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Use skype on your mobile phone

If you are on the run abroad and need to phone some important clients and speak to them personally and you want to use Skype for it. You've got no computer along you, only your mobile phone which isn't state of the art pocket pc with wlan and everything.. You got for an example a Sony Ericsson K750i or something along those lines..

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Creativebits nostalgia


Once in a while in life we humans tend to be nostalgic and we think about how it was back in those days when you were a bit younger, crazy and when you joined or started something. I'm guessing we all heard our grand parents saying "Ooh those were the days" or "It was better before"..

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Icon shortcuts in finder

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Here's a small tip concerning shortcuts in the finder..
As you probably know there is a sidebar filled with shortcuts that you easily can drag folders/apps to and with one click reach them.. After a while you probably get a longer list there and you'll want to access certain folders/apps really fast..
As default there is no icon icon (above the file window..)

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Improve quality on iPhoto 5's Photobooks


This is a tip directed to the people who still are running iPhoto 5 and haven't bought the new iLife 06 suite, but still wants higher quality on their images in the photobooks you can order through iPhoto 5..

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Sort your menubar icons

Have you ever wanted to move the clock, bluetooth, volume, screen or any apple standards icon in the menubar? If so.. Check this simple tip out then..

This tip is tested on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, but may also work on previous versions..

The trick is so simple but is probably undiscovered by many users.. You're probably asking yourself, do I need to edit some files, open up the system folder or type any hidden keyword.. No it's much more easier then that..

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Change the display icons

There is a thing in Mac OS X that really annoys me.. If you have different resolutions and then there is a display icon that appears in the upper menu and it shows an old Cinema Display (the plastic version) and I think that screen is really ugly, and why hasn''t Apple changed it I thought? There are new screens and computers since 10.4 Tiger, but I guess the guys over at Cupertino is just lazy =)

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Front Row and media center apps


Not long ago Apple launched Front Row, a program which is meant to be your default media viewer on your iMac G5. In this article I'll take you through Front Row and my opinions about it, since I've tested it and in the end we'll have a view on different projects that are free projects that you could use as alternatives to Front row..

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creativebits v3.0ß wishlist

Soon it will be the time to for us to start working on creativebits v3.0ß and we need your help with ideas to improve the site.

The nice thing about creativebits is that we are completely independent. We don't have a sponsor and we practically don't do advertising. Except for the occasional deals (like the Dreamhost promo) and the slim google adlinks just below the menu, which pays the hosting fees and the iPod prizes.

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Inquisitor 2.0


Are you tired of the default Google search bar in Safari?

Inquisitor 2.0 is a great cure for the tiresome Google search. Inquisitor allows live search results from within Safari's search bar.

It's like spotlight for the web built in Safari.. Pretty neat tool!

To download it you have to donate what ever value you want to donate, but perhaps you find it worth it..

Download it here: http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/

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Keyboard shortcuts in OS X

Here is a list of all the shortcuts in Mac OS X.. Perhaps useful if you switched to the mac or forgotten certain shortcuts..

It's a pretty long list, but perhaps useful..

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