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Extend QuickLook on Mac OS X

By Richard Mallion QuickLook is a great feature of Mac OS X which allows you to view the contents of a file simply by hi-lighting it and pressing the space bar. Mac OS X ships supporting many different file types

Magnifier in Preview for Lion

By Richard Mallion Sometimes  when viewing documents in Apple’s Preview application, especially PDFs, I need to zoom into a specific part of the document to look at some fine detail. Preview for Lion has a nice magnifier. This is in addition

Screengrab to the Clipboard Rather Than to a File

By Richard Mallion Mac OS X has some really nice built-in screen capture software which outputs a file to the desktop. However some times its faster or more convienant for my workflow to capture a screen to the clipboard instead, so I

Now you can add your signature to PDFs

Ever wanted to be able to quickly sign a document you need to email without having to print it off, sign it and then scan it back on to the computer?  Well new in Lion is the ability to add

Firefox 9 released

By Richard Mallion Firefox 9 has just been released for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. The latest version brings some significant boosts to javascript performance, some theme fixes, and a variety of other under-the-hood enhancements. For Lion users it

Apple Squeezing in one last release before Christmas

Apple today seeded developers with an updated version of OS X 10.7.3. The new version, comes with no documented known issues and is said to include iCloud Document Storage, Address Book, iCal, Mail, Spotlight and Safari as focus areas for

Mac OS X Lion Shortcuts

By Hugo Costa   With Lion,  Apple added an option to move a file after the Copy shortcut has been pressed! – Instead of regular CMD + C and CMD + V to copy & paste – Use CMD +

Lion borrows another element of the iOS’ soft keyboard

If you don’t remember the shortcuts to type à or è, or you simply don’t want to use the dedicated keys on your Keyboard, Lion offers a way to get accented letters using standard keys. When you’re typing, keep a key pressed

Mac App Store tops 100 million downloads

By Richard Mallion The Mac App Store has reached a significant milestone. According to an Apple press release, customers have downloaded over 100 million apps inless than a year. Phil Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, said, “With more than