Preview is one of those useful apps that we all use but we don’t really know. As its name states, it previews lots of graphical file types and it implements (meaning that opens, mainly) Apple’s version of Adobe PDF specification. Is that kind of apps so well thought…well, guess what, it comes directly from OPENSTEP, NeXT’s operating system. But this post is not about Preview but about the capability not only of opening but also creating PDFs from multiple PDF (or image) files.
When it comes to backing up your Mac, Apple has come up as usual with a shiny solution loved by some, hated by others, but pretty complete under my point of view: Time Machine (btw the name is also nice).
This is one of my favorite widgets and a must if you’re a control freak. iStat Pro is the widgetized version of iStat Menus, a system monitor app developed by the bjango.com crew. Seemingly I’m not the only one that loves this (and the rest) of iSlayer’s widgets (Bjango was known as iSlayer before 2009) as they claim that their apps have been dowloaded more than 25 million times.
Raise your hand if you, at some point, have tried to empty your trash and found yourself facing a funny message saying something like The operation can not be completed because the item “whatever” is in use… and then panicked around thinking that someone was remote controlling your Mac (well, that was sort of creative, lets say you just thought something wasn’t ok) The first thing we need to know is that if the system says that some files are in use the system is right, they’re in use (even if we are not using them)
If you want to password protect folders there’s a simple way to do it in Mac OS X. The best thing is that it’s native – no additional software needed – and the protection can be pretty strong. At the same time, your encrypted folders are portable and will be backed up by time machine or other backup software, as they are seen in the system as individual files (big files, but files at the end)
