Wayne Priestley » TextExpander

20% off Mac apps

Wayne — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:02:35 +0000

Just a quick post to let you in on a discount code for Mac app’s, not sure how long its going to run for so be quick.

Using the code “OneFingerDiscount” you can get 20% off loads of Mac apps like Mars Edit and Textexpander or PDF Pen

Here’s the link to the story behind it and Here is the the page to see the rest of the developers taking part.

Enjoy

My Mac Applications

Wayne — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:43:03 +0000

After a thread started by Western on the ScreenCastsOnline forum listing the app’s he had installed on his Mac and asking others what they had installed, I thought I’d share the contents of my application folder with you.

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Out of this list there are a few app’s that I used every day and couldn’t do without:

• 1Password This is the ultimate password manager application.

• Aperture 2 Apples premier Photo management application.

• DropBox Free online storage and sync application.

• iTunes Music player and orginizer.

• iWork 09 Apples office applications, Pages, Numbers, Keynote.

• iLife 09 Apples Photo, Movie, DVD creation and web design tools.

• LaunchBar Indespensible application launcher packed with features.

• Liquid CD CD and DVD burning made easy.

• Mail Apples Mail application.

• Picturesque Add shadows, reflections and more to images.

• Scribblet Menu bar note taking application.

• ShoveBox Another menu bar note taking application.

• Skitch Screen capture application.

• Speed Download Download manager.

• Spotify Online music application.

• TextExpander Use shortcut keys to save typing those repetitive words.

• Things Organize your life.

• Twitterrific Twitter Mac client.

• You Control iTunes Control iTunes from your menu bar.

Most of the other apps I would use weekly and the rest are used only when whatever I’m doing requires them to be open.

Logitech VX Revolution Mouse

Wayne — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:26:00 +0000

Over the weekend my Logitech VX Revolution mouse arrived.
I’m impressed with the feel of the mouse in my hand, It’s way more comfortable than the ordinary shaped mice I have used in the past.

The scroll wheel feels a little cheap and plastic when scrolling with the ratchet type feel scroll enabled.

Being able to store the dongle into the mouse for safe keeping is a nice little feature, as is the way the mouse switches on when you eject the dongle from within the body of the mouse to start using it.

I haven’t installed the Logitech software I was supplied with the mouse yet as a few people recommended SteerMouse as the best 3rd party application to use.

I’ve installed SteerMouse and have been customizing some of the Logitech buttons to my applications, one of the reasons I installed SteerMouse was to be able to assign specific buttons on the mouse to do different things depending on which application I was using.

So on the whole I am pleased with, and enjoying the combination of VX Revolution and SteerMouse…

APART… from the fact that I only found out after a couple of uninstalls and reinstalls of SteerMouse, that if you have TextExpander installed on your Mac the Application Switching feature does not work.

After raising the issue with SteerMouse Support I received a e-mail confirming that they have been trying to resolve this issue alongside the makers of TextExpander but have yet to come up with a solution.

Hopefully this is a issue that will be sorted in the future, but it’s something I can live with for now.