Archive for July, 2007

AppleScript to sync with iSync

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Lately, I have been toying with automating some of my common tasks in OS X. I’m taking the same approach as I take to Emacs, which basically amounts to:

Be aware of what you do.
Identify patterns of repetitive actions which could be automated.
Automate them.

I’ve been using iSync for a year or so now, but not very [...]

Hidden features in QuickTime Player 7.2

Monday, July 30th, 2007

As you may know, QuickTime Player 7.2 added full-screen play support, without having to shell out for QuickTime Pro. What you may have missed is this new Preferences screen.

There are also some options in the View menu. Some are present in the “Movie Size” options, some are not. What you may not know is that [...]