Mac OSX Finder Dupe (ie easily open another Finder Window)

Something I do alot on the Mac is copy files from one place to another. By default clicking on the Finder icon on the Dock just brings to the front the Finder window you already have open – it doesn’t open a new window. There are a few utilities out there that help you open Finder windows, position them etc, but I wanted something simple so that when I had a Finder Window open, I could just click a button and it would duplicate the view of that Finder window and open it.

JOBO photoGPS on Mac OSX

In 2008 JOBO released a GPS device to assist with geotagging photos that sits in the hot-shoe of your favourite DSLR camera called the JOBO photoGPS. It’s a very convenient unit that takes a non-GPS capable DSLR and gives it GPS abilities. I use mine on my Canon 450D, and they can be found online at places such as B&H.

iSync Plugin for Sony Ericsson K850i

Where are the iSync Plugins?
In my constant search for work phones that do what I want them to do (my personal phone will be an iPhone so can’t carry 2) I’ve been provided a Sony Ericsson K850i, which is an 850MHz (“Next G”) supporting phone with a 5 megapixel camera.

iSync Plugin for Nokia 6120 Classic

Hi again,

Work has just ported all of us employees over to Telstra, and supplied a NextG SIM card so I picked myself up a Nokia 6120 Classic to assist in some signal strength issues in my home office, and it’s worked brilliantly.

The only thing I didn’t count on is Nokia not having an iSync plugin for the phone (they seem to have one for every other device).

Sync Mac OSX iCal with Google Calendar

For those that want to sync their calendar and access it online but don’t want to shell out for the cost of Apple .Mac, it’s been a while coming but now there is a solution: gSync from a small company by the name of Macness.

Update Note: I am now using a new tool called BusySync from BusyMac.

Mac OSX Finder Refresh

Note: Mac OSX 10.5.x “Leopard” may not need this – however some users have reported it still adds value. Apple seem to have made some changes in the way Leopard interacts with the file system making automatic refreshes far more instant.

A small but annoying thing about Mac OSX is that sometimes it doesn’t refresh itself when a file or folder is changed – especially when dealing with SMB (Windows) share drives.