Font Management in OS X This article deals with font usage in OS X Panther 10.3.x through Snow Leopard 10.6.x. It's main purpose is to show you where fonts are located on your system and which can be removed. The idea being to keep your fonts as lean as possible and to avoid font conflicts. [...]
KB Parallels: Can I use additional port other than port 25 for SMTP connections? I was told I should open up one more port for SMTP, because most ISP's block port 25 now. Can I use additional port other than port 25 for SMTP connections? I was told I should open up one more port [...]
10.6 Server: Set the appropriate Software Update Server – Mac OS X Hints With Mac OS X Server 10.6, Apple has divided the catalog file into three separate catalogs: one for 10.4, one for 10.5, and one for 10.6. Each is a separate URL, and if you set the wrong catalog for the OS, you'll [...]
DriverMax | Peripherals Download | PC World DriverMax finds essential hardware (and some software) drivers on your PC and backs them up. It works by creating a folder, and Zips and copies all the drivers to individual folders with the name of the driver. (tags: software windows drivers) Raphaël—JavaScript Library Raphaël is a small JavaScript [...]
Video on the Web – Dive Into HTML5 HTML5 defines a standard way to embed video in a web page, using a <video> element. Support for the <video> element is still evolving, which is a polite way of saying it doesn’t work yet. At least, it doesn’t work everywhere. But don’t despair! There are alternatives [...]
About Dictionary Cleaner | Two AM Software Dictionary Cleaner is a convenient System Preferences Pane utility to maintain your custom spelling dictionary. One of the great features of Mac OS X has aways been the built-in spelling checker. Unfortunately, there's no easy way to see what words you've added. But with Dictionary Cleaner, a convenient [...]
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QuickCursor — Use your favorite text editor anywhere. For Mac users who want to use their favorite text editor everywhere. QuickCursor is a menu item that allows you to edit text from any application in your favorite text editor*. Unlike custom “edit in” plugin solutions QuickCursor provides a standard open source solution that uses public [...]
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Part 4: (Tutorial) Automating DVD Backup with FairMount, HandBrake and iTunes – Mac Forums This script gets data from a plain text file you've named: show name_season#.txt (example: The Office_01.txt). This text file should contain only the episode names (one on each paragraph line) for this season only. This droplet will rename a sequential series [...]