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Finer Things in Mac

All things Mac, apps, tips, tricks, and polish that help you work and play better on the Mac.

Use Photo Stream instead of emailing photos to yourself

Finer News: Updates to RSS feeds, main sections

Tips for changing brightness on MacBook, external displays

iTunes 11 added a ‘Home Videos’ category

Tweetbot for Mac can have multiple columns, windows for just about anything you want

Finer Things in Mac

Sticky Notifications plays well with OS X, nerds

01 Jan 2013
David Chartier
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alerts, Alfred, Automator, LaunchBar, Mac apps, shortcuts, Sticky Notifications
If you want a quick way to create simple, visual reminders on your Mac, Sticky Notifications might be up your alley. Among Sticky
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MarsEdit takes the pain out of pasting links

28 Dec 2012
David Chartier
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blogging, Command key, MarsEdit, Shift key, shortcuts
If you want to paste a link into a MarsEdit blog post as quickly as possible, use ⌘-⇧-A (Format > Paste Link) instead of the regular
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OS X Mountain Lion shares to Twitter, Facebook, Flickr with style

12 Dec 2012
David Chartier
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Facebook, Flickr, Mac videos, Mail, Mail Contacts Calendars, OS X Mountain Lion, social media, System Preferences, Twitter, videos
If you select one or more files in the Finder, right-click, and use the Share option for a service like Flickr or Twitter, your files
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iTunes 11: Drag a song, album in the new album view to show playlists, devices

09 Dec 2012
David Chartier
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albums, drag and drop, iTunes, iTunes 11, organization, playlists, songs
If you start dragging a song or album in iTunes 11′s new album view, a panel containing all your playlists and devices quickly
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Safari gets your mouse out of the way

07 Dec 2012
David Chartier
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Mac polish, polish, Safari, Space Bar
When you scroll down a page in Safari using the spacebar, the cursor disappears from sight so you have an unobstructed view of the
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OS X’s World Clock widget animates the clock’s hands when you switch cities

05 Dec 2012
David Chartier
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animation, GIFs, widgets, World Clock
When you switch cities in OS X’s World Clock widget, the clock’s hands quickly spin around the clock to get into place.
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iTunes 11: a different Up Next icon based on whether your display is retina

30 Nov 2012
David Chartier
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icons, iTunes, iTunes 11, Retina
If your Mac has a retina display, iTunes 11′s Up Next icon is a numbered list. If your Mac is non-retina, the list is simply
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iTunes 11: Hold option to quickly add songs to Up Next

29 Nov 2012
David Chartier
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iTunes, iTunes 11, Option key, shortcuts, Up Next
iTunes 11 has a new Up Next feature that’s sort of in between iTunes DJ and just shuffling your music. You can play music from
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CNET: Hot to access your Photo Stream without iPhoto on OS X

28 Nov 2012
David Chartier
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at your own risk, Finder, Photo Stream
If you would rather not deal with iPhoto (or Aperture) to get to the Photo Stream photos you’ve shared from your iPhone or iPad,
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