News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
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As you probably know, Safari allows you to rearrange the entries on your bookmarks bar via a simple drag-and-drop. You can move both individual bookmarks as well as bookmark folders using this method, and it works great. But what if you’d like to move a bookmark (or bookmark folder) on your bookmarks bar into a folder on your bookmarks bar? You could use the Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks menu, of course, but there’s a simpler solution.
To move a bookmark or bookmark folder into another folder on the bookmarks bar, click-and-drag on the entry you’d like to move — but drag vertically, not horizontally. When you move your mouse down, you’ll find that you’ve pulled the selected item off the bookmarks bar. If you release the mouse button now, the dragged item will disappear in a puff of smoke — so don’t release the mouse button.
Instead, drag the selected item up to the bookmarks bar again, and position it over the destination folder. When you do, the folder will highlight — release the mouse now, and the dragged item will be filed within the highlighted folder. I find this much simpler than using the Show All Bookmarks menu item.
Apple has released an 876KB firmware update for the keyboards of its MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops. MacBook, MacBook Pro Keyboard Firmware Update 1.0 fixes a bug where the laptop may ignore your first key press if the machine has been sitting idle. Release notes for the firmware update say it addresses other, unspecified issues and list the MacBook and MacBook Pro models supported by the update.
Phillip Michaels | Feb 20, 2008
If you're new to Macs, it can be a bit daunting as you begin the exploration of your new OS. There are some great resources out there for getting used to the Mac and for when things go wrong — or when you just want to do some cool stuff. While I can't hope to detail every single useful Mac web site "out there", I did want to cover some of the most useful sites I visit pretty well every day as a Mac user and troubleshooter. If you have a favourite not mentioned here, tell us about it in the forums.
Sean McNamara | Mar 27, 2008
When it comes to customising your desktop, OS X seemingly provides anything you could want — there are a number of Apple-provided images, there are connections to your user’s Pictures folder and iPhoto library, or you can use any of ten supplied solid colours for your desktop background. But if you’re a fan of solid colours, you may not agree with the ten that Apple has provided. Or, you may have a corporate "identity" colour that you want to deploy throughout your office. Thankfully, there are two relatively easy ways to get additional colour choices.
Rob Griffiths | May 9, 2008
There are lots of ways to find words and phrases within text files on your Mac. You can use Spotlight, of course, or open those files with a text editor such as TextEdit, BareBones’ TextWrangler, or any of the other hundreds of text editors out there. If you’re Terminally-inclined, you can open and search text files in vi, nano, or emacs. But here’s an alternative you may have never considered: Safari. In particular, Safari 3.0 or later.
Rob Griffiths | May 16, 2008
