Tag Archive for 'OS X'

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Adobe Apps: Backup Your Prefs

Published on January 15, 2009 in software and tips. 2 Comments Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, backup, Creative Suite, how-to, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, PC, productivity, tips, troubleshooting, tutorial, Windows, Windows XP, workflow.

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It’s happened to all of us digital creatives. The dreaded day when you just cannot get one of your Adobe applications to launch. Usually there’s a deadline looming (of course). You’ve restarted your computer (three times) and still you cannot get Photoshop to launch. You’ve tried a few tips from some Google searches, but still nothing. Your geek cred is showing it’s limitations. And your deadline isn’t getting any further away.

What if I told you this could be avoided, virtually forever? And also, that you can get back to work with all your settings just the way you like them?

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Must-Have OS X Productivity Tool Default Folder 43% Off 10/27/2008

Published on October 27, 2008 in productivity. 0 Comments Tags: Mac, OS X, productivity, shareware, software.

The current MacUpdate Promo is offering the excellent shareware tool Default Folder for only $19.95 until midnight on 10/27/2008.

I have been an extremely satisfied user since way back in the OS 9 days, and highly recommend you pick up a license while this great deal is going on. Default Folder is worth every penny of the $34.95 standard price, so at almost half off it’s a steal.

What does it do? Here’s a quick overview:

Default Folder X attaches a toolbar to the right side of the Open and Save dialogs in any OS X-native application. The toolbar gives you fast access to various folders and commands. You just click on the buttons to go to your favorite and recently used folders, manage the folders and files shown in the list, and make changes to your settings.

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Automator Action Pack For Adobe Illustrator

Published on October 8, 2008 in productivity and resources. 0 Comments Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Automator, illustrator, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, productivity, software.

Adobe Illustrator Automator Action Pack from Automated Workflows allows extended use of Mac OS X’s Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with Adobe Illustrator.

For years I have been trying to wrap my head around Automator in OS X; it seems like a super handy tool, but I can never seem to get it to do exactly what I want. But don’t let my ineptitude stop you — lots of users swear by Automator and if you are in need of additional Actions for Automator for use with Adobe Illustrator, these look like they could be really useful.

The full list of the Adobe Illustrator Automator Actions:

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Fix For WordPress Visual Editor Conflict With Certain Plugins

Published on August 21, 2008 in tools. 4 Comments Tags: art, blog, OS X, plugin, troubleshooting, WordPress.

This post is a bit off-topic, but seeing as how I found a fix for an issue that seems to be affecting a lot of WordPress users, and I find many a solution to my WordPress issues on other blogs, I thought I would post.

If you are finding that activating certain plugins on your self-hosted WordPress installation is breaking the Visual Editor, this may be the fix you are looking for.

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Photoshop’s 3GB RAM Limit – A Workaround For OS X Users

Published on July 18, 2008 in productivity and software. 0 Comments Tags: Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, art, Creative Suite, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, Photoshop, productivity.

While I had no idea that Photoshop had a 3GB RAM limit, a clever user over at MacOSXHints.com has figured out a hack/solution/workaround using a RAM disk as a virtual scratch disk. Clever.