| Hint Title | Date | Viewed | Cmnts |
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Process Mail attachments with AppleScript
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Thu Aug 09 2012 |
12 | 0 |
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Use iPhoto to straighten scanned images
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Fri Jun 08 2007 |
15 | 1 |
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Batch convert tabbed text files to ID3 tags
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Thu Mar 13 2008 |
23 | 0 |
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Find artwork for music not carried in the iTunes Store
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Tue Jul 24 2007 |
28 | 1 |
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Retro Mac file exchange via USB floppy
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Wed Jun 18 2008 |
31 | 3 |
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Notice: Mac OS X Hints is now a read-only site
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Thu Nov 13 2014 |
31 | 0 |
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Connect U.S. Macs to non-U.S. AirPort Base Stations
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Fri Aug 03 2007 |
32 | 1 |
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Use a desktop screenshot as a screensaver
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Fri May 13 2011 |
35 | 1 |
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Reclaim startup disk space from MobileSync backups
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Thu Mar 22 2012 |
39 | 3 |
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Use Screen Capture tool to measure onscreen objects
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Mon Mar 16 2009 |
44 | 2 |
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10.5: Time Machine and virtual machine backups
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Mon Jan 28 2008 |
57 | 2 |
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10.6: Secure delete in 10.6 is very slow
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Thu Sep 24 2009 |
57 | 4 |
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Hold mail in the Inbox, then filter it when ready
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Fri May 13 2011 |
59 | 1 |
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Easy and free web photo posting tools for iPhoto
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Mon Jul 23 2007 |
66 | 2 |
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Launch programs in Dock while dragging with spacebar
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Fri Mar 28 2008 |
79 | 3 |
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Care with global-umask
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Tue Aug 05 2003 |
207 | 12 |
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Fix Classic redraw problems on newer PowerMacs
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Fri Sep 12 2003 |
217 | 7 |
|
Eject All keyboard shortcut
|
Tue May 07 2013 |
345 | 0 |
|
10.3: A potential fix for a broken XDarwin / Panther install
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Sat Nov 15 2003 |
364 | 5 |
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Repair disk permissions from boot volume only
|
Tue Aug 05 2003 |
418 | 14 |
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Performance increase with ibook and ATI 16mb video card
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Fri Sep 12 2003 |
636 | 11 |
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Solution to multiple OS X app versions on one machine
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Fri Jul 11 2003 |
651 | 23 |
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Offer boot-time OS choice on one-partition drives
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Mon Apr 15 2002 |
1,174 | 1 |
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Secure vnc over ssh tunnel
|
Wed Jul 23 2003 |
1,357 | 15 |
|
Hide and show inactive updates
|
Thu Oct 24 2002 |
1,759 | 0 |
|
Jump forward and back in Help from the keyboard
|
Mon Sep 09 2002 |
1,818 | 0 |
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Display old-fashioned iTunes play length info
|
Fri Jul 19 2002 |
1,834 | 0 |
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Allow time zone changes in 10.1
|
Sat Sep 29 2001 |
1,843 | 1 |
|
Stop top with a single keystroke
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Sun Mar 24 2002 |
1,853 | 2 |
|
Links page updated
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Wed Nov 14 2001 |
1,866 | 0 |
|
Fix for 10.0.2 'Optimizing' failure
|
Thu May 03 2001 |
1,872 | 1 |
|
Apple's 10.1 information page
|
Wed Jul 18 2001 |
1,876 | 1 |
|
Launch system prefs with the keyboard
|
Mon Jan 07 2002 |
1,880 | 10 |
|
Updated Developer Tools released
|
Thu Jun 14 2001 |
1,883 | 2 |
|
Terminal's window menu identifies su shells
|
Tue Mar 05 2002 |
1,886 | 2 |
|
Site schedule: January 5th - 8th
|
Sun Jan 05 2003 |
1,900 | 0 |
|
Email downloading troubles in mail.app
|
Tue Oct 02 2001 |
1,901 | 1 |
|
Dragging Internet Explorer windows around
|
Mon Sep 02 2002 |
1,907 | 1 |
|
Change PC card status in 10.2 menubar
|
Tue Sep 10 2002 |
1,909 | 1 |
|
Jump to the defined home page in Mozilla
|
Thu Oct 03 2002 |
1,913 | 0 |
|
Site update schedule this weekend...
|
Thu Jun 20 2002 |
1,916 | 9 |
|
Selecting and deleting items in mail
|
Sat Jul 14 2001 |
1,931 | 0 |
|
Song previews in iTunes4 Music Store may fail due to proxy
|
Fri May 02 2003 |
1,932 | 1 |
|
Quick access to desktop picture changes
|
Wed Aug 28 2002 |
1,934 | 0 |
|
Finding X-friendly CD burners
|
Wed May 02 2001 |
1,939 | 1 |
|
Cycle Get Info options via keyboard (10.1.5)
|
Thu Sep 26 2002 |
1,941 | 3 |
|
View window contents without scrolling
|
Wed Oct 17 2001 |
1,949 | 3 |
|
Apple's OS X feedback page
|
Sun Mar 25 2001 |
1,952 | 0 |
|
Classic file sharing can cause Apache IP problems
|
Tue Sep 17 2002 |
1,965 | 1 |
|
iPhoto4 sharing needs original iPhoto Library file
|
Tue Feb 03 2004 |
1,965 | 1 |
|
Command-click shelf items for new window
|
Wed Mar 28 2001 |
1,966 | 0 |
|
Copy/paste from IE 5.1
|
Sat Mar 31 2001 |
1,968 | 0 |
|
RNPL for Darwin
|
Sat Oct 13 2001 |
1,973 | 0 |
|
PR: SochkoEasyFind internet search tool released
|
Tue Nov 20 2001 |
1,977 | 0 |
|
HTMLedit launch bug
|
Fri Jan 12 2001 |
1,978 | 0 |
|
Use vector-based desktop pictures
|
Tue Jan 15 2002 |
1,978 | 0 |
|
Resize iTunes3 windows without realtime updates
|
Tue Jul 30 2002 |
1,978 | 8 |
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Check Ircle channel activity in minimized windows
|
Mon Dec 02 2002 |
1,984 | 0 |
|
Change the desktop image with an iPhoto
|
Tue Jan 22 2002 |
1,987 | 4 |
|
Edit smart playlists in iTunes3
|
Sat Sep 07 2002 |
1,987 | 1 |
|
A replacement 'page' command
|
Mon Jul 09 2001 |
1,989 | 0 |
|
Option-click to start IE downloads immediately
|
Thu Jan 09 2003 |
1,990 | 1 |
|
Speak the path to any item on the hard drive
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Tue Nov 12 2002 |
1,999 | 1 |
|
Site news and updates
|
Thu Feb 21 2002 |
2,008 | 0 |
|
QuickTime scales printed images to page size
|
Fri Feb 15 2002 |
2,012 | 1 |
|
Transferring images to a Palm 505
|
Thu Aug 22 2002 |
2,013 | 0 |
|
Rendezvous and Asante Intracore switches
|
Fri Aug 30 2002 |
2,020 | 4 |
|
Email NetNewsWire articles with AppleScript and Mail
|
Tue Nov 11 2003 |
2,025 | 0 |
|
Use ProjectBuilder for PHP development
|
Sun Feb 17 2002 |
2,030 | 1 |
|
Sherlock and foreign language indexing
|
Thu Jan 24 2002 |
2,033 | 1 |
|
Scroll wheels and MoviePlayer
|
Mon Jul 09 2001 |
2,034 | 0 |
|
Run Office98 to fool Entourage X
|
Mon Jul 01 2002 |
2,034 | 3 |
|
Minor beta site update...
|
Thu Feb 13 2003 |
2,040 | 2 |
|
Create custom names for docked IE URLs
|
Wed May 08 2002 |
2,045 | 1 |
|
Set up Quicken2002 for multi-user support
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Sat Jun 01 2002 |
2,045 | 2 |
|
Navigate and manipulate Calendar events with arrow keys
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Thu Aug 02 2012 |
2,049 | 1 |
|
Headline hints and other site changes
|
Sat Nov 24 2001 |
2,053 | 0 |
|
Rotate squares in Zap with a right-click
|
Fri Jan 23 2004 |
2,056 | 1 |
|
SnapzPro and OS X 10.1
|
Fri Oct 19 2001 |
2,057 | 0 |
|
Double clickable mySQL installer
|
Fri Apr 06 2001 |
2,061 | 0 |
|
Print to a non-networked PostScript printer
|
Thu Jan 24 2002 |
2,064 | 3 |
|
Restore IE's Download Manager window
|
Fri Jan 25 2002 |
2,067 | 0 |
|
Browse your iTunes4 library while using Music Store
|
Fri May 02 2003 |
2,068 | 0 |
|
Install and use Toast5 Preview without a reboot
|
Wed Jul 18 2001 |
2,070 | 0 |
|
Share dictionaries between Word and Entourage
|
Tue Oct 22 2002 |
2,071 | 2 |
|
Create aliases from within an application
|
Mon Jan 14 2002 |
2,078 | 5 |
|
About the recent (lack of) site speed
|
Tue Apr 16 2002 |
2,079 | 8 |
|
View source in main browser window in Chimera
|
Mon Oct 21 2002 |
2,086 | 1 |
|
Create near-duplicate spam filters in Eudora
|
Wed Apr 02 2003 |
2,086 | 0 |
|
Modify the Installer window
|
Fri Jul 20 2001 |
2,091 | 0 |
|
Add optional paper tray support for older LaserWriters
|
Fri Oct 04 2002 |
2,093 | 0 |
|
Remove extra iMovie3 help files to save drive space
|
Tue Feb 11 2003 |
2,095 | 1 |
|
Possible Norton System Works and 10.1.4 conflict
|
Thu May 02 2002 |
2,096 | 8 |
|
Use the mouse to switch DVD Player modes
|
Wed Jan 23 2002 |
2,098 | 0 |
|
Helpful information for inkjet printer purchases
|
Fri May 10 2002 |
2,098 | 0 |
|
Dismiss utility windows with the keyboard
|
Sat Jun 08 2002 |
2,098 | 2 |
|
Print Sherlock AppleCare results via any browser
|
Thu Jan 16 2003 |
2,098 | 0 |
|
Potential problems from partial Dev Tools installs
|
Tue Jan 21 2003 |
2,101 | 1 |
|
Drag iPhoto images to docked applications
|
Thu Jul 18 2002 |
2,107 | 2 |
|
Best of the Mac Web survey
|
Tue Mar 05 2002 |
2,113 | 0 |