Make the green button maximize the iTunes 9.0.1 window: “Thanks to @siracusa for this one; I noticed it being retweeted this morning, and figured more than a few folks might be interested in it.

If you’re one of the people who preferred the ‘maximize on click’ behavior of the green button in iTunes 9 (which vanished in iTunes 9.0.1, as the update reverted to the pre-iTunes 9 ‘show mini player’ behavior), quit iTunes 9, and run this command in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.iTunes zoom-to-window -bool YES

Relaunch iTunes 9, and the green button should now maximize the window; Option-clicking should get you the mini player (I haven’t actually tested it myself, but the tweets say it works).

(Via MacOSXHints.com.)

NewsGator updates NetNewsWire for Mac and iPhone: “NewsGator has released updates of its popular RSS reader NetNewsWire for both Mac and iPhone; both add new features such as syncing with Google Reader

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10.6: Create a ‘copy as plain text’ service: “I ran into an issue where I need to copy some items from Numbers into a table in Keynote — but they kept copying as table cells, thus inserting new cells and messing up my existing table. At first, my only solution was to copy from Numbers, switch to TextEdit, paste-and-match-style (Shift-Command-Option-V), recopy, switch to Keynote, and paste. Not terribly efficient.

With the help of this hint, I realized there was a better way, provided you have GUI scripting turned on. As a bonus, it solves the copy (or paste) as plain text problem for all apps, not just these two
Here’s the fix: in Automator, create a new Service, and set it to receive no input and work in any application. Add a Run AppleScript action, and put the following code in the on run routine:

tell application 'System Eve...




(Via MacOSXHints.com.)

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In what may just be a perfect storm of technology geek gadget lust, an auction house in Southern California is preparing to auction off the first Apple Macintosh Plus ever made–a computer that was owned by “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry. The event promises to bring together two of the most famously devoted fan bases– Apple buyers and Trekkies.

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News from Creaceed S.P.R.L:

(review pending)

Prizmo’s OCR in a nutshell:
- Accurate and world famous OCR technology (ExperExchange, Inc.)
- 10 languages available (English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish…)
- Adjustable grid for easily selecting the text to be recognized
- Result preview
- Several file types for saving the results…

Pricing and Availability
Version 1.1 is compatible with Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard, and is a free update for registered users.
Prizmo 1.x is available in English, French and German for USD39.95 (i.e. around €29 + VAT). A 50% educational discount can be asked by teachers and students.

Want more information?
Watch the screencasts explaining how the application works.

Click here to download Prizmo.

The Slate Mac Desktop [Featured Desktop]: “

Reader Ian Michael Smith’s desktop is sleek, smooth, and seriously impressive—with custom themes and icons for Finder, the Dock, and Geektool. Who knew OS X could look this good?

• Custom Wallpaper
• Soliq Ceaser Theme (Finder)
• HUD Theme
• Soliq Black iTunes Theme
• Custom Finder Backgrounds
• PRY Finder Icons
• Docktabs V.2 Dock Icons
• Geektool clock/date
• Quicksilver for App Launching

Great job, Ian!

Want to create your own OS X desktop customization? Check out our guide to monitoring your Mac and more with GeekTool to add basic system stats and information, then learn how to add current weather and a desktop calendar with GeekTool.

Once you’ve created your own beautifully tweaked (and hopefully productive) desktop, post it over in the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Flickr Group complete with a description of the programs and tweaks you used (and preferably links as well!), and we just might feature it here.

(Via Lifehacker.)

Make your USB flash drive indestructible! | DmitryBrant.com: “Make your USB flash drive indestructible!”

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Here is a thread that helps getting your Canon MX850 to work in “Network” mode.

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Bludzee is a little black cat with blue eyes, cute and totally engaging but above all, an innovative concept! Bludzee is the first comic book series designed for the mobile phone, which will last for an entire year and be distributed worldwide. A previously unpublished and innovative creation from the excellent Lewis Trondheim.