Tag Archives: mac

Print Using Half the Paper

If you’re like me at all you haven’t given up completely on that old thing we call paper. Whether that article is just too long to read on the screen or maybe you just want to read it elsewhere printing articles is still quite useful. Here’s how to setup your computer to print your articles [...]

Automate Bit.ly with AppleScript

A couple more AppleScripts, these help you turn a long URL into a short one using bit.ly. For even more usefulness use Quicksilver triggers or similar to bind these to a hotkey. Grabs URL from Safai: tell application “Safari” set longURL to (get URL of front document) end tell do shell script “curl http://bit.ly/api?url=” & [...]

Sync iPhone/iPod when New Podcasts Arrive on Your Mac

Use Script Editor to create a new AppleScript in ~/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts/, I’d name it add – new item sync iPod.scpt. Script text is below. Then right-click (control-click) on any folder in Finder, go to More, and then to Configure Folder Actions… Make sure you check Enable Folder Actions, then click the + button under [...]