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1Dec/090

Mac Must-have: Schubert|it PDF Browser Plugin

Download Schubert|it PDF Browser Plugin for a much, MUCH better PDF experience. And it's free for non-commercial use.

Best part for me? Not only is it much faster than Adobe Acrobat plugin, but this plugin allows you to view PDF files right in your browser without having to save a copy of every single PDF file you come across in your downloads folder.

In other words, you can view PDF files in the browser, and if you don't save it, it stays in the plugin's cache, which gets cleared when the browser restarts. No clutter, no clean-up.

Of course, if you do want to save a copy of it or print it, or view the file in Preview or open it in Acrobat, that's just a click away.

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6Jan/094

Set half-star ratings directly in iTunes | Macworld

From: Mac OS X Hints | Macworld

Set half-star ratings directly in iTunes
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld.com

iTunes has long supported the ability to rate (and display) half-star ratings for songs, but until recently, you had to use an AppleScript to actually set those half-star ratings. Now, thanks to a hidden iTunes preference, you can set half-star ratings directly within iTunes.

To enable this feature, first quit iTunes, then open Terminal. In Terminal, enter this command, then press Return:

defaults write com.apple.iTunes allow-half-stars -bool TRUE

Now relaunch iTunes, and nothing will seem to have changed. But click-and-drag (slowly) on a song’s Rating field, and you’ll see little ½ indicators as you drag across the rating. (You can also try clicking directly between stars, but I find this more difficult than dragging to a half-star position.) If you found the five-step ratings scale too limiting before, you can now rejoice in the new ten-step version.

If you ever tire of the half-star steps, quit iTunes, open Terminal, and repeat the above command, but replace TRUE with FALSE. Today’s hint has been covered in a few spots on the web, including right here in the discussion thread for our hint on finding hidden preferences by reader ScottBayes, but I felt it useful enough to share as a general hints blog.