Mar
23
You can file this under “Hey Apple, wouldn’t it be GREAT if you include this tips somewhere in your manual?” category. Anyway, found over at CreativeBits, this audio setting tip is pretty useful, at least to me.
If you own a laptop, you probably use the Volume key shortcuts (F4 and F5) to adjust your volume, rather than visiting the System Preferences or Volume menu item.
Every time you press the Volume key, a full block of volume is raised or lowered in the Volume bezel on your screen. If the amount it is raised or lowered is too much or not enough, you can adjust the amount by a quarter of a block at a time.
Well, it turns out you can fine-tune the Volume adjustment, by hold the Shift and Option keys while hitting F4 or F5. Gee, I did not know that.
via: CreativeBits (which for some reason seems to be down)
Feb
07
I found this really funny story via MacObserver.
An open wireless network led to a Danish police investigation of a stolen credit card. The police wanted to confiscate the author’s computer. When the author’s roommate agreed to also let the police look at her first generation iMac, they were frustrated because they thought the iMac was just the screen. They wanted to know where the actual computer was and got rather heated about finding it, according to the author of Rottin’ in Denmark
You should do yourself a favor and read the whole dialogue between the police agent and this guy. It’s like watching Zoolander all over again.
Jan
28
There has been a lot of criticism involving the World’s Thinnest Notebook just launched by Apple on last MacWorld. It’s still uncertain whether this could be a winner, or join the infamous list of Apple inventions which flopped. (Apple Puck Mouse anyone?)
Be that as it may, I found a bunch of useless (but funny) contents regarding the Macbook Air...head.
Jan
22
Are you a Gmail, Basecamp, Flickr or Facebook 20 times a day? Do you have 20 or more browser tabs open at all times? Are you tired of some random Flash ad crashing your browser and causing you to lose your (say) Google Spreadsheets data in another tab? Then I got great news for ya!
Meet Fluid, your next favorite Mac Application. This great little (free) app will let you wrap each of your favorite webapp in it’s own separated window, just as if you were running an independent Application.
Jan
15
Yes, and it’s called crappy font choice. The copy on Apple.com today seriously looks like, well, very un-Apple. As Cameron already pointed out before, Apple is apparently ditching Myriad Pro Regular for the Light version, probably because Microsoft is using a typography strikingly similar to Myriad. I like how the Light version looks on headlines, but when it comes to copy, maybe they should have gone with a easy to read font.
One tip I learned over time when dealing with very light fonts is to duplicate the font layer and give it 50 % opacity. It enhances the contrast and provides a more solid aliasing without looking choppy. But you probably already know that.
In other related news, today’s the big day. There’s a lot of speculations on what will His Steveness announce today. Me? I’m more excited to see next weekend SNL’s Weekend Update with Fake Steve Jobs “Introducing the new Macbook Air”.
Follow the live blogging from TUAW on twitter here.
Jan
07
Since we’re already on the subject, Apple just launched a new Get a Mac ad called Referee. While is not the funniest ad I’ve seen from the campaign, this one is still a winner. I’m telling you, one of this days we’ll read in the newspapers: “Last night Bill Gates stormed into Apple’s HQ in Cupertino armed with a Chainsaw and Hockey mask”. I’m pretty sure the $ 7 haircut man won’t admit it, but the Get a Mac Campaign is the reason behind his retirement.
Dec
31
The very busy people at AppleTell put together a very useful list and resources to tweak your Mac OS X 10.5 aka Leopard. My personal favorite is the Stack Drawers and the Opaque Menu Bar, which reminds me:
Apple UI Department, what were you thinking? Translucent Menu Bar? Really?
