Apps: TextExpander, PopChar X, iMedia Browser, iStock
TextExpander 2.5 ($30) lets users define abbreviations for frequently used text strings and imagine allowing users to save time by quickly typing words and phrases with a few letters. The update has added a new date math feature that allows uses to create "snippets" that automatically add or subtract hours, minutes or seconds from the current time. [Download - 3.9MB]...
published on Wednesday, the 29. October 2008, macintosh-news-network
Clips 1.1 brings social media previews, abbreviations
Thumbnails for social media URLs, abbreviations for expanding snippets, and much more integration with other aspects of your Mac make this strong 1.1 clipboard utility even better.Read More...
published on Wednesday, the 1. October 2008, ars-technica
Rhapsody Tries to Drown Out iTunes
RealNetworks' Rhapsody thinks it knows how to end Apple's dominance of the online music distribution scene: remove the digital locks on its songs; make key deals with A-list names in media, wireless providers and social networks; and let consumers preview entire songs, not just 30-second snippets.
published on Monday, the 30. June 2008, macnewsworld
Hypercube moves web widgets to desktop
Mesa Dynamics has posted a beta of Amnesty Hypercube, which is designed to ìfreeî Google Gadgets and other web widgets from the confines of a web browser to the desktop. Not to be confused with Dashboard widgets, web widgets are tiny applications -- often snippets of HTML code -- designed to be inserted in blogs or other web pages. Amnesty Hypercub...
published on Monday, the 16. June 2008, macintosh-news-network
Briefly: Incipio Leather cases review
In brief: We have posted a review of Incipio Leather iPod and camera cases, Digital Foci offers Custom Framer Program, Robosoft to develop for 3G iPhone, HTML snippets set for Typinator debuts ... We have posted a review of Incipio Leather iPod and camera cases. The camera case, unlike most portable camera cases, has no frills, fuss or pockets. It ...
published on Tuesday, the 3. June 2008, macintosh-news-network
Script Bundle Tool 4.0.8
Script Bundle Tool creates an application bundle from an editable AppleScript source file and a contents folder. When you first use Script Bundle Tool, the contents folder is created automatically and you set the properties: Short Version, Get Info Text, Stay Open and Show in Dock. Subsequently, you need only to Select, Launch and Click to create a new build of your application bundle. The source file may be any editable AppleScript application or script document created with Smile or Script Editor. When you build an application bundle, the sub-folders of the project's contents folder are copied into the new bundle's Contents folder and any custom keys in the project.plist file, are written to the new bundle's Info.plist file. A locked and dated copy of the source file is copied to the versions folder, if present. Script Bundle Tool uses Script Editor to create bundles, then modifies the bundle to correct certain errors. Script Scribe now included. This allows you to see and print snippets of code in dot-indent format from Script Editor or Smile.
published on Wednesday, the 2. April 2008, scriptbuilders
iTunes U adds new PBS material, more
The iTunes U section of the iTunes Store (iTunes link) has expanded with material from a number of different institutions. Among these is PBS, which has added content from the national network, and local stations such as KQED (San Francisco), WETA (Washington, DC), WGBH (Boston) and WNET (New York). This consists mostly of video snippets for teac...
published on Wednesday, the 30. January 2008, macintosh-news-network
Make iWeb sites more sophisticated
Amongst WYSIWYG web site creators Rapidweaver, Sandvox and even Freeway 4 are regarded as more proficient than Apple's humble iWeb. This is mainly because of their ability to incorporate external code to add flexibility, and the fact that iWeb 1 made sites that responded very poorly to search engine spiders, etc. (and with no explicit provision for adding keywords and other meta-tags). As is well known, with the release of iWeb 2.0, Apple added some scope for external HTML snippets and some Google AdSense integration. However, there have been some other useful changes. With an app like BBEdit, you can take the HTML output of an iWeb 2 site (published to a local folder) and run the Multi-File Search Find & Replace function on the whole folder to instantly add new HTML, such as your Google analytics code. Therefore with a simple Find on , you can replace it with... <script src="http://www.google-analytics.co..." type="text/javascript"> &...
published on Friday, the 21. December 2007, macosxhints
10.5: Use text snippets to quickly build accurate searches
Spotlight in Leopard is much, much better. So good, in fact, that I am using it to replace QuickSilver. However, one downside to Spotlight is that it doesn't learn as well as QS so certain Applications/Preferences/Files require a lot of typing. To get around this, I am taking advantage of the new Spotlight commands plus TextExpander to create my own favorites list. First, I realized that if I made the Spotlight search take advantage of the Spotlight Commands listed by David Pogue in this hint, I could create a search that will always work to give me what I want as the top hit. Then, I could link that to a snippet in TextExpander, and I will have created a preferred search that is short and sweet. Thus, I linked the text kind:preferenc...
published on Thursday, the 20. December 2007, macosxhints
Briefly: Las Vegas store; FC Studio seminar
In brief: A new Apple retail store is scheduled to open in Las Vegas tomorrow, Scotsys is offering a free seminar demonstrating Final Cut Studio 2 in Scotland, and REAL Software has shipped REALbasic 2007 Release 5. Mac GUI City has launched a virtual world for Mac users, mystery snippets of text discovered within iTunes 7.5 suggest Apple may be wo...
published on Tuesday, the 13. November 2007, macintosh-news-network