Category Archives: mac

Posts about, or related to, Macs, or Mac OS X

Evernote drop-down font list

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Terry Gardner

“Evernote is a suite of software and services designed for notetaking and archiving. A “note” can be a piece of formatted text, a full webpage or webpage excerpt, a photograph, a voice memo, or a handwritten “ink” note. Notes can … Continue reading →

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Custom fields in Mac OS X Address Book

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Terry Gardner

The Mac OS X Address Book application has the capability of adding custom fields to user address cards. This is done by selecting Preferences (command,) Template (added Skype in this example):

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Screensaver from command line (Mac OS X)

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Terry Gardner

From time to time, users may wish to activate the Mac OS X screensaver from the command line. To activate from the command line, type/paste the following command into a terminal or iTerm window: open -a /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework//Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app Navigate over to … Continue reading →

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