LightWayText, iText upgraded; iText Pro launches
LightWayText 4.1.7 has been upgraded with Leopard support and other bugfixes, as have its cousins iText 3.1.7 and iText Express 3.1. A new version of iText, iText Pro '08, has meanwhile been introduced with customizable features, Styled Text file support, and multiple clipboards....
published on Tuesday, the 2. September 2008, macintosh-news-network
Clipboard utility Shadow public beta
The Escapers has announced the release of Shadow, a clipboard management program, into free public beta. The new utility allows clipboards to be available across networks. Any number of clipboards can be shared or password protected for limited access. Shadow uses caching to retain speed on slower networks, and multi-thread server processes to allow quick access to clipboards that are being used b...
published on Monday, the 1. September 2008, macintosh-news-network
Corkboard 1.1 adds 'visual history'
Ayluro today announced the availability of an update to its data management software, Corkboard. The v1.1 release includes bug fixes, and a new feature called visual clipboard history, which keeps track of the last eight pieces of data copied to the clipboard. Corkboard is used to copy data without losing it between saves, quits, reboots or crash...
published on Wednesday, the 20. August 2008, macintosh-news-network
View PDF File (for Camino) 1.01
This script will download the file at the URL on the clipboard, open it in its default application, and then expeditiously move it to the trash. This is useful for viewing PDF files 'temporarily' — the PDF will open in Preview but the file will not be saved anywhere. To get the URL of a PDF on the clipboard, right-click on a link to the PDF and choose 'Copy Link Location' from the contextual menu. (The script will act on any URL copied to the clipboard, whether it points to a PDF or some other kind of file. If the URL is for an image, say if you choose 'Copy Image Location' from the contextual menu, the download will be opened in your default image viewing/editing application, before getting trashed.)
published on Friday, the 8. August 2008, scriptbuilders
Briefly: Otis now on the iPhone
In brief: The game Otis is now on the iPhone, iZen Garden was updated to version 1.5 and FlipBook for iPhone is now available for purchase. Wonder Wrap software has added a port of Otis to the App Store. The object of the game is to remove all the blocks from a board by clicking on grouped blocks of the same color. Additional points are added for c...
published on Monday, the 4. August 2008, macintosh-news-network
An AppleScript to convert PDFs to Safari bookmarks
Copy the following AppleScript into Script Editor, and save as an application: on open pdfFiles tell application "Finder" repeat with pdfFile in pdfFiles set thedestination to folder of pdfFile set theName to displayed name of pdfFile -- convert pdf to base64 and copy result to clipboard do shell script "/usr/bin/perl -0777 -e 'use MIME::Base64; $text = <>; $text = encode_base64($text); $text =~ s/\s+//g; print "data:application/pdf;charset=utf-8;base64,$text\n";' < " & quoted form of POSIX path of pdfFile & " | pbcopy" set theurl to the clipboard make new internet location file to theurl at thedestination with properties {name:theName} end...
published on Thursday, the 31. July 2008, macosxhints
Easily add lyrics to iTunes songs via AppleScript
Often programs like PearLyrics or SingThatiTune just don't find the song I am looking for, and I have to find the lyrics manually. I found it tedious to find the lyrics in Safari, switch back to iTunes, highlight the song I want to add the lyrics to, open the song's info panel, paste in the lyrics, and finally, close the window. So I wrote this simple AppleScript instead: tell application "System Events" set sel to (the clipboard as text) end tell tell application "iTunes" set lyrics of current track to sel end tell I then bound this AppleScript to a keyboard shortcut using iKeys (any macro-capable program should work just as well). It will copy any text currently in the clipboard to the currently playing song's lyrics.
published on Wednesday, the 16. July 2008, macosxhints
Clipboard Evolved updated
Mach Software has released a new version of its popular clipboard manager, Clipboard Evolved. Designed to fit neatly into Mac OS X (and so that it offers the most functionality with the smallest learning curve) the software offers two views, a clipboard window plus a menu for easy access to copied items. Clipboard Evolved adds an icon into the men...
published on Saturday, the 12. July 2008, macintosh-news-network
Corkboard "tricks out" your clipboard
A new Texas-based developer says he has found a way to build a better mousetrap, with an application that soups up the traditional clipboard. The clipboard is a staple of the Mac OS and a place to put stuff you want to copy or paste, but the new utility brings new functions: Ayluro Corkboard 1.0 runs alongside a userís clipboard, providing additio...
published on Monday, the 7. July 2008, macintosh-news-network
SnopesClip 1.0
Have anyone in your Address Book who keeps sending you loads of those mass-forwarded emails that may be hoaxes but every once and a while they're true Check 'em with Snopes. Copy a key word or short phrase (i.e. 'Klingerman Virus') from the email then run this script. It will pop open a new browser window (or tab) in your default browser and automatically search Snopes for whatever text is on the clipboard. For ease-of-use put this script in your Scripts folder so you can run it from the Scripts menu in the menu bar. Editable script released free under the GPL.
published on Monday, the 7. July 2008, scriptbuilders