Safari: Open Typed Entries in New Tabs

8:25 AM, Apr. 30th, 2013 · Melissa Holt · Mountain Lion

Whoops! You accidentally typed something into Safari's Smart Search field, and then you realized that you don't want to navigate away from the original page. You could, of course, copy and paste your search into a new tab or window, but Melissa Holt's got a better way to do things. And we understand that if we're really nice to her, she might even tell us what she knows. Maybe.

Apple Camera Raw Update Adds New Fujifilm Camera Support

8:26 AM, Apr. 19th, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Mountain Lion

Apple released Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.05 late on Thursday with support for several new Fujifilm cameras. The update lets iPhoto '11 and Aperture 3 running on OS X Mountain Lion to import Raw format images from a longer list of digital cameras.

iPhoto for the Mac gets Better Photo Stream Support

5:43 PM, Apr. 16th, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Mountain Lion

Apple released iPhoto 9.4.3 Tuesday afternoon with improved support for iCloud's Photo Stream feature. iPhoto is Apple's image management and editing app and is part of the company's iLife suite of creativity apps.

Apple Patches More Mac Security Flaws with Safari Update

5:19 PM, Apr. 16th, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Mountain Lion

Apple released Safari 6.0.4 for the Mac on Tuesday with fixes for several security-related issues. The update targets Safari running on OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion and adds the ability to enable the Java plug-in on a site-by-site basis.

OS X: Hiding Items with the Terminal

9:40 AM, Apr. 15th, 2013 · Melissa Holt · Mountain Lion

Got something to hide? Sure you do. Wanna know how to disguise that fact from anyone who may use your Mac? You can do so easily, so you'll never have to answer pesky questions about what you've hidden and why. And we here at TMO would never judge you for needing to hide files. They're Christmas present ideas, right?

Easy Access to iCloud Documents in the Finder

1:48 PM, Apr. 12th, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Mountain Lion

When you use iCloud to store documents from apps like Keynote, Pages and Numbers, they get saved to your Mac's hard drive as well. Getting at those documents through the Finder, however, is something of a chore. Luckily a resourceful coder has come to the rescue with a handy little utility that makes it easy to get at the local versions of your iCloud files.

Photo Booth: Turn Off the Flash or the Countdown

8:31 AM, Apr. 10th, 2013 · Melissa Holt · Mountain Lion

In this tip, Melissa Holt will tell us about how to disable the screen flash—either temporarily or permanently—and the three-second countdown in Photo Booth. So when you're saving those weird warped images of yourself on the machines in the Apple Store, you'll know how to do it discreetly and quickly. C'mon, we know we're not the only ones who do that.

OS X: Make Your Own Printer Pool

10:28 AM, Apr. 9th, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Mountain Lion

Have a couple printers you'd like to get more use out of, or maybe you don't want to have to ask which printer is available? No problem. Just make your own printer pool from your Mac.

OS X: Quick Print from Finder

11:33 AM, Apr. 8th, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Mountain Lion

Despite the promise long ago of the paperless office, we still need to print documents from our Macs at times. The usual launch an app to print a document routine works fine for that, but you can save a little time by printing your files directly from the Finder.