Google launched Top Draw for Mac

Google launched a Javascript based image creation software for Mac. It uses simple text based javascript code to generate images. It provides the script editor and a option to install a menubar viewer which runs the script and set the images as desktop background.

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It uses Apple’s Quartz and CoreImage rendering engines for image generation. You need to have Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) to run this program. You can download Top Draw from here. Here are a few images generated by Top Draw.

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Learn vocabulary while not using mac

Improve your vocabulary while not using your mac. Leopard has a new screensaver which shows new words everyday.

Go to System Preferences -> Desktop and Screen Saver -> Screen Saver tab and select Word of the day screensaver. You can choose the dictionary from options.

While running the screensaver press “D” to view the detailed description of current word.

Word of the day screensaver

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Play YouTube videos on your iPod

September 20, 2008

If you want to carry YouTube videos on your iPod or iPhone there is a free solution Available.
Tooble can download a video from YouTube and can convert to iPod and high-resolution video. Tooble can be downloaded from here. Tooble is available for both Windows and Mac.
It includes following features:

Search all of YouTube from within tooble.
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Useful keyboard shortcuts for Finder

September 17, 2008

I have listed a few keyboard shortcuts which can help you to make the most of Finder app.
Give them a try. Make sure Finder is selected before using the shortcuts.
These shortcuts are tested on Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4.
Open the special folders

Shift-Command-C ⎯ Computer folder
Shift-Command-H ⎯ Home folder (user’s home folder)
Shift-Command-D ⎯ Desktop folder
Shift-Command-A ⎯ [...]

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Change screen capture’s default file type and path

September 15, 2008

Do you use screen capture feature on your mac? How do you feel when you need to take many screen captures to embed into your presentations or some other use and it makes your desktop cluttered. Run following command in the Terminal window to change the default path of screen capture. You can find Terminal [...]

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