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OS X Tricks

Scale text proportionally in OS X with mathematical expressions

Posted by Ant on May 12th, 2009 at 11:26 PM  |  5 Comments

The standardized Fonts window in Cocoa-powered Mac applications is surprisingly flexible. Did you know it’s capable of scaling fonts relatively with basic mathematical expressions? In order to take advantage of this tip, you’ll need to use an application…

Scale text proportionally in OS X with mathematical expressions
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OS X Tricks

A convenient assortment of text selection tricks for Mac users

Posted by Ant on February 9th, 2009 at 12:42 AM  |  4 Comments

Just about everyone knows they can click & drag across text to select it and then copy, paste, move, or manipulate it as they please. It’s a simple enough concept, but did you know there are additional methods of selecting text on a Mac that…

A convenient assortment of text selection tricks for Mac users
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OS X Features

Spell-check in a snap using Mac OS X’s contextual menus

Posted by Ant on December 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 AM  |  2 Comments

One of the key productivity tools I use on a daily basis is the dynamic spell-checker built into the contextual menus of many Apple-made applications. Say you’re typing a document in a text editor such as Pages or TextEdit and you happen…

Spell-check in a snap using Mac OS X\'s contextual menus
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