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Category Archives: OS X

Apple’s UNIX-like, BSD and NeXT-derived Mac OS X.

June 23, 2008
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Minor Outrages in Pages

Based on Pages ’08 (3.0.2). Some of these apply to Numbers and/or Keynote as well.

Template Selection

  1. The template category and template selector panes should allow type-ahead selection when either pane has keyboard focus. The category selector only jumps to

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April 5, 2008
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Keynote Guidance

A few ideas to improve the alignment guides in Apple’s Keynote presentation software, based on version 4.0.3.

  1. Allow users to simultaneously create intersecting vertical and horizontal guides by dragging from the upper left corner between the rulers. This halves the

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January 13, 2008
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Data Store Store

During my holiday visit to Seattle, I helped two people address disk space shortages on their Macs. While purchasing additional storage was not the solution I recommended in either case, it got me thinking about the issue.

There are many …

November 10, 2007
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Output

Users should be able to quickly change the audio output device without leaving their current context. This came to mind because I regularly change my output from speakers to headphones so I don’t disturb my roommates and upstairs neighbors. Before …

September 16, 2007
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Eventful

When importing, iPhoto should use the date and time the photos were taken and your calendar to suggest event names. For days with an all day event (such as a holiday) and time-specific events, the default suggestion should be the …