http://www.macgasm.net Mac Tips, Mac News, Mac Everything. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:00:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's 2008 and somehow some people continue to think that a movie camera works just like a still frame camera. Is it me, or did everyone suddenly jump off the short bus all at once? If you rode the short bus as a kid, chances are you're probably not ... http://www.macgasm.net/2008/07/09/rotate-your-videos-i-cant-believe-i-have-to-clarify-this/ Some of us can only look at that psychotic finder window for so long before we start feeling a little uncomfortable. For me, I couldn't last a second longer! So I decided it was in my best interest to change it up. The finder icon is a little ... http://www.macgasm.net/2008/07/08/customize-leopards-finder-icon/ I'm not a cook, but I love cooking. I've yet to have someone give me the skunk eye over something I've fed them, so I think I'm good enough at it that I'll keep doing it. If people are gagging over your dishes, then this application is probably ... http://www.macgasm.net/2008/07/08/macgourmet-manage-those-recipes-on-your-mac/ I watched the iPhone 2.0 / 3G walkthrough last night and noticed that there is a new feature in the iPhone 2.0 software that I don't think is getting enough coverage. You now have the ability to turn off EDGE/3G but still keep the Wi-fi on. This isn't ... http://www.macgasm.net/2008/07/07/iphone-20-airplane-wi-fi-mode/ I had an interesting chat with Jeremy Pihl about running leopard and software packages on my iBook, and how if I have to work on that G4 for much longer I'll probably jump off a cliff. So, if you don't hear from me or read a post in more ... http://www.macgasm.net/2008/07/07/get-optimized-builds-of-firefox-for-your-apple-machine/ I stumbled across this product over at macmod.com and instantly felt sick to my stomach. Sure, we're more secure then windows, sure I can get viruses, sure OS X is the greatest OS ever built, but a usb key that rapes my machine and steals your dignity along the ... http://www.macgasm.net/2008/07/06/holy-crap-mac-lock-pick-time-to-bust-out-the-tin-foil-hats/ Those witty and high IQ guys over at google have released an apple preference pane that lets you connect to your google docs from your desktop and search them using spotlight.  The search extends to your google docs and your google bookmarks. Install the preference pane, put in your login info, ... http://www.macgasm.net/2008/07/05/precipitate-means-i-can-finally-search-my-google-docs/ WWDC labeled Flow as the "Best Leopard Student Product Runner-Up" this year, and if you subscribe to our podcast, or watch our vidcast you would have seen a neat little feature called "drop marks."  While drop marks are pretty damn cool (I've been using them a lot this week), ... http://www.macgasm.net/2008/07/05/flow-an-ftp-program-that-has-replaced-transmit-for-me/ Here are a couple tricks to keep you speeding along without switching to another search bar. The first is auto complete, for some reason my ISP (RR) actually was controlling this until I disabled it. This might be true for your ISP also. So to enable this you must open ... http://www.macgasm.net/2008/07/03/firefox-address-bar-tricks/ As much as we like to pretend that our love for the Mac has nothing to do with aesthetics and everything to do with it being superior to the other options out there, we're all full of crap. There I said it. I didn't buy my first mac ... http://www.macgasm.net/2008/07/03/5-fun-apple-wallpapers/