Most operating systems include a number of built in applications, Apple’s OSX is no exception. Some of these are ok while some like iPhoto, Garage Band and iTunes are truly great examples of applications that showcase OSX.
The articles here are about those built in applications.
Watching DVDs on your Mac is easy with the built in DVD player. You can launch it two ways.
1. Pop a DVD in your Super Drive and the DVD player launches.
2. Open the Applications folder and click the DVD Player icon.
Once a DVD starts playing, you can go to full screen mode by clicking Cmd-F
Mail.app sometimes is a little too smart, especially when it comes to completing addresses as you type them in the address fields.
When you send an email to someone Mail.app stores it in a list called Previous Recipients. Then, each time you send an email, the software tries to guess who you want to send an email to as you type it in. This generally works well. If, however, you have old email addresses that you know longer use, it will sometimes show up first in the completion field. This adds a few extra keystrokes to finding the right recipient, slowing you down.
It is however possible to clean up this list. This is one of those tips that is super easy but bugged me for sometime until I found it.
Inside this window you can do a number of things including:
If you’ve used Mac OS X for a while now, you may of discovered Automator, the drag and drop scripting system that allows you to automate tedious tasks very easily. I’ve used it to create an “Send to Email” script which allows me to select an attachment in the Finder and send it via email.
Totally Apps has posted a guide written by Apple’s Production Manager for Apple Automator Sal Soghoian. He is one of the names behind Apple’s Automator Workflow application he shared the stage with Steve Jobs while introducing this whole new way to work.
I’ve been using OSX for a few years now but every once in a while I run into one of those obvious features of the OS that I never knew about. This happened just the other day with the Address Book.
The Mac Address Book has a very full featured print facility which lets you print envelopes, mailing labels, even a pocket address book. You just need to select a card or range of cards and select Print from the menu. Check out the video below to see the entire process.
Have you come across anything about OSX that you never knew existed, tell us about it here.
If you would like to rip DVDs onto your OSX system there are less options than on a Windows PC. However, the software that is available is very good. Today we are going to take a look at Handbrake. A very easy to use DVD ripping program that will take DVDs and convert them into a plethora of formats.
If you want to rip DVDs for the iPod, AppleTV, TiVo or just to watch on your Mac Book then Handbrake is the application for you.
To get started, you need to first install Handbrake onto your system.
As you can see Handbrake does an excellent job of easily allowing you to load your DVD collection into your Mac. The next time you are on a trip, you don’t have to bore yourself with things like reading. Open up iTunes or VLC and you’re ready to go.
