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Use the iMac's built-in iSight with iMovie Thu Dec 22 2005 14,906 11
Use the HP Linux Inkjet driver in OS X Wed Sep 25 2002 14,037 10
Use the Home button in Safari to open a new tab Mon Aug 04 2003 5,860 8
Use the hidden MPEG2 encoder in OS X Thu Jul 24 2003 103,238 15
Use the Force Quit dialog as an application switcher Thu Apr 22 2004 3,188 2
Use the Finder's Get Info window to track downloads Fri Jan 16 2004 4,455 10
Use the Finder's FTP integration to search FTP sites Fri Oct 25 2002 17,155 29
Use the Finder toolbar Back button to jump to previously visited folders Mon May 06 2013 1,658 4
Use the Finder to search iChat transcripts Tue Jan 18 2005 11,638 8
Use the Finder to browse hidden directories Mon Aug 06 2001 11,610 5
Use the Finder and the dock to preview music Mon Mar 24 2003 6,453 5
Use the escape key to stop drag and drops Mon Sep 02 2002 4,460 7
Use the envelope feeder on LaserJet 4000s Fri Oct 14 2005 6,354 4
Use the Enter key in list views for instant renaming Tue Apr 08 2003 3,974 3
Use the E-Tech Broadband Router's print server Mon Feb 06 2006 8,259 2
Use the dock to judge Photoshop task progress Fri Jan 17 2003 3,126 8
Use the Dock as a 'last chance' Finder fixer Tue Aug 14 2001 3,920 3
Use the Desktop as your Home folder Tue Oct 09 2001 8,128 4
Use the Dell DJ Ditty with OS X Fri Apr 14 2006 9,321 5
Use the dd command to image 'damaged' CDs Thu Nov 27 2003 18,940 1
Use the contextual menu in the Spotlight search window Wed Dec 19 2007 4,448 0
Use the Console app to monitor other system logs Sat Jun 02 2001 5,973 5
Use the command line to access files faster Mon Oct 08 2001 5,712 4
Use the command line installer to automate installs Wed Dec 11 2002 4,319 8
Use the Command key to get to document extremities Tue Dec 02 2003 6,011 11
Use the Command key for shortcuts in X11 apps Fri Feb 09 2007 14,115 8
Use the Colour Picker's magnifying glass to grab any colour Fri May 09 2003 10,212 8
Use the ColorSync Utility to repair profiles Wed Feb 26 2003 5,267 1
Use the clipboard in the terminal Wed Jun 27 2001 10,896 6
Use the Chimera sidebar on a second monitor Tue Oct 01 2002 3,761 2
Use the character palette to create Finder MP3 ratings Wed Sep 04 2002 4,119 2
Use the Casio CW-100 CD printer with OS X Wed Feb 16 2005 18,762 15
Use the Bugzilla bug tracker with Safari Wed Jan 15 2003 8,383 2
Use the bookmarks folder as Safari's home page Thu Jan 30 2003 6,565 3
Use the application switcher to force quit an application Wed Oct 20 2004 6,929 5
Use the Apple Remote to show the boot drive menu Wed May 27 2009 2,404 0
Use the Apple Remote to control many other apps Fri Jun 23 2006 18,746 5
Use the Apple external SuperDrive on (almost) any Mac Fri Nov 11 2011 47,066 29
Use the Airport Express as a local time server Wed Aug 11 2004 15,307 15
Use the Adobe Myriad font in other Applications Thu Apr 24 2003 27,960 3
Use the 'bash' shell in the terminal Thu Jan 11 2001 5,679 1
Use the 'at' command to schedule tasks Mon Sep 26 2005 20,177 6
Use Text-to-Speech in Word and non-Cocoa applications Tue Mar 30 2004 5,165 3
Use text substitutions to correct common typing errors Fri Nov 09 2012 4,268 11
Use TeXShop instead of X11 for Matlab plots Mon Apr 04 2005 10,741 13
Use TeXShop as a PDF manipulation tool Thu Aug 14 2003 22,278 20
Use Terminal's vi as default text editor Thu Mar 13 2008 37,202 16
Use Terminal's Shell-Library menu Fri Apr 27 2001 3,723 1
Use Terminal with X11, revisited Wed Sep 14 2005 14,109 14
Use Terminal with X11 instead of xterm Fri Dec 07 2001 11,925 7
Use Terminal to open Screen Sharing connections Thu Mar 18 2010 12,700 10
Use Telnet BBS's with proper ANSI emulation Thu Nov 16 2006 7,373 0
Use Teleport with VNC for total remote keyboard control Mon Jun 02 2008 15,508 8
Use target disk mode to create a disk image backup Wed Dec 21 2005 21,907 11
Use tar to quickly create segmented files Mon Mar 23 2009 11,320 8
Use tabbed terminal windows with iTerm Mon Mar 03 2003 12,527 15
Use Tab-completion for SSH 'host' aliases Fri Jan 15 2010 11,862 6
Use SystemStarter to restart system services Thu Oct 03 2002 54,203 8
Use system keystrokes with Sony Ericsson remotes Wed Oct 05 2005 11,572 3
Use Sync Apps Search Field in iTunes 10 Fri Sep 03 2010 5,302 3
Use symbolic links to secure personal information Wed Dec 18 2002 9,698 5
Use symbolic links instead of aliases on the desktop Mon Dec 16 2002 16,565 20
Use symbolic links in a Dropbox folder Wed Aug 15 2012 23,049 19
Use symbolic links for desktop picture collections Fri Jan 10 2003 2,502 2
Use stty to facilitate interactive script input Wed Jun 09 2004 7,054 3
Use Streamload for big backups Thu Aug 18 2005 14,127 12
Use Sticky Keys to load all Safari links in tabs Fri Apr 18 2003 5,333 8
Use Stickies to view Script Editor dictionaries Thu Jun 10 2004 6,474 5
Use Stickies to view PDF Files Wed Jun 02 2004 8,119 12
Use Stickies to preview fonts Tue Feb 11 2003 2,175 1
Use Stickies as clean backdrop Tue Jun 08 2004 4,638 2
Use Stickies as a constant 'To Do' reminder on the Desktop Tue Dec 22 2009 9,956 2
Use Starcraft on a case-sensitive HFS+ volume Wed Dec 12 2007 7,475 8
Use SSH with ProjectBuilder's SCM feature Mon Nov 12 2001 8,339 7
Use SSH to secure AppleShare connections Fri Aug 30 2002 3,473 2
Use SSH to access servers behind firewalls Mon Sep 09 2002 21,575 11
Use SSH for secure AppleShare sessions Tue May 29 2001 6,844 2
Use SRS Labs iWow iTunes plug-in with AirTunes Wed Sep 05 2007 8,921 0
Use squid to perform upstream web proxy authentication Fri Feb 28 2003 38,582 13
Use spring loaded folders in Entourage Thu Aug 29 2002 3,118 2
Use Spotlight to speed up grep searches Tue Mar 23 2010 9,017 7
Use split and cat to make segments and rejoin them Tue Jan 31 2006 29,802 15
Use spell check and email aliases in .Mac's webmail Mon Aug 02 2004 9,624 9
Use Speech to announce new Mail messages Fri Apr 23 2004 14,132 29
Use speech service to help proofread documents Thu Nov 07 2002 5,315 7
Use speech features to help 'decode' passwords Wed Nov 10 2004 4,239 0
Use Speakable Items to navigate Safari by voice Thu Jan 16 2003 24,001 9
Use speakable items to control Exposé Tue Aug 17 2004 12,733 13
Use sounds to distinguish new messages in Mail Tue Oct 01 2002 5,294 3
Use Sopcast with external video player Fri Aug 31 2012 8,881 1
Use some Mail rules on an as-needed basis via the keyboard Mon Feb 08 2010 7,518 4
Use some hidden Safari and WebKit preferences Wed Oct 05 2005 14,438 3
Use some AfterDark screensavers in OS X Mon Feb 02 2004 15,444 4
Use SNAX to connect to your iDisk Fri Jan 04 2002 3,762 1
Use smart playlists in iTunes4 to track required backups Fri May 16 2003 6,417 8
Use smart playlists in iTunes for GarageBand imports Mon Dec 13 2004 6,921 0
Use smart playlists for better podcast grouping on iPods Fri Jul 08 2005 10,194 10
Use Smart Objects in Photoshop to help with label design Fri Jan 16 2009 6,810 0
Use Smart Albums in iPhoto to erase default photo titles Mon Mar 29 2010 7,051 10
Use small icons in toolbars Tue Aug 27 2002 6,889 6


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