Apps: KeyCue, Combine PDFs, AppDelete

KeyCue 4.3 ($27) helps users to make better use of keyboard shortcuts that different applications provide. After holding down the Command key for a set period of time KeyCue opens and displays a table of all currently available menu shortcuts. In the new release, the keyboard combination used for activating KeyCue can be defined by the user and a new double-tap option to activate KeyCue by pressin...

published today, 6 hours 13 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

Create arbitrary keyboard shortcuts for bookmarklets

One of the things that makes Delicious (formerly del.icio.us) so useful it that it can integrate, to varying degrees, with all broswers via its JavaScript bookmarklets. Many other sites also use these -- for example, I have bookmarklets for Digg, FaceBook, and more. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to activate these from a keyboard shortcut? You can!Add a bookmarklet to your Bookmarks menu, not to your favorites bar.In System Preferences, go to the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel, and add a keyboard shortcut with the exact name of your bookmarklet. You can specify the application as either your chosen browser, or for All Applications if you use multiple browsers. If you choose All Applications, just make sure the bookmarklet has the same name in all browsers. Now I can post to Delicious by pressing the same keyboard shortcut everywhere. Yay![robg adds: This work...

published today, 8 hours 33 minutes ago, macosxhints

Apps: Today, iWisdom, Slideshow Magic

Today 1.5 ($15) provides users an option for managing and organizing their iCal task and events into one window. Users can assign a keyboard shortcut that will toggle Today's visibility allowing them to quickly bring up the window when they need it. With Today 1.5, users can now add custom alarms to notify them of upcoming events and tasks. The update has also added support for the Growl notificat...

published yesterday, 22 hours 28 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

Call the bit.ly URL shortener for the current site

I use bit.ly as my URL shortening service, mainly because I like the way that it links to Twitter and tracks statistics on shortened URLs that I send folks. I am, however, lazy and I don't like to do any more clicking, copying, or pasting than I have to.So I created a bookmark on my bookmarks bar in Safari which opens bit.ly in a new window and passes the current page I am on as a parameter. The net effect is that most of the work is done for me when the window opens. The JavaScript bookmark is:javascript:window.open('http://bit.ly/?url='+location.href);This approach will probably work with other shorteners as well, and the above shortcut should work in any browser.

published yesterday, 1 day 8 hours 33 minutes ago, macosxhints

Quick Tip of the Week: Help Pointers

Need help with an application? In Mac OS X Leopard, you?ll find Help in the menu bar of every application. Help points the way to tutorials, user guides, keyboard shortcuts, and other valuable resources. Specific to the application you?re using, Help offers Numbers help when you?re running Numbers and Pages help when you?re using Pages. Learn more about Help in the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

published on Monday, the 17. November 2008, apple-hot-news

YouTube's Identity Crisis, Circuit City's Cash Crisis: A Week to Forget

Now you can get your fix of "Bulletproof Monk" and "American Gladiators" -- all without leaving the comfort of YouTube. Yes, the king of user-generated, short-form video is now embracing the other kind: studio-generated, feature-length films. Yes, this is the same YouTube that said long-form video was anathema to its business model. But I guess when the big MGM lion comes roaring, you make an exception.

published on Friday, the 14. November 2008, macnewsworld

Google voice search app for iPhone arriving shortly

Google as early as today is expected to introduce a free application for the iPhone that lets you search for information, directions, or virtually anything else by speaking into the handset, eliminating need for the keyboard entirely.

published on Friday, the 14. November 2008, appleinsider

Safari 3.2 Adds Anti-Phishing and Other Security Enhancements

Yesterday, Apple released Safari 3.2 for both Windows and Mac (Tiger and Leopard). As usual, Apple’s normal update announcements are a little short on details. This update is recommended for all Safari users and features protection from fraudulent phishing websites and better identification of online businesses. This update also includes the latest security updates. For detailed [...]

published on Friday, the 14. November 2008, apple-blog

Apple lists job posting for iPhone position in China

Apple may be closer to bringing the iPhone to China, a new job offer posting suggests. The company is looking for an iPhone Quality Assurance Engineer, to be located in Beijing. China represents an enormous market for mobile phones, but negotiations for the iPhone may have lasted longer than expected. Shortly before the iPhone 3G launch, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told CNBC that Chinese and Russian anno...

published on Thursday, the 13. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

Intel to miss Q4 target by at least $1 billion

Chip maker Intel does not expect to meet its fourth-quarter revenue targets, with anticipated revenue of $9 billion, falling short of the previous expectation of $10.1 billion to $10.9 billion. The company blamed the lackluster performance on "significantly weaker than expected demand in all geographies and market segments." The trend of component inventory reduction by PC manufacturers was also c...

published on Wednesday, the 12. November 2008, macintosh-news-network