Leopard: Narrow the Scope of Spotlight Searches
19 Jul 2008 7:57pm GMT By using a qualifier, you can make Spotlight return more specific search results. This can be a real time saver when searching for emails, images, folders or even applications.
Exercise: Hacking Push Ups to Maximize Effectiveness
19 Jul 2008 1:36pm GMT Once upon a time, in a universe far, far away, I used to be a fitness trainer and bodybuilder. Lifehacker took me back to those days recently with two separate posts on push ups. The first was on the push up belonging in your fitness routine and the other was on a six week training plan to get you doing one hundred push ups. The fact is that the push up is a very effective exercise in strengthening and developing your shoulders, triceps, and chest. If you want to make your push up work out...
Mail.app: Set Interval for Automatic Removal of Deleted Items
18 Jul 2008 10:57am GMT Without proper management, your Trash folder can get out of control and take up unnecessary space on your drive. You can either manually manage the items in your Trash folder, or you can set the interval that you want Mail.app to automatically remove these items.
Excel 2007: Using a Background Image
17 Jul 2008 9:59am GMT If you want to dress up your spreadsheet a little bit, you can add a background image. This works especially well when using images such as corporate logos that give it an "official" look.
Excel 2007: Have Your Data Read Back To You
16 Jul 2008 9:46am GMT After taking the time to input a large amount of data, you will want to double check to make sure you entered everything correctly. It can be quite time consuming to have to constantly look back and forth from your printed list to your spreadsheet. A better way is to have Excel read your data back to you, allowing you to check the printed list while listening to the spreadsheet values.