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Houdini Manages Hidden Files on Your Mac

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2008-10-10 06:30:59 by Gina Trapani in Lifehacker: Mac OS X
Mac OS X only: You already know the command-line method for revealing hidden files on your Mac, but you have to Google the correct command every timebut free application Houdini saves you the trouble. Fire up Houdini to toggle hidden file visibility on and off, move, copy, open, or delete hidden files or folders on your Mac. Just from the few...
 
Tags: mac, houdini, mac users, files, alternative method, configuration file, trouble, correct command, command-line method
 
 
 
 
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Mac Security Update Out Today

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2008-10-09 14:45:30 by Gina Trapani in Lifehacker: Mac OS X
Hit up the old Software Update on your Mac this afternoon, because Apple's posted a Security Update to Leopard 10.5.5 that includes vulnerability plugs and bug fixes; the direct download is available here
 
Tags: includes vulnerability plugs, bug fixes, security, mac, direct download, leopard, apple, hit, software
 
 
 
 
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Fruux Syncs Contacts and Calendars Across Macs

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2008-10-06 11:00:00 by Adam Pash in Lifehacker: Mac OS X
Mac OS X only: Free preference pane application Fruux syncs Address Book, iCal, and tasks between different Macs. To use it, just install the preference pane and create a new account with Fruux. Once you've verified your account, go ahead and run your first synchronization. Fruux uploads your contact and calendar information to the cloud so it's...
 
Tags: fruux, fruux uploads, fruux roadmap reveals, sync conflict resolution, sync, macs, google calendar syncs, app remains free, ical
 
 
 
 
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Books Catalogs Your Favorite Reads

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2008-10-03 12:16:31 by Gina Trapani in Lifehacker: Mac OS X
Mac OS X only: Open-source application Books is a personal database of all the books you own, read, borrowed, or lent out. With hooks into Amazon and other book information services, you can type the title of a book into Books, and automatically suck in the author, ISBN, cover art, summary, publisher, and other metadata right into the app. Enter...
 
Tags: books, books based, open-source application books, books-only solution, book information services, book, individual book record, mac, cover art
 
 
 
 
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Keep iTunes 8 from Starting Filenames with Track Numbers

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2008-10-03 04:00:00 by Gina Trapani in Lifehacker: Mac OS X
By default, when you have iTunes set to automatically organize your music library, it saves the files in an /Artist/Album/Track # Song Title.mp3 format. But, if you don't want that track number stuck in the beginning of your music file names automatically, a quick preference change in iTunes 8 will remove it. Macworld explains that you can fire...
 
Tags: itunes, itunes set, itunes music folder, music, prevent itunes, uncheck itunes, music file names, quick preference change, preference
 
 
 
 
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Fix Unresponsive Spaces in Leopard

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2008-10-01 10:59:00 by Adam Pash in Lifehacker: Mac OS X
Leopard's virtual desktop tool Spaces is great, but sometimes the app breaks, leaving you with windows on desktops you just can't get to. Luckily there's an easy solution : Open Terminal and enter killall Dock . When your Dock restarts, Spaces will be back in operation
 
Tags: enter killall dock, easy solution, leopard, app breaks, spaces, dock restarts, luckily, windows, terminal
 
 
 
 
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FlexCal Adds iCal Events and Tasks Instantly

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2008-10-01 08:30:04 by Gina Trapani in Lifehacker: Mac OS X
Mac OS X only: Heavy iCal users who want to add a new event or new task at the press of a key combination want FlexCal. The System Preferences pane lets you set a hotkey that invokes a new to-do or new event entry prompt. Type in the details, press Enter, and FlexCal adds the item to iCal without launching the program. Here's what the entry form...
 
Tags: flexcal, ical, preferences pane, system preferences pane, to-do, heavy ical users, to-do entry pane, event, event entry prompt
 
 
 
 
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Stainless Is Like a Safari Version of Chrome

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2008-09-30 13:00:00 by Adam Pash in Lifehacker: Mac OS X
Stainless is a free browser demo for OS X based on WebKit and the multi-process ideology behind Google Chrome. It's young and a little feature-light, but until Google officially releases Chrome for the Mac, it could be a nice alternative to the rough-around-the-edges CrossOver Chromium
 
Tags: google, free browser demo, google chrome, releases chrome, multi-process ideology, crossover chromium, nice alternative, stainless, webkit
 
 
 
 
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Run OS X on the MSI Wind Mini Laptop

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2008-09-29 13:46:42 by Gina Trapani in Lifehacker: Mac OS X
Adam showed you how to build a desktop "Hackintosh" PC running a version of Mac OS X Leopard , and now Jose Perez at Planetx64.com gets the job done on a mini laptopspecifically, the MSI Wind, which retails for about $600 . Of course, this whole process voids your laptop's warranty, disables your ability to do OS updates, only works with a...
 
Tags: laptop, version, hackintosh laptop version, hackintosh, mini, msi, leopard, planetx64, jose perez
 
 
 
 
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Top Draw Generates Eye-Catching Wallpaper

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2008-09-29 10:03:47 by Gina Trapani in Lifehacker: Mac OS X
Mac OS X only: Today Google releases Top Draw, a nifty image generation