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How To Enable Chrome Instant In The Omnibar – Mac Version

October 15, 2010 By Matt Leave a Comment

Today Google released Chrome 8 in the Dev Channel. The Mac version didn’t seem to get the Google Instant Omnibar feature by default. Never fear, here is how you add the feature…

How To Enable Chrome Instant In The Omnibar – Mac Version

First you need to make certain you are running the Dev Build of Chrome. **Warning: Think of this as an Alpha Version, and be caution as its a pre-beta build – i.e lots of bugs may be present** You have been warned.

Lets install the Chrome Dev Build First… (Skip if you are already on the dev channel)
1. I suggest backing up your Default profile for Google, this will enable you to downgrade to a more stable version later. Navigate to:
~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome

2. Zip/Compress the “Default” directory and save it somewhere safe.

3. Download & Install the Dev Channel Build of Chrome here.

4. Open Chrome and navigate to:
about:labs

5. Enable one of the experimental features.

6. Quit Chrome

7. Open Finder and navigate to:
~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default

8. Open the “Preferences” file with a text editor (TextEdit/TextMate etc)

9. Find:
"enabled_labs_experiments": [

10. Add:
"match-preview",

For reference mine looks like this:
"enabled_labs_experiments": [ "expose-for-tabs", "match-preview",

11. Save the file, and relaunch Chrome.

Congrats your Omnibar now accesses Google Instant.

FYI, if you find that the Google Instant feature drives you bananas… Just do the same thing, but remove the “match-preview”, from the preference file.

Matt

Matt is a Systems Development Director for a multinational franchise. Matt has lived and worked in Hawaii, Chicago, South Florida and currently resides outside of Atlanta. He enjoys his hobbies including Technology, Gadgets/EDC, Fountain Pens, Wetshaving, Clocks, Antiques & Coffee. He even roasts his own coffee weekly.

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Magic Trackpad Released Today by Apple

July 27, 2010 By Matt Leave a Comment

Apple released it’s new trackpad this morning. They are calling it the Magic Trackpad, to go along the lines of the Magic Mouse naming convention. It seems to be a good deal at $69, it competes well with other trackpads in the current marketplace. I will be reviewing this product shortly.

More info about the Magic Trackpad:

Magic Trackpad gives you a whole new way to control what’s on your Mac desktop computer. When you perform gestures, you actually interact with what’s on your screen. You feel closer to your content, and moving around feels completely natural. Swiping through pages on screen is just like flipping through pages in a magazine, and inertial scrolling senses the momentum in your fingers as you move up and down a page.
More to touch, more to love.

Your fingers will fall for the Magic Trackpad. It’s made with smooth, wear-resistant glass that feels great to the touch. And it’s nearly 80 percent larger than the built-in trackpad on the MacBook Pro, giving you plenty of room to perform gestures. Because the entire surface of Magic Trackpad is a button, you can click on objects just as you would using a traditional mouse. And Magic Trackpad sits at the same height and angle as the Apple Wireless Keyboard, so you can go from trackpad to keyboard in one seamless motion.
Bluetooth technology.

Magic Trackpad connects to your Mac via Bluetooth wireless technology. Use it in conjunction with the Apple Wireless Keyboard for a cable-free, uncluttered workspace. And if you feel like venturing away from your desk, Magic Trackpad maintains a reliable and secure connection up to 33 feet away from your Mac.

It can be purchased online or in stores now.

Matt

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Hazel a Mac OSX Productivity Tool

February 15, 2010 By Matt Leave a Comment

I recently started using Hazel by NoodleSoft on my Mac at home. I have to say it is pretty damn cool. I think of Hazel as a maid, Hazel is always there ready and willing to clean up the little messes that appear around my Mac. Hazel watches folders and acts on them based on a series of rules I setup and customize. The best part is Hazel does it all in the background, it need not even be summoned, it just works.

Anyone other there use Hazel? I would love to see some of the rules you have setup. Nothing like collaborating, specially when you have so many options available in an app such as Hazel.

Hazel can be found at NoodleSoft.com
Follow them on twitter @Noodle_Hazel

Matt

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How To Fix Firefox Fonts That Turned Bold in Mac OSX

February 5, 2010 By Matt 7 Comments

An odd thing happened to me today at work. Firefox crashed, and when I restarted it the font that Firefox uses in the interface turned BOLD. The address bar text turned bold, the buttons and menus turned bold, the task bar turned bold… it drove me bonkers for a little while. Thankfully, all the website text was untouched and remained normal.

This anomaly was all a mystery to me, I never have seen it happen before. Very strange and very annoying. For reference: I am using the newest version of Firefox and the most up to date version of Mac OSX Snow Leopard. After some investigation, I found that the font “Lucida Grande” had become corrupt. So, I figure I would do this quick writeup on how I fixed it, hopefully it helps someone else out there…

How To Fix Firefox Fonts That Turned Bold in Mac OSX

1. Quit Firefox
2. Open your Applications Folder
3. Open Font Book
4. Find “Lucida Grande”
5. Right Click on “Lucida Grande”
6. Select “Reveal in Finder” from the menu
7. A new window will pop open, and “Lucida Grande” should be selected
8. Delete “Lucida Grande” (please note you will have to enter your password to delete it)
9. OSX will then restore the font like new (no worries, you do not have to back it up first)
10. Open Firefox & you should be good to go!

Matt

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How to Install CUPS-PDF Virtual PDF Printer in Snow Leopard

December 25, 2009 By Matt 14 Comments

CUPS-PDF is a really cool virtual PDF printer. Macs have been able to print to PDF for awhile now, but the process takes more clicks that it should. Enter CUPS-PDF, this is a little backend app, that installs a virtual PDF Printer on your Mac. Why would you want to do this? Well, if you are like me and you print to PDF more than you print to paper – you can save a number of clicks. Another nice thing, is that all the PDFs are saved in a common location.

How to Install CUPS-PDF in Snow Leopard
1. Download CUPS-PDF here [http://www.codepoetry.net/projects/cups-pdf-for-mosx]
2. Install CUPS-PDF
3. Open Terminal run the following command:
sudo chmod 0700 /usr/libexec/cups/backend/cups-pdf

Next we have to setup the Virtual PDF Printer
1. Open up Print & Fax Pref.pane
2. Add a new Printer by clicking the + button
3. Select: Default (The printers should start to propagate)
4. Select: CUPS-PDF
5. Select: Print Using – Generic Postscript Driver
6. Click: Add

Since Snow Leopard arrived there were some enhancements to security, so we have to run some commands to get everything to work…
1. In The finder select: GO > GO TO FOLDER
2. Enter: /etc/cups/
3. Click: GO
4. Open the file: cups-pdf.conf
5. Find: a line that starts with OUT and place a # before it (thus commenting the line out)
6. Find: a line that starts with AnonDirName and place an # before that as well.
7. Save the file, rewriting the original. Your Mac will require you to enter your password to commit the changes.
8. Open Terminal
9. Run the following command:
sudo ln -s /var/spool/cups-pdf/username /Users/username/cups-pdf
(replacing “username” with your username)

Now anytime you print to PDF via the CUPS-PDF Virtual printer, all the PDFs that are generated will be in your Home folder inside a folder called: CUPS-PDF. You can also, set the printed as default so you can just type: ?+P then hit Return to generate a PDF 😉

Matt

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