May 2
System Preferences is an excellent one stop shop for customizing many of the critical settings of the OS X operating system. However, as time goes on and your installation gets filled up with all those crazy apps you install, it may become cumbersome to find the entry you’re looking for.
Lifehacker reader Rosemary Jayne has a useful shortcut for easily finding the Preference Pane entry you are looking for. Read more
One of the most useful, but perhaps mundane, features of the latest iteration of OS X is the ability to select a group of files, right-click, and choose New Folder with Selection. It might not sound very sexy, but it is one of those things that is sorely missed when I jump back over to a Windows machine.
Getting this functionality in Windows is possible with the assistance of a third-party application called Files 2 Folder. Read more
Even though the iPad is an extremely useful and entertaining device, you may find that there are times when it is nothing more than an aesthetically pleasing paperweight. If you want to get more utility out of your expensive investment, you could use it as a second monitor for your Mac or PC. Read more
The holidays are over and, if you’re anything like your peers, you are probably getting used to doing more and more of your shopping online. During the process, you might have discovered that keeping track of all of your packages is a hassle, and desire a way to better organize your online shopping experience.
If you are an iOS user, you might want to check out the following apps. Read more
If you are a Mac user, you may have noticed that application quitting behavior can be quite inconsistent. For some apps, closing the last window of the app also quits the application, like on Windows.
For other apps, closing the last window will still leave the application running in the background, potentially consuming precious resources. Furthermore, if you are using OS X Lion, you may be irked by the new Resume feature, which recreates all the windows you had open when you last closed an app upon its subsequent re-opening.
If you’d like to change how this crucial aspect of daily computing is implemented, you should check out cmdQuit. Read more
Some users may not be aware that they have the ability to pin their favorite applications to their operating system’s app launcher. It’s a relatively simple task to accomplish, so let’s learn how to pin some apps for both OS X and Windows. Read more
One of my favorite, little OS X tricks is the ability to quickly switch between audio playback devices by Option-clicking the volume indicator in the Menu bar. If you are continually switching back and forth between external speakers and a headset, and you use Windows, you might want to check out SoundSwitch. Read more
Although OS X is known for giving its users weeks of smooth, uninterrupted up-time, it is still a computer operating system, and things occasionally go wrong. One of these hiccups is an unresponsive application.
If an OS X program is slowing down your Mac or simply becomes unresponsive to your commands, give this keyboard shortcut a shot. Read more
Mac only: System Preferences is an important resource that enables you to configure numerous, critical functions of OS X. If you find that you frequently change these settings and desire an easier way to access them, you may want to check out MenuPrefs. Read more
Typically, application uninstalls on OS X are easy. All that is required is that you drag the application icon to the trash bin. What you don’t know is that the app may be leaving behind associated files scattered across your Mac’s file system. Even worse, some recalcitrant apps refuse to remove themselves from your system even after you’ve moved them to the trash (e.g., Hotspot Shield). In order to address both of these issues, you will need to utilize third-party utilities. Read more
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