How-to: Customizing the Default Card View in Address Book
The default card that opens when you create a new contact in Address Book can be customized to show the fields you want it to show and in this video tip, we look at how.
How-to: Merge Contact Cards in Address Book
In this how-to video we take a look at how to merge contact cards in Address Book in OS X. Click on the continue reading link to see the video.
How-to: Using the Dasboard
Learn how to use the Dashboard widgets feature in OS X in this video, available to watch after the jump.
Extract High-Quality App Icons
Today I am going to send a very useful tip along, if you ever need to get an applications icon to use somewhere, which is how we get the high-quality icons of all apps we review.
You open Finder and go to your Applications folder. In there, you highlight the application which icon you wish to get and simply copy it (Command + C). You then open up Preview and go to File > New From Clipboard (Command + N) and you get the application icon at the quality that the developers included.
Show Hidden Files in Finder
Finder in Mac OS X typically leaves all system files starting with a dot (example .DS_Store) out from the default folder listings. If you want to be able to modify one of these files however, or if you need to be able to see an .htaccess file as a web developer, you can execute this command in Terminal to show them all:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE killall Finder
If you are getting annoyed at all of these files displaying, just run the command again, changing TRUE to FALSE and you will hide them again.
Learn about the new features in Aperture 3 by watching our full Appthough on it where we have a look at Faces, Places, Adjustment Presets and Brushes, all new in Aperture 3.