Essential Spotlight Tips
11/27/2009 11:41 Filed in: Tech Notes | Mac
Spotlight in OS X is a powerful search tool that can help you find things quickly. Spotlight indexes all your applications and files, including content. There are some essential tips you need in order to get the most out of this tool. Here are a few of the most important. Read More...
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Document Redirection in Windows XP
08/28/2009 11:24 Filed in: Tech Notes | Windows
If you manage Windows XP computers that are part of a Windows Active Directory Domain you may know that you can use Group Policy Objects on the server to configure document redirection on user workstations. Redirecting the users “My Documents” folder to an alternate location such as a file server can be a good way to ensure files are stored safely on a server where they are included in backups. But what if you don’t have a Windows Domain or are so inclined to use Linux or Mac OS X Server instead? Without an Active Directory domain you can’t use Group Policy to push configuration changes to Windows clients. This document presents a solution. We created a script that can be used to enable document redirection.
The script can be downloaded from http://genielogic.com/assets/mydocs-network-redirect.bat.zip Read More...
The script can be downloaded from http://genielogic.com/assets/mydocs-network-redirect.bat.zip Read More...
A Genie's Rules for Computing Happiness
A Minimalist Approach
“Everything should be as simple as possible, but not more so.” -- Albert Einstein
Software
- Use a Mac for personal computing. Don’t put any other kind of computer in your home. Use Windows only if absolutely necessary.
- Use as little software as possible. Remove software you no longer use.
- Act without doing. Use QuickSilver or Spotlight to speedup workflow.
- Don’t look at ads. Use an ad-blocker in your browser, such as Adblock for Firefox or PithHelmet for Safari.
- Use software that does one thing well. Don’t use software that does many things poorly.
- Don’t use Internet Explorer. Use Firefox or Safari instead.
- Don’t use web applications that should be desktop applications.
- Use a full-fledged email application. Don’t use web mail. (Gmail, Hotmail, Live Mail...we’re looking at you!)
- Don’t depend on the mouse for everything. Learn a few keyboard commands for common tasks.
- Don’t attempt to remember all your passwords. Use a password manager such as 1Password.
Redirecting "My Documents" Folder in a Windows Domain
07/21/2009 13:34 Filed in: Windows | Tech Notes
In a managed network It is often useful to store user’s data on a file server by redirecting their “My Documents” folder to a server.
If you don’t use a Windows domain controller you have to configure this setting manually on each Windows XP computer. In our other article we detail a solution that gets around this problem and lets you redirect the “My Documents” folder automatically so there’s no need to go toil at each machine. Read More...
If you don’t use a Windows domain controller you have to configure this setting manually on each Windows XP computer. In our other article we detail a solution that gets around this problem and lets you redirect the “My Documents” folder automatically so there’s no need to go toil at each machine. Read More...
The Hidden Powers of Preview
07/17/2009 11:41 Filed in: Mac | Tech Notes
Apple’s Preview is more than just a fast and efficient program for reading PDFs, viewing graphics, and running slide shows. The version that comes with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) has some powerful features stashed away in its menus. Now you can enhance your images, annotate and merge PDFs, print multiple images on one page, and more—all without opening a specialized (and often expensive) image editor or PDF tool. Read on to discover eight great things you can do with Preview. Read More...
iPhoto Cache Maintenance
01/24/2009 22:46 Filed in: Mac | Tech Notes
iPhoto will rebuild the thumbnail cache, or rather ask you if you want it to be done, every time it feels the need. Sometimes this might not happen for a while and performance of the cache can degrade over time.
There is no menu command to force a rebuild of the thumbnail cache. Instead, hold down the Command+Option keys while starting iPhoto. This results in the following prompt:
Now select what you want iPhoto to do and click Rebuild.
There is no menu command to force a rebuild of the thumbnail cache. Instead, hold down the Command+Option keys while starting iPhoto. This results in the following prompt:
Now select what you want iPhoto to do and click Rebuild.