I always loved attending Macworld, and almost entirely because of the people I’d meet and friends I’d see. Until yesterday, I thought the days we could all get together for some Mac love with a ton of my favorite Mac people were over. Then I was informed that a new conference (this is the second year) called Macstock was running. I’m so out of the loop.
conference
I’m months late in writing about HoudahSpot 4.1, which is odd because it adds the one feature I’d always wanted: the ability to save HoudahSpot searches as Finder Smart Folders. I’ll get to that in one second. Full disclosure, Houdah has sponsored this blog, but this review is 100% unpaid and prompted by love.
apps, macos, review
Here’s a script for creating simple delayed alerts from Terminal. It doesn’t use system notifications, Calendar, or Reminders, just the , , and commands (making it Mac-only), and optionally LaunchBar large text display.
bash, terminal
I’ve found animated GIFs to be useful both on my blog and in README files. There are many ways to create them, but most suffer from issues with cropping and resulting file size. I’ve found some great solutions, though, and I want to share them with people who currently create GIFs and those who might find GIFs useful for their own needs.
productivity, screencasting
I posted a quick update to my GIFTag Jekyll plugin. The plugin allows Jekyll to display a clickable poster image for animated gifs without forcing the user to download it on page load. The updated version no longer requires an external play image, instead generating the overlay using CSS only.
jekyll, plugin
Hope you’re all having a great holiday season! Here are the lucky 5 who get to top off their stocking with a free copy of CleanMyMac 3:
giveaway, macos
CleanMyMac 3 is a great app for maintaining your Mac and freeing up hard drive space (now with Photos support). I reviewed it when it came out, and as you can see on the Product Hunt Mac App of the Year contest results, I’m not the only one who thinks so.
giveaway, macos, review
