Macworld Article > Power tools: Make events on your Mac trigger iOS notifications

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Let’s say you’ve got a really cool Automator workflow that saves you tons of time but takes a while to run. Do you really have to sit around, twiddling your thumbs while waiting for it to finish? Wouldn’t it be nicer if you could go get a latte instead and get an alert on your iPhone when the workflow is finished? That’s just one example of the kind of thing possible with the latest version of If This Then That (IFTTT). [Read more on Macworld.com...]

TUAW Post > Ten TextExpander Date Snippets

TextExpanderTextExpander (Smile Software) is a utility I use each and every day on my Mac to save time and increase productivity. One of the things I use it for is formatting and inserting dates and times. Adding the date or time to a file or folder name, into an email, a document, and so on. In this post, I've shared some of my most used date and time snippets. I hope you find them as useful as I do.

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TUAW Post > AppleScript Desktop Icon Race

2012-12-23-Waldie-03Scripty Claus' gift to you this Holiday Season is a fun little AppleScript that lines up your Desktop icons and races them across the screen until one of them reaches the finish line.

Here's how to set it up...

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The Empire Strikes Back with Toys and an iPhone

Attention Fellow Geeks:

Bobby Sussman is recreating The Empire Strikes Back, one scene at a time, with action figures.  As of today, he's in Cloud City, and Han is frozen in carbonite.  All photos were shot using his iPhone.

So awesome.

[Check it out on his Facebook page or look for bobbysussman on Instagram]

Photo by Bobby Sussman.