Tagged with tricks - Personal View Talks https://personal-view.com/talks/discussions/tagged/tricks/feed.rss Thu, 21 Nov 24 19:50:42 +0000 Tagged with tricks - Personal View Talks en-CA Mac free apps, tips and tricks https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/11519/mac-free-apps-tips-and-tricks Wed, 08 Oct 2014 16:05:20 +0000 maxr 11519@/talks/discussions Hey pips =)

I put together some stuff that either workarounds some of mac OS problems/limitations or makes specific tasks easier.
Your most welcome to add your own

 

01 Afloat

 
I wanted DigitalColor Meter to remain on top of all windows as is very anoying to have to call for the app to see/copy values.
This is the solution I found: afloat • case you want to I attached SIMBIL 0.9.9 and this Afloat direct download link HERE should work. BIG thanks to Chris Van Patten

 
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See in the screen grab below how DCM it is not active as safari was selected and yet it remains floating on top, like a good girl ;-)
 
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It works with many (not all) applications including finder itself, below's another example
FYI with multi-window apps, i.e stickies, IF you decide to pin one window to the desktop, you'll have to circle through (finder then stickies) to then select window from the menu, be sure that the correct sticky is selected and then adjust effects, that'll make dialog desapear. Have a look at guide that comes with afloat installer as there are shortcuts for almost everything. The "Make this window an overlay" (clicks fall through) and "Make it opaque while I'm working with it" options are also useful

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]]> GH3 tips and tricks topic https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/6417/gh3-tips-and-tricks-topic Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:09:41 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 6417@/talks/discussions This is good topic to ask questions about GH3 that have no answer in manual and share your knowledge.

And discuss anything other than initial impressions, reviews, etc.

]]> Play 2 videos in sync, for free https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/7942/play-2-videos-in-sync-for-free Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:43:42 +0000 maxr 7942@/talks/discussions May be useful for someone :-)
From VLC wiki • for mac and pc. I tested (till) 5 stable videos running on a mac

On mac, when adding the AppleScript command lines

on run do shell script "open -n /Applications/VLC.app" end run

on open theFiles repeat with theFile in theFiles do shell script "open -na /Applications/VLC.app " & quote & (POSIX path of theFile) & quote end repeat end open

be sure that the path to VLC.app is the correct one ;-)
4 further comfort, place droplet in doc then just drop files
gashô

 
PC users may also want to have a look at open source Kinovea
If you do "test it" drop a line of feed, thanks

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