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EmacsWiki: Mac OSTweaks – Tips for using and integrating Emacs on Mac OS X. Particularly nice is the tip for integrating with the Mac OS X print dialog. (tags: emacs tips howto macosx printing )
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Disabling Quit and rewriting keyboard shortcuts – Useful tips for disabling and modifying key shortcuts in Mac OS X. (tags: macosx hacks tips keyboard keybindings @readlater )
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Tim Dysinger Installing GIT on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard – Instructions for building git from source, a link to the pre-built git installer package, and (most valuable for me) a list of interesting configuration settings for git. (tags: git howto tutorial macosx tips programming )
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macosxhints.com – 10.5: Repair Time Machine after logic board changes – Great tip on how to reassociate a Time Machine backup with a new machine, so that it continues backing up on the same time line, without creating a new backup set. TM backups are keyed by the machine's Ethernet MAC address, so it needs to be changed for i (tags: backup hack howto leopard macosx timemachine tips )
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How to add emacs-like keybindings to MS Word – This really makes Word less painful to use. (tags: emacs howto keyboard macosx tips word )
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Hack Attack: Getting good with Google Reader – Very handy guide to Google Reader shortcuts. (tags: googlereader howto rss tips )
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Prune Your Time Machine Backups Selectively – Nice pointer to a new version of GrandPerspective that properly displays usage in a Time Machine backup disk (tags: macosx timemachine tips tools )
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Two Minute Playlists for Getting Things Done – Nice idea – for those 2-minue tasks, have a smart playlist in iTunes with songs that are around 2 minutes in length. (tags: gtd itunes productivity tips )
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