Monthly Archives: November 2007

Wishlist: MacBook Nano

I would kill for this hypothetical machine:
MacBook Nano

Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.0 GHz
2GB RAM
32 GB solid state hard drive
11 inch LCD @ 1280×800 resolution (16:10 ratio)
ExpressCard slot
iSight camera
mini-DVI out
USB 2.0 x2
6+ hours of battery life
Less than $3,000 USD

Note the lack of DVD drive, to save space. This thing should be small and light. [...]

Drag/drop on monitor-spanning Finder windows

In OS X Leopard (can’t confirm earlier versions), if you have a Finder window spanning multiple physical monitors or multiple virtual Spaces, or extending off the edge of any physical monitor, try dragging a file and dangling it over that Finder window.  The Finder window will smoothly slide into the current physical monitor on the [...]

Multi-monitor zooming now works in OS X Leopard

One of OS X Tiger’s most annoying bugs to me was that the zoom functionality was broken for multi-monitor setups.  It’d work at first, but when you moved your mouse, it’d go all screwy.  It was useless.  I’m not sure if it was fixed in OS X Leopard or the 10.5.1 update — but it [...]

OS X Leopard’s “Alex” takes breaths

My wife and I were having a “yes” … “no” battle, and I was getting tired of saying “no” over and over again.  So I typed a bunch of “no’s” into QuickSilver and invoked the “speak text” action.  OS X Leopard’s “Alex” voice kicked in with a litany of “no’s.”  And then about ten “no’s” [...]

Gmail 2.0 features permalinks

Google has been rolling out a Gmail 2.0 update for the past few days. I just got the update a few minutes ago, and the first thing I noticed was that every view now has a permalink! The address bar updates as you navigate the application. Each e-mail thread has its own [...]