Archive for the 'OS X' Category

OS X: Install Photoshop Brushes Faster

If you download a lot of Photoshop brushes, or presets to extend any software for that matter, there is a very easy way to install them quickly on a Mac using OS X. This little OS X tip could shave off at least 1 or 2 clicks from your installation process.

Dashboard Widgets are Going Downhill Fast

When Dashboard was an infant, Apple provided developers with guidelines for developing effective and useful dashboard widgets. If you look at the “Top 50″ Dashboard widgets on the Apple Downloads site, you will find that a good portion of the most popular widgets don’t even follow Apple’s guidelines. At All.

Scientific Visualization of Vista vs OS X

I’m severely disappointed in Vista. Here’s my humorous take on it.

How to set the default program to open a certain type of file in Mac OS X

You can easily set the default program to open certain file types from any “Get Info” window, from any file in Mac OS X.
It can get annoying when you double click on a jpeg from your desktop and it tries to open in Photoshop. Not only is it annoying, it can be a time waster [...]

How to Display Memory Usage in a Dock Icon - Mac OS X

This is a quick way to have easy visual access to your memory usage without having to rely on a Dashboard Widget, or even have Dashboard running for that matter. And you don’t have to download anything. This comes standard with every new Mac running OS X.
Being involved with web design, and design in general, [...]