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OS X Lion : the hidden Library

  • 26 Jul 2011
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If you're like me and recently installed OS X Lion, you may have noticed that the Library folder is no longer shown in the Finder. It is actually just hidden. Here a three easy tricks to get it back or to access it. Completely unhide the Library We do this thanks to the Terminal. Launch it and...…

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Tweaking Mac OS X screenshots

  • 20 Jan 2011
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Most of Mac users do know how to change the default name of captures taken in OS X, in the Terminal or via Onyx. Just like me, you may want to replace the default "Screenshot" name by something more personal. Plus, since Snow Leopard, a date/time stamp is automatically added to the file name and I…

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Considering the new MacBook Air

  • 21 Oct 2010
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During Apple's latest keynote, Steve Jobs unveiled the new MacBook Air. The first thing to say is that it has a pretty nice design. Secondly, we all have to admit that it is awesome to have such technologies in a so small device. After that, you may consider buying one, but you have to look a…

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Mac Mail.app to copy only the email address

  • 18 Jun 2010
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Mail.app is a really good and efficient email client for the Mac. But it has some lacks and annoying nuts. One of those is the fact that since Mac OS X 10.6, when you copy an email address, you also copy the name at the same time. I don't like this behavior as it's useless to me. I found a trick on…

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Safari 5 is ready for border-radius

  • 17 Jun 2010
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This is just a quick note about the latest Safari update, version 5. As you may have noticed, Safari 5 now supports the plain border-radius CSS3 property. With Safari 4 and below, you were able to make rounded corner only with the -webkit- prefix. That's good news ! Demo (Safari 5 needed) With…

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