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Lion Tweaks Fixes Common Annoyances in Apple’s Latest OS [Mac Downloads]

Alan Henry — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:30:00 +0000

Mac: If you upgraded to Mac OS X Lion and immediately started finding system settings and changes you disliked, Lion Tweaks is a utility that gives you one-click access to enable or disable all of Lion’s most loved-or hated-new features. More »

Lion Tweaks Fixes Common Annoyances in Apple’s Latest OS [Mac Downloads]

Alan Henry — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:30:00 +0000

Hush Automatically Mutes Obnoxious Commercials on Hulu [Video]

Adam Pash — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:15:00 +0000

Mac: Hulu has changed the way we watch TV, but it hasn’t changed the way advertisers blow out our eardrums and drive us crazy playing the same obnoxious ads, over and over again. Hush is a free app for Macs that automatically mutes your computer during Hulu commercials and restores your volume when the commercials end. More »

Texty Sends Text Messages from Google Chrome Using Your Phone Number (and We’ve Got Beta Invites) [Downloads]

Whitson Gordon — Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Android/Chrome: No one likes texting on small, autocorrect-prone phone keyboards. Texty connects your phone to Google Chrome, letting you send and receive SMS messages right from the extension bar. More »

Widen the Active Tab in Firefox to Make It Easier to Read [Firefox]

Whitson Gordon — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:30:00 +0000

Opening a lot of tabs in Firefox can compress them so small that you don’t know what each one is. This CSS tweak will enlarge the active tab, so you can at least always see what page you’re working on. More »

Use NetNewsWire to Clean Out Your Starred Google Reader Items [Annoyances]

Kevin Purdy — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Adding a star to stuff you plan to get back to reading (honestly!) can lead to an intimidating backlog of no-longer-helpful items. Use NetNewsWire for Mac to wipe away all your stars at once, or warm up your fingers for a rapid-fire keyboard cleansing. More »

Exclude Spammy Sites from Google with This Custom Search Engine [Search Tip]

Whitson Gordon — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:40:00 +0000

We’ve shown you how to create site-specific search engines in Chrome and Firefox, and reader isaaclyman reminds us you can also use that to exclude spammy sites from your search results. More »

Fix “Trash Cannot be Emptied” Problems in OS X [Mac Tip]

Whitson Gordon — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Every once in a while, you’ll go to empty the trash on your Mac only to have it spit out a “Trash Cannot be Emptied because ______ is in use” error. Here’s how to fix that problem. More »

Our Biggest Android Annoyances and How to Fix Them [Annoyances]

Kevin Purdy — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:00:00 +0000

We asked, and, boy, do our readers have some issues with their Android phones. Here’s a few of the biggest sticking points, how to fix them, and a few tiny-but-aggravating issues our commenters figured out on their own. More »

Our Biggest iOS Annoyances and How to Fix Them [Annoyances]

Adam Dachis — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:00:00 +0000

Whether you love or hate your iPhone (or fall somewhere in between), there are at least a few things about it that annoy you. Here are our—and your—biggest annoyances, along with how to fix them. More »