There’s usually more than one way to complete a task, there’s the fast way, and the slow way. The slow way to crop a photo from the internet would be to save it to your Downloads folder, open it in preview, then crop it.
The fast way is to hit Shift+Command+4 and take a screenshot of [...]

The Dock is the primary method for launching applications in OS X. For me, Quicksilver replaces a lot of what I would normally do with the Dock, but I still find it to be an essential tool for my application needs.
By default, the Dock appears at the bottom of the screen. However, it can be [...]

The number of possible data fields in Address Book often seems endless. Everything from addresses and instant messenger screen names to the names of a contact’s brother or assistant are possible. One of the fields that I have only recently started playing around with is the Related Names field. This field allows you to link [...]

Notice something different about the above, Safari menu bar? If you look in between Bookmarks and Window, you’ll see a menu that most of you, probably don’t have. It’s called Develop and in my opinion, it’s one of the coolest features that Safari has.
In order to activate this menu, hit command + , to bring [...]

I’m pleased to announce a new version of the MacTips Widget is available: Download v2.1.
There are some big changes in this version, like:
Smaller Logo and Ability for Widget to Get Much Smaller
Plus you can remove the search bar and post dates. Expect more options here in the future.

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Below are 5 user submitted Mac Tips. Submit your own tip and get some traffic to your blog.
5. More Custom Icons
Alex Writes:

I’ve always liked the new Finder, Dashboard and Trash icons float has, but http://interfacelift.com/icons-mac/details.php?id=1420 has some great Finder icons to spiff up my dock, http://interfacelift.com/icons-mac/details.php?id=1408 has some gorgeous trash icons, and http://interfacelift.com/icons-mac/details.php?id=1886 has some [...]

The System Preferences panel has many overlooked settings. Here are my favorite 5.
5. Smooth Scrolling
One small but important feature I found inside System Preferences -> Appearance is called Use smooth scrolling.
Enabling smooth scrolling makes the page glide up and down the screen without any rigidness.

This only applies when using the page up/down, spacebar and home/end [...]

I thought this was cool. The MacTips widget was featured on the iCreate CD as one of their top widgets.
If you’d like to check it out it’s issue #54. Here are some shots:

Speaking of the widget, expect a new release very soon. There are lots of new features so I need some beta testers. [...]

Doing one more poll to gauge the response from everyone.
What level of tips would you like to see?
If you can’t see the poll you may have to click the title to vote.

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Cyerduck is a great application for uploading and downloading files using FTP. It manages to be customizable while remaining fast and light-weight. Version 3.03b introduces some great new features.
Don’t let the cute icon fool you–Cyberduck will handle most of your FTP needs. Here are 9 reasons why you should be using Cyberduck.
9. Upload from the [...]