod touch that would take advantage of the advanced multi-touch capabilities. However, he also goes on to say that he does not expect to see any form of a tablet Mac or a sub-notebook form factor at the upcoming Macworld Expo, nor does he see a 3G version of the iPhone coming our way this January. Read the full article over at the Silicon Alley Insider.
My thoughts? I think he is a bit off on the tablet/sub-notebook prediction but other than that, all of it seems to be pretty much on-the-mark. I sincerely believe that Apple has a great chance right now to introduce a highly portable notebook and grab a sizable nugget of the market which is just waiting for such a product to drop from the heavenly abode of the super secret labs in Cupertino. I see no reason not to make this product. Of course, my super powered third eye might be a bit clouded by the tiny little fact that I am dying to lay my own hands on such a notebook, so take it with a huge chunk of salt. Read more...
[Via MacUser]
Enjoy!
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BTW, guys, check out this post if you are a Heroes fan. Awesome, isn't it!
I love Digg. I love Mac OS X Hints. And I love my job. I was just going through the upcoming submissions on Digg when I ran across this tip from Mac OS X Hints (submitted about two years ago) that allows you to set a keyboard shortcut for the Zoom button. If you want to minimise any window on Mac OS X, you can easily hit ⌘M and get the job done. Unfortunately though, Apple’s UI design team forgot that you generally need to hit the Zoom button more often than the minimise button. It is a pain to have to use the mouse (and in case of a notebook, the trackpad) to hit that tiny little button every time you want an application window to change its size. Read more...
Clutch brings the power of a WebUI to Transmission
One of the best torrent clients for Windows is µTorrent and it has one outstanding feature that Transmission lacks, the WebUI. Basically, it allows you to leave µTorrent running on your home computer and then access it from any Internet-connected location in the world with just the help of a web browser (unless that browser happens to be Internet Explorer). I use it on my Mac through CrossOver and it works like a charm.
The makers of Clutch, Malcolm Jarvis, Dave Perrett and Kendall Hopkins, realized what a useful feature this is and decided to bring it to Transmission and they’ve hit a home run. All you have to do is download Clutch from the official website, install it on your Mac, and run it. It places a new item in the menu bar and, once set up, starts the Transmission Daemon and the WebUI. Note that it is independent of Transmission itself. It just uses the daemon which is bundled with the app. Read more...
Piper Jaffray weighs in with a few Macworld predictions
Gene Munster, the Apple analyst at Piper Jaffray, has spoken up and he has a few predictions up his sleeve. Among other things, Mr. Munster believes that we are going to see a new, slimmer MacBook at Macworld Expo 2008. It will use the new 64GB flash drive developed by Samsung and will have some futuristic multi-touch coolness thrown in. He also expects Apple to announce movie rentals being added to the iTunes Store and new content, like games, for the iPhone and iPod touch that would take advantage of the advanced multi-touch capabilities. However, he also goes on to say that he does not expect to see any form of a tablet Mac or a sub-notebook form factor at the upcoming Macworld Expo, nor does he see a 3G version of the iPhone coming our way this January. Read the full article over at the Silicon Alley Insider.
My thoughts? I think he is a bit off on the tablet/sub-notebook prediction but other than that, all of it seems to be pretty much on-the-mark. I sincerely believe that Apple has a great chance right now to introduce a highly portable notebook and grab a sizable nugget of the market which is just waiting for such a product to drop from the heavenly abode of the super secret labs in Cupertino. I see no reason not to make this product. Of course, my super powered third eye might be a bit clouded by the tiny little fact that I am dying to lay my own hands on such a notebook, so take it with a huge chunk of salt. Read more...
[Via MacUser]
Enjoy!
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BTW, guys, check out this post if you are a Heroes fan. Awesome, isn't it!
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