kitty mac daddy
My kitty is sprawled across my lap as I type. Actually he's lying in my arms like a baby... and somehow I can still type. I wish I could grab the camera, but I know he'd move. Any time I move and it wakes him up a little, he puts his paw on my face as to say "please keep still momma".I was gone a lot this weekend, so he's been quite the loverboy today. He's almost 3 years old you know! His birthday is comin up in 10 days! he's a big boy. Then my birthday is coming up shortly after that - I think it's time for a party!
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SO, I'm just going through some of the great suggestions that were given to me way back when I first got my mac.
I just installed AutoHide and CleverKeys - thanks Leen! and I'm checking into ToyViewer.
I've been wanting a better photo management tool. iPhoto is cool for some of the features... I like how easy it is to quickly auto-levels photos and such, but I dont like how it puts my photos into folders by month & date - I am used to being able to put photos in a folder by event, and I like that better. Plus, it doesn't even download the videos off my card... lame!
So now I'm just pluggin my camera in & dragging all the files into a new folder myself. I've tried to use my ACDSee for the mac, but it's not as nice as it is on the PC at all... and I was even using Graphic Converter for awhile, too - but really that offers more than I need. And it makes all the images have that icon instead of being able to see a little mini thumbnail of the photo (anyone know how I can change that?)
My wish list for a photo management tool:
I just want something that is an easy tool to navigate through folders, viewing thumbnails, maybe batch rotating some photos, selecting them & dragging them into another folder, and when I open one I'd like it to automatically be a slideshow type (not necessarily full screen) where from there I can click back & next within the folder. Also, ideally it would let me customize a list of editors, so that I could choose the editor I want to take it into. However, I realize I can do this just as easily by having those programs in my launchbar so that I just drag them onto the program icon... but thought I'd add it while I'm making requests. And/or it would be as convenient as iPhoto to edit quickly, cuz I do like that one feature. Oh & it'd be great if it previewed movies too!! Basically just have it perform the way ACDSee on the PC does!!!
Let me know if you have a suggestion and/or a preferred program/method you've tried & tested. I would think there's something out there that does what I'm wanting!
Also, I've been using Launchbar, but am now debating between Butler and Quicksilver. In that last post I'd gotten 2 votes for Butler, but maybe since then Quicksilver's gotten more robust?
Oh & I've been using Fire, and I've tried Proteus, but now I'm hearing great things about Adium? Need to go check that out.
Anyway - thought I'd break out the geek talk with all of you.
