UXP App: Paparazzi

September 23, 2004

A simple Mac OS X tool that can take screenshots of pages that are much taller than my screen height, and I've finally found it.

Essential Mac OS X Utilities

September 01, 2004

There are probably a thousand of these types of list by mac zealots on the web. Also, this also begs the question as to why anyone would care with the Mac hovering at under 2% worldwide market share. However, in the professional space I work in (namely Visual Design, Multimedia, and Professional Digital Video), the Mac is still a force.

So, without further ado, here is my list of essential Mac OS X Utilities:

• X-Assist - Bring back the classic menu switcher from OS 9 to Mac OS X. Old habits die hard, so you shouldn't have to change. Nice little add on app that allows fast application switching plus numerous add on shortcuts.
• DragThing - Add customized floating docks to the finder. Allows one-click access to your favorite app from the finder. Fully scriptable and it removes the need to load up the default Mac OS X Dock with 10,000 unreadable icons.
• Location X - Location Manager Switcher OS X Style. Brings back Mac OS 9 style fast location switching. Allows you to quickly switch all your location settings (Network, Quicktime, Default Volume Settings, Printers, etc) in one click on a per location basis. Very useful on PowerBooks that roam from Company campuses or while on travel.
• Default Folder - Finder Add On that allows you to assign favorite folder locations and quickly navigate to them within the OS' Open and Save Dialog Boxes.

There's more out there that I use, but these things make OS X better.