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This simple Automator tutorial will show you how to create a Finder plugin that will allow you to automatically attach any file to an email without having to drag anything or even open Mail.
All [...]

Organizing your dock can help you get things done much more quickly and easily. In today’s screencast we’re covering how to do that using Stacks.
With Stacks you can create a stack of your favorite applications that appear bundled together until you select the stack. Then they will fan out allowing you to select [...]

Twitter is a great way to stay in touch with people around you. Confused? Watch Twitter in Plain English below:

We’ve done a Review of Free Twitter Clients, but Lifehacker found a method that is pretty unique.
For this to work you must have the latest version of Fluid (review). Fluid is a site specific [...]

Download Smultron.
I’ve been using Smultron for a few years, but thanks to Alex Hwang for reminding me that not everyone has a great, and free, text editor.

If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to print directly from your desktop, check out this 20 second video. This is great for those of us who print a lot of short forms.
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Thanks to Esteban Marin for sending in [...]

We’re giving away two free copies of Pixelmator. Submit a tip and win! More details at the bottom of this post.
Pixelmator is an extremely quick image editing application for Leopard. It’s similar to Photoshop and GIMP in many aspects, but also has some very unique features that justify the $60 price tag.
For starters, Pixelmator is [...]

Vara Software has allowed me to giveaway one free copy of ScreenFlow to one lucky MacTips user. See the bottom of the post for details.
Why is ScreenFlow the killer screencasting app?
ScreenFlow is the application I’ve been waiting for on the Mac. I’ve been using it recently for the MacTips Videos and I love it! It’s [...]

Recently we released the MacTips widget with a lot of success. Because of this, I decided to create a video explaining how to create your own widget.
In this video, I talk about the basics of creating your own Dashboard Widget with Dashcode. I also dabble in some of the more advanced features in Dashcode such [...]

It’s video time, and once again we’re focusing on Quicksilver. I swear next week will be on something else.
This video will show you two different ways of managing todo lists with Quicksilver.
The first method involves the Text Manipulation plugin, using text files for managing your list.
The other option uses Remember the Milk, a free service [...]

I’d like to welcome you to the first in a (hopefully) long series of Mac video tips.
We decided to start making videos because some things are easier to explain this way. OS X has lots of sexy features, and sometimes an image just doesn’t cut it.
Quicksilver is the the launcher of choice for many Mac [...]