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Terminal Tip: Enable half-star ratings in iTunes

by Cory Bohon (Dec 31st, 2008)

Do you like giving ratings to songs in iTunes? If so, then you've probably noticed that you are only able to rate songs on a full-star basis, not enough granularity for some music fans... there's a longstanding AppleScript hack to enable half-stars, but now there's an easier way around this issue. ...

"My Mac Won't Start!" pocket guide

by Dan Lurie (Jun 19th, 2006)

For their 100th QuickTips email newsletter, Seattle area mac support agency CreativeTechs has published a handy little troubleshooting guide that fits neatly in your shirt pocket. The "My Mac Won't Start!" pocketmod tiny guide is available as a free PDF download, and covers basic ...

Remapping Key Combinations

by Fabienne Serriere (Mar 13th, 2006)

Some people may think I am pro-*nix, but actually I really just like getting information out there for all our readers. Today I came across a great tip on Switch about Windows-like key bindings. If you don't dig the way Apple has the start and end key combos mapped in OS X, you can change them by ...