macOS

About macOS and Applications for Apple Mac computers.

Firefox 8.0.1

Firefox

About:config

Sessionstore.js

How to extract all URLs from sessionstore.js to a file: grep -oP '"url":"K[^"]+' $(ls -t sessionstore.js | sed q) > ~/URLs.txt

Places.sqlite

Places.sqlite – MozillaZine Knowledge Base

Places ERD
Places ERD

Add-ons

Privacy

Misc

  • 1Password
    Password manager & form filler for Mac OS X
  • Adblock Plus
    Ads were yesterday!
  • Affiliate Espionage
    Simple competitive intelligence software
  • CashKeywords Toolbar
    More than just a toolbar
  • Close n forget
    Close current tab and forget about the visit: suppress the related cookies and, if configured, the whole domain from the history
  • ColorZilla
    Advanced eyedropper, color picker, page zoomer and other colorful goodies
  • Evernote Web Clipper
    Provides a button and context menus to easily add a selection or an entire page to Evernote
  • FaviconizeTab
    he width of the specified tab becomes small up to the size of favicon
  • Firebug
    Web development evolved
  • Flashblock
    Replaces Flash objects with a button you can click to view them
  • KGen
  • Live HTTP headers
    View HTTP headers of a page and while browsing
  • Long URL Please
    Automatically converts short URLs from services like TinyURL.com back to the original so that users don't have to
  • Mozbar
    A toolbar for the users of SEOmoz.org, Inc.
  • PPCBully Toolbar
    More than just a toolbar
  • Read It Later
    Save pages to read later
  • SearchStatus
    Display the Google, Alexa, Compete and Linkscape rankings with search related tools
  • SEO Blogger
    Wordtracker's SEO Blogger extension
  • SEO For Firefox
    SEO information inline with Google and Yahoo! search results
  • SeoQuake
    Quick view of site parameters in the search engine results pages
  • Stop-or-Reload Button
    Turns the stop and reload buttons into a single on. When you can stop, you have a Stop button, otherwise you have a Reload button (like Safari)
  • Tab Mix Plus
    Tab browsing with an added boost
  • User Agent Switcher
    Adds a menu and a toolbar button to switch the user agent of the browser
  • Web Developer
    Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools
  • X-RayS
    ee the tags on a page without viewing the source code
  • Xmarks
    Bookmark sync and web discovery
  • YSlow
    Make your pages faster with Yahoo!'s page performance tool

User Styles

Stylish is a Firefox extension to manage user styles.

Remove Firefox Bookmarks toolbar folder icons:

@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul);

.bookmark-item > .toolbarbutton-icon {
display: none !important;
}

User Style Links

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iTunes

Controlling iTunes

Why to Encrypt Your iOS Backups

  • Personal information, such as email account passwords and contact information will be secured.
  • The log of location data is encrypted with everything else.
  • If you restore a new iOS device from a backup, usually passwords such as mail account passwords aren’t stored. But if your backup is encrypted, the passwords will be kept, making the transition to a new device much easier.

Links for iTunes

Apple: iTunes

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Alfred

Alfred is a quick keyboard launcher for apps and more in the spirit of Quicksilver, Butler and LaunchBar. It's a productivity application, which saves you time in searching your local computer and the web.

How to Use Alfred

  1. Invoke it using a global shortcut
  2. then type whatever you want to find… type an app name to launch it
  3. or type “google” and your search term to search Google.

One thing that impresses me most about Alfred is its speed.

Links for Alfred

[Alfred →]

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Fluid

“Fluid lets you create a Site Specific Browser (SSB) out of any website or web application, effectively turning your favorite web apps into desktop apps.”

How to Change the Name of a Fluid Application

  1. Rename the Fluid application in Finder
  2. Choose Show Package Contents command for the application in Finder
  3. Open Contents/Info.plist file with Property List Editor
  4. Edit Bundle identifier value from com.fluidapp.FluidInstance.[old name] to com.fluidapp.FluidInstance.[new name]
  5. Edit Bundle name value
  6. Save and close Info.plist and relaunch the application

How to Move a Fluid Application to Another Folder

  1. Move the Fluid application to another folder

How to Change the Home Page of a Fluid Application

  1. Choose Show Package Contents command for the Fluid application in Finder
  2. Open Contents/Resources/Config.plist file with Property List Editor
  3. Edit TODHomeURLString value
  4. Save and close Config.plist
  5. Open ~/Library/Preferences/com.fluidapp.FluidInstance.[name].plist file with Property List Editor
  6. Edit TODHomeURLString value
  7. Save and close .plist file and relaunch the application

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Pixelmator 1.6.4

Pixelmator Reviews

Ars Techincas has a comprehensive Pixelmator 1.6.4 review. Here are some of the topics:

  • The Pixelmator Interface – “…Interface really sells it as the sleek package that it is.”
    • Lightweight and fast
    • Similar workflow to Photoshop, down to the last key
    • UI criticisms
  • The Tools and Adjustments – “…Tools and adjustments straddle the line between hardcore image editor and consumer app.”
    • Brush handling
    • Robust Layers
  • Web Slicing and Output – “…simple but strong enough for serious work.”
    • The Filters
    • Type Handling
  • The Consumer-specific Tools – “…number of consumer-oriented features like export options for various Web galleries (Flickr, Facebook and Picasa).”
    • Camera support
  • Compared to the Competition
    • Pixelmator vs Photoshop Elements 9
    • Pixelmator vs The GIMP 2.6.x
  • Things Clearly Missing from Pixelmator
  • Conclusion
    • Pros: Very responsive with high-res images, well thought out interface, makes a great starter edition to learning Photoshop…
    • Cons: Can't save to Photoshop documents as working file format, type editing is limited, zoomed-out image aliasing problems…
    • Takeaway: The start of something great for Mac image editing.

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