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Alfred or Spotlight – Finding A File’s Location

June 28, 2013 By Scott Blitstein 1 Comment

Why Would I Want To Know This? This guide is inspired by a reader question as well as a recent discussion I had about why I use the application Alfred. The question came to me as "I am using Spotlight to find files and while it will let me open them, I can't figure out where they are or how to actually get to the file on my computer. Can you help?" I got to work … [Read more...] about Alfred or Spotlight – Finding A File’s Location

How To Create Keyboard Shortcuts With Snap

June 18, 2013 By Scott Blitstein Leave a Comment

Why Would I Want To Do This? There is no shortage of ways to launch an application on your Mac. While you can add items to your dock for clicking or dig through your Applications folder, there is no substitute for a quick keyboard shortcut, a custom key combination that when triggered will open up your application of choice. Keyboard shortcuts are useful because they don't … [Read more...] about How To Create Keyboard Shortcuts With Snap

How To Work With Multiple Running Applications

June 16, 2013 By Scott Blitstein 2 Comments

Why Would I Want To Do This? If you use your computer to do multiple things then chances are you are going to have different programs running to help you accomplish all that you need to do. A browser for Internet, maybe an email client, an RSS Reader, Word or Pages, a to-do list, all open and at the ready for you to use throughout your day. Being able to easily and quickly … [Read more...] about How To Work With Multiple Running Applications

How To Clean Up Messy Text With TextWrangler

June 8, 2013 By Scott Blitstein 1 Comment

Why Would I Want To Do This? If you frequently receive text from others for use in your work or projects you probably find that it is often messy, containing extra spaces, misplaced caps, all caps or even no caps. Also, if you grab it from a web page or a Google Doc, your text can contain formatting that can affect how it looks when pasted in to its final home. A good way to … [Read more...] about How To Clean Up Messy Text With TextWrangler

How To Prevent Parallels Applications From Appearing in Alfred Search Results

June 3, 2013 By Scott Blitstein 11 Comments

Why Would I Want To Do This? If you are a user of both the Alfred Launcher application and the Parallels app to run Windows (or other Operating System) Applications, you may find that you accidentally open these applications from Alfred search results. This can be problematic because it causes your whole Parallels Virtual Machine to launch if not already open. After a few … [Read more...] about How To Prevent Parallels Applications From Appearing in Alfred Search Results

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