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Want to open lots of images in Preview? Here’s a faster way…

March 22nd, 2007 at 11:44 am » Comments (0)

So at the moment it’s a bit of a hassle to open large numbers of images in preview. Lifehacker have posted a handy little app called Xee which takes a lot of the kerfuffle of browsing through folders out, but I thought it might be worth noting that Preview can actually open whole folders at […]



Tomfoolery: five signs that you’re using quicksilver too much

March 21st, 2007 at 11:51 am » Comments (0)

You’ve started referring to apps by their abbreviations instead of their actual names You’re seriously considering installing an applescript-controlled x10 system in your home just so Quicksilver can actually make you coffee in the morning You’ve changed the keystroke to Cmd-Space instead of Ctrl-Space just so it’s that little bit closer. Your hands twitch in the junkie Ctrl-Space […]



How to tag iTunes songs quickly and sanely

December 27th, 2006 at 11:45 am » Comments (2)

The Preamble

So I’ve been using a song tagging system based on ratings for a while now, (more on that here), but I’ve recently started using a different system to add more granularity to my tagging - for example, tagging my ‘Inspirational’ (2 star) list to separate the up-tempo numbers good for writing action from the […]



The Quicksilver Cube interface

December 9th, 2006 at 3:38 pm » Comments (0)

I was never entirely happy with the default Quicksilver interface, Primer

There’s nothing really wrong with it, per se - in fact it’s excellent for people new to QS, what with the little bit of text at the bottom and the full item path. But I’m a visual thinker, and I often use Quicksilver for dropping […]



Quicksilver for droplets

November 6th, 2006 at 8:47 pm » Comments (1)

One of the amazing and particularly ginchy features Quicksilver has is one that I don’t often hear people talking about, and sometimes wonder if many people are aware of.

Whenever you have something selected in a quicksilver pane - application, file, whatever - you can drag it right out of that pane as though you were […]