Keyword search using Safari

One of the many great features of the Firefox web browser is the keyword search which allows you to direct a search to a search engine by using a preset keyword and a query in the url box of your browser. So you can type something like imbd there’s something about mary in the search box and the search query will be directly sent to www.imdb.com. Safari does not yet support this feature out of the box. Keywurl is a free plugin for the Safari web browser that adds this very useful feature. Before we proceed with the installation please note that this is a Mac-only Safari plugin. Read more

How to create Smart Mailboxes in Mac Mail

Mac Mail is a really handy email client. One of the really neat features of the Mail application are Smart Mailboxes. Let’s take a look at what smart mailboxes can do to enhance your productivity. Read more

How to upload photos from iPhoto directly to Flickr

This tutorial will guide you through installing FFXporter, a small iPhoto plugin that allows you to upload photos from iPhoto directly to Flickr. Read more

iPhone App Review: WordsWorth

This is the first guest post by Jason Kaneshiro.

WordsWorth is an iPhone and iPod Touch game where you try to identify as many words as possible from a honeycomb pattern of lettered tiles. Read more

How to create an encrypted disk image to store your private files

This tutorial will guide you through using SecureFiles to create a secure, encrypted disk image in OS X. Using that disk image, you can store files that you don’t want other people to be able to access. Read more

How to install iWork ‘09 on Leopard

Apple recently launched a new version of their office suite, iWork ‘09. iWork consists of Keynote, arguably the best tool for creating presentations, Numbers, a spreadsheet application, and Pages, a word processor. There’s a whole lot of information about these products at the iWork page on Apple’s iWork website. Read more

How to integrate del.icio.us with Safari

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking web service that allows you to store and share bookmarks online using your browser. By having your bookmarks online, you can always access them when you’re away from home or using another computer. Del.icio.us is a free service that also allows users to search for things that others people have bookmarked. It’s like community bookmarking. I find it quite useful to integrate del.icio.us with my web browser - Safari. Read more

How to assign apps to Spaces in MacOS Leopard

One of the big features that came with OS X 10.5 (Leopard) is Spaces. Spaces is a tool that allows you to create multiple virtual workspaces. It’s like having multiple screens for your applications to run and you can switch easily between these screens to access different applications. This way all your application windows don’t have to be crammed into one screen. It’s quite useful once you get the hang of it. Let’s look at how you can setup Leopard so that an application is associated with a particular screen. That way whenever you launch that application it will automatically launch in that screen. Read more

Getting Started with Picasa for the Mac

Recently Google released Picasa, their free photo management software, for the Mac. Picasa has gained immense popularity on the Windows platform. It’s a good alternative for iPhoto that ships with most Macs, if you are unhappy with it. Here’s a video tour of the application. For those unfamiliar with Picasa, it’s an application that allows you to manage your photographs, create albums, edit them… and Google also has a web based service where you can upload these images and share them with your friends. Read more

Get started with Google Desktop for your Mac

I’m a big fan of Quicksilver, the versatile application launcher for the Mac. I recently decide to try out Google Desktop for the Mac which is a product similar to Quicksilver and Spotlight. And I was quite impressed. Here’s a complete list of features. The feature that really impressed me was the integration with the web browser. Now, whenever I run a Google search I also get results from my local machine on my browser. Google Desktop searches through my mails and my web history as well. I find that useful. Read more

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