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Snow Leopard: New Airport Icon

Apple’s Newest OS Release Snow Leopard has many new features… Most of them talked about all over the web. A small update has been made to the Airport Icon which doesn’t provide any new functionality but is still a slight change. The New Airport Icon shows when it’s scanning for a network. (see video) Note:

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Sync your iCal Calendar using Dropbox

In this month’s issue of Wired Magazine they give a tip on how to use Dropbox to sync your iCal across multiple macs. Sure you can do this with MobileMe and pay $99 a year which gets you other features but Dropbox is Free (up to 2GB of Storage). Here is how to do it.

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Quick Tip: Quickly find the location of Current File

This Quick Tip helps you find the location of a file that you have open on your screen quickly. Simply hold down the (Apple Key) and click on the file name at the top of the window. A little box will pop up that shows you the path of your file. Now you can click

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Applescript: Move Mail.app Messages to Folder

. . I find myself using 1 or 2 Email folders 90% of the time. And with the amount of email I get I need a fast way of moving read emails into folders for saving. Here is an applescript action to move the selected messages from your inbox to 1 or 2 folders that

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Every Mac User Should Install Quicksilver

Quicksilver is by far my most used application. It is great as an application and document launcher. It’s like spotlight but with a bunch of features. Download it here

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How To: Access a saved Safari passwords.

If you use Safari’s built-in feature to save your passwords you can easily forget a password for a site you don’t use that often. In this tutorial we will learn how to retrieve a password should you need it for another reason other than using it in Safari. First open the application Keychain Access which

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Load a DVD Movie onto your iPod

Here you will learn how to take one of your DVD’s and load the movie onto your iPod. For this tutorial we will be using Handbrake which is a free download.

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Office Prank: Change the HP Laserjet Default Ready Message in Terminal.

In this tutorial we will be looking at how to change the ready message on an HP Laserjet Printer. Works with HP Laserjet Printers with a LCD Display. This is a fun office prank that doesn’t cause any harm to the printer. It’s easy to do, the hardest part is coming up with a good

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