It took me a while, but ever since I’ve gotten my head around Smart Folders (and Smart Playlists and Smart Groups, etc.), I’ve started to think about the way I use my Mac a bit differently. Clearly iTunes is the winner in this regard (watch for an upcoming multi-part series about Smart Playlists on The Merlin […]

008: HOWTO: Quicksilver: Application Menus | The Merlin Show Click To Play play_blip_movie_171729(); Many of the most diehard Quicksilver fans don’t know “proxy objects” even exist. Proxies are a sexy way to build actions and triggers around abstract QS items such as “Current Application,” “Finder Selection,” “Album Now Playing,” and even meta-stuff like “Last Command” and […]

Unsanity.org: Love Tropicana: The Fix for securityd Eatings Gobs of Ram When Updating Keychain Entries For the past few months, I’ve suffered the most vexing and stubborn OS X problem I’ve ever had to confront. Detailed in this Apple.com forum thread, the short version is that something with my Keychain went haywire somewhere, and any […]

MacBreak 33: The Distracted Mac (Direct MOV Download) Although it covers a lot of the same ground as a previous MacBreak we did on the subject, I think Leo and my segment on un-distract-ifying your Mac turned out pretty good (my atrocious hairstyle at shoot time notwithstanding). Download 10:28 MOV file now… Here’s the apps and […]

If you’re not already a big Quicksilver fan, this probably won’t mint you as a new one, but if you’re a text-y geek who’s more comfortable with fast typing than changing modes, this is quite a gem.