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TinkerTool - Dock Modifier
Again, Dock enriched with more powerful utility, TinkerTool.
What TinkerTool provides for Dock?
Icon's Transparency
TinkerTool provides your Dock ability to make transparent icons for hidden applications. I've discussed about this transparent icons before. If you want to refer back, you can use this link : Dock, Transparent Hidden Apps
iTunes - New iTunes U
iTunes shows its mightiness once again. Now it provide you with new feature, iTunes U. You can access to iTunes U via iTunes Store. Now you can see video lectures from other university around the world, for free.
Preview - PDF Slideshow
There are reasons why Preview most likely to be used by people.
One of those, Preview provides a feature called Slideshow. With slideshow, all pages on the PDF can be read in full screen. The environment for Slideshow is similar to that of Expose, one of the coolest feature presented by Mac. Slideshow also provide Autoplay so it will be able to cross all the page automatically.
This is how the slideshow looks like when it's being played automatically..
Automator - Preview Hidden Ability
Let me introduce you to this new feature of Mac, Automator. Automator will do repetitive tasks for you. However, here I will show you how Automator will work in sync with preview.
Let’s say you’ve this photo of fish..
Adium - Change Your Display Image
Inside Adium, you can change your display and can be see by other people. The advantage here is, you can easily change it.
The Display Image
To change your display image, you can do the following:
Dock - Adding Icons with Dockables
These are not regular icons.
These icons can help you do these things :- Close All Applications
- Hide All Applications
- Restart Your Mac
- Display Sleep
- Eject the CD-ROM / DVD-ROM
- Log Out
- Capture Screen
- Put Your Mac into Sleep
- Empty Trash
- Mute Sound
- Shut Down
- Start Screen Saver
Now, doing those things is just a click away to your dock. It’s very useful, isn’t it?
Dockables also has three themes for you to choose : Regular, Colour, and Tangerine.
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Applications,
Icons
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Icon
Adium - Ultimate Dock Icon
Feelin’ bored with duck icon that appear on your dock every time you launch your Adium? Now you can change your duck with this cute looking dinosaur (even though the creator named it Lino, I prefer calling it Dino).
Adium - Change Dock Icon
- Go under Adium Preference Pane. You can find it by clicking the Adium text beside the apple or by using keyboard shortcut Command-[ ,].
- And then under the Appearance Tab, search for something called Dock Icon.
- Go under Adium Preference Pane. You can find it by clicking the Adium text beside the apple or by using keyboard shortcut Command-[ ,].
- And then under the Appearance Tab, search for something called Dock Icon.
- There is a lot of Dock Icons you can choose. Pull Down Menu and Show All… Button contain the same icon.
- For better speed, use Pull Down Menu
- However, you can use Show All... Button for wider scope
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Applications,
Email and Chat,
Icons,
Tips and Tricks
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Adium
Let's Hear Your Mac Talk
Now we cannot underestimate our Mac, it can also speak. The surprising thing is that our Mac can speak with different sound. Oh no, we lose to our Mac (desperate).
How to make your Mac speaks?
Use this, Verbalize. Mac’s powerful application that will help you speak out what you want. Just write down your demand and it will speak for you.
Maybe next time your Mac will sing for you.
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Applications,
Audio
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SoundSystem
Croppin' Image with Preview
The most powerful and useful feature Cropping Image. Actually everyone will know how to use this application. It's quite nice and easy to understand. In case you do not know, I will tell you.
Sometimes you need a particular part of your image, not the whole of your image. Here you need to crop your image.
Let me tell you the most useful feature in here, you can adjust your cropping area (usually rectangle) by moving its edge (similar to photoshop free transform selection). Nice right?
Quickness or Accuracy - QuickSilver or Spotlight
QuickSilver as reflects by its name, is the fastest application searching for Mac. But, its quickness affect its user too. Its user must have ability to quickly key in all the keywords required to open specific files (or they have to replay it all over).
In contradiction to Spotlight, one of the searching application in Mac. Spotlight can search everything you want, but not with the same quickness as QuickSilver. It always returns everything.
Which one do you prefer?
Application Searching
When searching for application, I prefer using QuickSilver. As I have experienced before, QuickSilver always returns apps that I want. Different from Spotlight that give me lots of result, it slows me down to look at what I want first.
Software Paradise - Mac It
Mac Firework - Let's Party
People like party. People also like firework's party. So in conclusion, people will also like this mouse trail. It is called Startrail.
Now, you can watch such wonderful firework party with your parents, your girlfriend, or even with your gramps instantly from your Mac.
Mac the Great Chef - Yummy!
YummySoup! provides you with all delicious, yummy foods' recipes to make you easier to catch your stomach's attention.
Beam the Mac Chess Game
Open your heart and receive how user interactive this chess is. You can rotate your chessboard to get a better view. After computer move, it will tell you what move it just made.
You can access from QuickSilver using keyword chess.
How cruel, I cannot win a match from Mac Artificial Intelligence. Maybe I do not have any talent in chess.
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Applications,
Games
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Chess
Tasty Reminder - Mac iCal
Now you do not have to fear of your boss. You will always come on time, either to your office or to some extremely important meetings. iCal makes sure you to alert you of those things. iCal also provide you to look for specific time. You can make schedule for month, week, and even a day. You can group your event into categories, like for work purpose or for home needs. And also you can label your categories with colors.
Monthly Schedule
iPod and Mac - Delicious
Perhaps, some people do not know what is this iPod thing (that must be in a very little number). This picture show our lovely iPod.
iPod has family too. Here I will give you pleasing view of iPod's family.
Since many people said that I am doing some advertisements here. I have to emphasize that this is not advertisement, this is just a kind of art. Reality art(?)