This hint will add highlighter styles to the styles menu of the OS X apps TextEdit (which is part of OS X) or Bean (a slightly better freeware app): Create highlighter pen effects in TextEdit
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12 Hours to Better Time Management – Stepcase Lifehack
This is a nice little article worth reading, even if you consider yourself pretty organized. I found a few things missing from my organizational scheme. 12 Hours to Better Time Management – Stepcase Lifehack * * * A personal addendum: I use OmniFocus in combination with iCal, which together handle most of my reminder and …
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Dictionary Cleaner (OS X freeware)
Get it here: Dictionary Cleaner From the website: “One of the great features of Mac OS X has aways been the built-in spelling checker. Unfortunately, there’s no easy way to see what words you’ve added. But with Dictionary Cleaner, a convenient System Preferences pane for Mac OS X, now you can.”
Making Mac OS X Leopard Even Better
Apple’s OS X Leopard (version 10.5) is a great operating system, clearly their best yet. Nevertheless, there are ways to make it even better. This is my short collection of favorite tips. In this collection, I am focusing on general usability—things that enhance Finder and your general workflow. I’ve added a few general purpose apps …
Prevent OS X from ejecting a FireWire drive when logging out
We had a problem at work in which a shared FireWire drive would unmount when logging out of a user account. This is unfortunately the default behavior under OS X, and there is no easy preference to turn it off. This default behavior is intended to prevent inexperienced users from unplugging a device after they …
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