Posts Tagged ‘Finder’
Add dictionaries to your Mac’s Dictionary app, and more cunning linguist tips
Here’s everything you need to know about how to add extra dictionaries to the OS X Dictionary.app, set up your preferred dictionary within the preferences, use Dictionary from Spotlight, and get a super-fast translation or definition from right within Safari, Pages, Mail, and other native Mac apps.
Before you check out the video screencast, just think of a dictionary or thesaurus that you’d like to have added to your Mac’s Dictionary, and then Google around to hopefully find a free or…
Put Up Shelves On Yor Mac, with Finder Backgrounds
A couple of months ago, one clever designer had a neat creative idea: create a background image of shelving to use in the Finder window of his Mac. It creates the impression that your folders or apps are ’sitting’ on the shelves, which is very cute. A few other designers got inspired, and now I can find a total of 12 great ’shelves’ for your Mac, from five different sources.
The idea plays to the strengths of the Mac, with it’s…
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