How to Hide the Dropbox Menu Bar Icon

Handy hint. I dislike cluttering up my menu bar with applications. I don’t really see the point when the Dock is already providing enough of its own clutter. Tweetie and Twitterrific both kindly offer options to disable their menu bar icons. This tip shows you how to replace Dropbox’s menu icon with a few transparent ones.

iTunes: How to Share Music Between Different Accounts on a Single Computer

For future reference: iTunes: How to Share Music Between Different Accounts on a Single Computer.

Mac OS X 10.4: How to prevent .DS_Store file creation over network connections

Mac OS X 10.4: How to prevent .DS_Store file creation over network connections

I’ve read this isn’t a problem for 10.5 (Leopard), but good to note for future reference.

iTunes Script to Download Available Purchases

iTunes Script to Download Available Purchases

If you subscribe to a season pass of a show in iTunes, you can set Mail to run this script whenever you get an email that a new episode is available. It’ll have iTunes download the episode and then delete the message.

Enable the 30 Second Skip on your Remote

Enable the 30 Second Skip on your Remote

TiVo tip.

Google turns on Exchange for iPhone and Windows Mobile users - Ars Technica

Google turns on Exchange for iPhone and Windows Mobile users - Ars Technica

Seems like it only syncs calendars and contacts now, not push mail. I haven’t tested it out yet.

Applescript to toggle F1-F11 keys as function keys - Mac Forums

Applescript to toggle F1-F11 keys as function keys - Mac Forums

Very useful. For some games you need the F1-F12 keys to be function keys, but normally I want them to control volume, show Dashboard, etc. Save this script as an application, put it in your Dock, and it will open System Preferences and toggle the checkbox.

Mac 101: Pressing F5 in a text field - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Mac 101: Pressing F5 in a text field

Good tip, via Daring Fireball.

Mac tip: scroll arrows at both ends of scroll bars

Open up Terminal (in Applications/Utilties) and type this in:

defaults write "Apple Global Domain" AppleScrollBarVariant DoubleBoth

It’ll place a pair of up/down buttons at both ends of your scroll bars, instead of just at one end.

Rename an iPod via iTunes

Rename an iPod via iTunes

A solution so simple I didn't think of trying it. (Works with iPhones, too.)

Car Talk - A Great New Way to Set Your Car's Side-View Mirrors

Car Talk - A Great New Way to Set Your Car’s Side-View Mirrors

Align your mirrors to eliminate blind spots. (via Whitehead)

LolCat Builder

LolCat Builder

How to Import All Your Archive Email Into Gmail

How to Import All Your Archive Email Into Gmail

Gmail recently added the ability to check POP mail, and just dropped the restriction that the feature wouldn’t work with other Gmail accounts, so you can now import your old non-Gmail mail. It’s not quite simple, but it works nicely.

Google Talk, SRV records, and GoDaddy

Google Talk, SRV records, and GoDaddy

How to set up your domain to be able to use Google Talk and Jabber.

Playlist: Convert audiobooks to Audiobooks

Playlist: Convert audiobooks to Audiobooks

How to get iTunes to recognize programs you’ve loaded in as audiobooks that you didn’t buy from the iTunes Store.

How To: Back up your music using iTunes 7

How To: Back up your music using iTunes 7

New version adds a nice backup feature.

50 Common Interview Questions

50 Common Interview Questions

These sorts of things are always useful.

Erase permanent marker from your dry erase board

Erase permanent marker from your dry erase board

Draw over the marker with a dry erase marker, then erase.

Solve Sudoku (Without even thinking!)

Solve Sudoku (Without even thinking!)

This method not recommended when trying to improve one’s Brain Age.

HOWTO make the perfect fruit salad and get laid [dive into mark]

HOWTO make the perfect fruit salad and get laid [dive into mark]