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date: 2007-06-11 18:44:28+00:00
wordpress_id: 1563
categories:
- photography
category: photography
tags:
- tutorial
- tutorial
- osx
---
**UPDATE: I wrote a follow up article describing how to use this scanner with the newest Mac operating system Leopard. Feel free to head over to this article to get the freshest facts about using this scanner with Mac OS X:
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ And after installing (and rebooting the system) you can use the scanner with Pho
![image](/media/canon2.png)
![image](/media/canon3.png)And don't forget to take a look in the preferences-dialog in the scan-window to set your color-management under the tab "Color Settings"
![image](/media/canon4.png)Another important setting is enabling 16bit per channel scanning under the tab "Scan".
The only problem that remains is that Photoshop really uses 50% of my CPU-Power (2GHz Intel Core2Duo) just when the scan-window is open. But now after six months of waiting i can finally scan my analog photography in acceptable quality. Thanks to Canon for nothing!

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date: 2008-02-26 23:24:17+00:00
wordpress_id: 12
categories:
- design
category: design
tags:
- tutorial
- osx
---
As you may know you can easily password protect your website or parts of it using an htaccess file with special instructions on an [Apache](http://www.apache.org/)-based server. For using this method you just have to put a file named `.htaccess` (which includes the instructions for the webserver) and a file named `.htpasswd` (which includes the login-accounts) in the directory you want to have password protected. But you have to encrypt the passwords of the login data for yourself, which is a quick task on a Mac.
@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ htpasswd -nb username password
and press enter. Terminal should output a new line containing your login data with an encrypted password. Just paste it in your `.htpasswd`-file and you're done.
It's that easy.
It's that easy.

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category: goodies
tags:
- icon
- icon
redirect_from:
- /new-goodies-aperture-file-types-icons/

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date: 2008-04-04 10:47:23+00:00
wordpress_id: 22
categories:
- design
post_format:
- Link
category: design
tags:
- osx
---
Nice article on Smashing Magazine by Kate England. It's the Human Interface Guidelines for icons in a nutshell: [Mac OS X Leopard: Designers Guide to Icons](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/04/mac-os-x-leopard-designers-guide-to-icons):

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date: 2008-04-09 13:13:42+00:00
wordpress_id: 32
categories:
- design
category: design
tags:
- tutorial
- tutorial
- osx
---
[![Aperture File Types](/media/aperturefiletypes.png)](/media/aperturefiletypes.png)After i released my [Aperture File Types icon set](http://www.kremalicious.com/goodies) many of you asked how they can really use these icons for displaying the icons of images on your Mac system. Sadly this isn't as easy as dropping them in [Candybar](http://www.panic.com/candybar) into a well for image icons cause there isn't any well for them. So using other icons as standard file type icons for images is a bit tricky. I discovered two ways of doing it, which involves overwriting resources of Preview.app and Photoshop. So before doing anything I mention in this post, you should make a backup copy of them.
@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ So here's the trick: The icons from Photoshop are stored in Adobe Photoshop CS3.
Hope this helps you although it's very tricky. But changing icons for images in Mac OS X is a bit out of my control since i don't develop Mac OS X ;-)
By the way, this should also work in Tiger...
By the way, this should also work in Tiger...

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date: 2008-04-14 13:51:39+00:00
wordpress_id: 37
categories:
- photography
category: photography
tags:
- aperture
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date: 2008-04-17 01:32:13+00:00
wordpress_id: 39
categories:
- design
category: design
tags:
- tutorial
- tutorial
---
![CSS](/media/css.png)The aim of this article is to give you a quick introduction of a css property named text-shadow which was first included in CSS2 (but it's not implemented in all browsers yet). Nevertheless you can make some cool effects with it, which could only be done before by photoshopping text and rendering it as an image.
@ -21,13 +20,13 @@ This article describes how text-shadow works, what you can do with it and which
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Here's an overview of the headlines in this article. As you can see it's rather complex and long. Be sure to get a delicious fresh cup of coffee or tea before reading on:
1. What text-shadow is good for
2. Which browsers support it
3. Cross-browser compatibility
4. How does it work and how to use it
5. Examples with code & demos
6. Hack: Safari Text Rendering
6. Hack: Safari Text Rendering
7. More articles and resources
@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ Utilizing text-shadow to simulate engraved or stenciled text is widely used on w
## 2. Which browsers support it?
In fact, text-shadow is not a new property since it was first defined with [CSS2 in 1998](http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/text.html#text-shadow-props) but it was just implemented by the KHTML/WebKit-folks. But it's available in [Safari](http://www.apple.com/safari/) since version 1.1 (2003), in [Konqueror](http://www.konqueror.org/features/browser.php) since version 3.4 (I believe, not sure) and [Opera](http://www.opera.com/) 9.5. Furthermore it's also supported by [Firefox](http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html) 3.1/3.5 and finally [Google Chrome](http://www.google.com/chrome) 2 adds full support for the text-shadow property after they had stripped this from the first version of Chrome.
In fact, text-shadow is not a new property since it was first defined with [CSS2 in 1998](http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/text.html#text-shadow-props) but it was just implemented by the KHTML/WebKit-folks. But it's available in [Safari](http://www.apple.com/safari/) since version 1.1 (2003), in [Konqueror](http://www.konqueror.org/features/browser.php) since version 3.4 (I believe, not sure) and [Opera](http://www.opera.com/) 9.5. Furthermore it's also supported by [Firefox](http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html) 3.1/3.5 and finally [Google Chrome](http://www.google.com/chrome) 2 adds full support for the text-shadow property after they had stripped this from the first version of Chrome.
On the Mac platform WebKit is also used in various other programs with a browser included like [Coda](http://www.panic.com/coda/) from Panic, [CSSedit](http://www.macrabbit.com/cssedit/) from MacRabbit or [NetNewsWire](http://www.newsgator.com/NetNewsWire.aspx) from NewsGator. Also every browser which is powered by the WebKit engine is able to render the text-shadow property, like [Shiira](http://shiira.jp/en.php), [OmniWeb](http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/) or [Epiphany](http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/) which are either for Mac or Linux.
@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ text-shadow: 0 0 4px #ccc, 0 -5px 4px #ff3, 2px -10px 6px #fd3, -2px -15px 11px
[![sub-pixel rendering](/media/text-shadow-15.png)](/media/text-shadow-hack.png)
More than a hack than an effect but it addresses the poor light-on-dark text rendering in Safari. This is caused by the [sub-pixel rendering](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering) of OS X's Quartz 2D layer as a part of the Core Graphics framework. Also Safari 3.1 on Windows uses sub pixel rendering instead of plain anti-aliasing.
More than a hack than an effect but it addresses the poor light-on-dark text rendering in Safari. This is caused by the [sub-pixel rendering](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering) of OS X's Quartz 2D layer as a part of the Core Graphics framework. Also Safari 3.1 on Windows uses sub pixel rendering instead of plain anti-aliasing.
[![anti-alias rendering through text-shadow](/media/text-shadow-14.png)](/media/text-shadow-hack.png)
@ -346,4 +345,4 @@ Propably the oldest text-shadow demo originally made for Safari 1.1 ;-)
Blog entry on islayer.com about different text-shadow rendering across different Mac OS X versions
* [CSS3 preview on css3.info](http://www.css3.info/preview/)
"Everything you need to know about CSS3" - get excited before CSS3 becomes final
"Everything you need to know about CSS3" - get excited before CSS3 becomes final

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date: 2008-05-04 16:04:48+00:00
wordpress_id: 45
categories:
- photography
category: photography
tags:
- tutorial
- tutorial
- osx
---
![Canon CanoScan LiDE 500F](/media/canoscanlide500f.jpg)A while ago I [wrote about my problems](http://www.kremalicious.com/2007/06/finally-a-universal-scanner-driver-for-the-canon-canoscan-lide-500f-for-intel-macs/) finding a universal scanner driver from Canon for my CanoScan LiDE 500F to use it under Mac OS X. The solution was the Canon Asia website where a universal driver version was available.
@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ But there's a new driver available. It was posted on the Canon USA website on 7
The changelog says:
> Newly supports Mac OS X v10.5.
> ScanGear Starter is removed. (Because the operation problem occurs when the destination to save the scan file is changed in Mac OS X v10.5.)
> ScanGear Starter is removed. (Because the operation problem occurs when the destination to save the scan file is changed in Mac OS X v10.5.)
So this sounds just right. You can download the new universal scanner driver from [Canon USA](http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=SupportDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=235&modelid=11011#DownloadDetailAct) or [Canon Asia](http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/contents/ASIA/EN/0900321901.html). Following these links takes you right to the driver download page for this scanner.

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date: 2008-05-05 04:15:11+00:00
wordpress_id: 46
categories:
- photography
category: photography
tags:
- aperture
- tutorial
- aperture
- tutorial
- osx
---
![Aperture Scanning](/media/aperturescan.png)Wouldn't that be great? Hook up your scanner, fire up Aperture, click on Import and the images coming directly from your scanner plate? Although my scanner is shown as a source in the import dialogue you can't import images with it directly from Aperture. But using Preview/Image Capture and Automator you can bypass this limitation.

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date: 2008-05-08 15:47:48+00:00
wordpress_id: 51
categories:
- design
category: design
---
[![Indiana Jones Iconset by Iconfactory](/media/indianajones_first.png)](http://iconfactory.com/indianajones/)If you enjoyed the Indiana Jones movies than this first of four desktop icon sets is a must have for you. Icon Designer [Anthony Piraino](http://onebuttonmouse.com/) crafted some beautiful items from Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark movie.

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date: 2008-05-14 10:01:15+00:00
wordpress_id: 53
categories:
- photography
category: photography
---
Canon has posted some updates for their photographic software on the Canon USA website:

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date: 2008-06-11 10:37:07+00:00
wordpress_id: 70
categories:
- design
category: design
tags:
- osx
---
![Safari](/media/safari-logo.png)Apple released a developer preview of the upcoming version of its web browser Safari to registered Developers. The Safari 4 Developer Preview is available for Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard and Windows. While the main changes are not visible to the user the most significant visible new feature is the overhauled Web Inspector.

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updated: 2009-01-19 03:08:11+00:00
wordpress_id: 75
categories:
- design
category: design
tags:
- tutorial
- tutorial
- osx
- ubuntu
redirect_from:
- /ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/trackback/

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date: 2008-08-22 18:50:31+00:00
wordpress_id: 142
categories:
- photography
category: photography
tags:
- aperture
- tutorial
- aperture
- tutorial
- osx
---
![Niepce's Aperture Vault](/media/niepces_aperture_vault256.png)When on the road I always take a little mobile hard drive with me where all my referenced Aperture Masters from the past years and my mobile Aperture Vault (backing up the un-referenced Masters from the current year) reside. But being little and mobile also means the external hard drive can easily be lost or stolen exposing all my pictures to the thief. To avoid that you can use encryption so in the case of a lost or theft the data is not accessible by the thief. This can easily be done with [sparse bundle disk images](http://db.tidbits.com/article/9673) so you won't have to encrypt the whole hard drive with additional software.
@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Now go to Aperture, choose the Projects tab and click on the little gear wheel a
![](/media/securevault2.png)
In the opened dialogue select your mounted disk image under the devices section in your sidebar, give it a name and click Add.
In the opened dialogue select your mounted disk image under the devices section in your sidebar, give it a name and click Add.
![](/media/securevault4.png)

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date: 2008-08-28 09:54:06+00:00
wordpress_id: 156
categories:
- design
category: design
tags:
- osx
---
![Architect icon](/media/architect-icon.jpg)There's good news for all you Mac OS X Leopard GUI Themer out there. While there's Panic's [Candybar](http://www.panic.com/candybar) for icon customization in OS X there is no application to alter all the user interface elements of Leopard. In Tiger there was an application called ShapeShifter but since the whole GUI in Leopard changed it stopped working. Architect and Façade to the rescue.
[SlightlyPretentious](http://www.slightlypretentious.com/) announced its "Theming made easy"-application Architect is coming as a public beta <strike>next sunday (is it 08/31 or 09/07?)</strike> on Wednesday, September 3rd. Icon Designer Laurent Baumann already posted [a new sweet application icon](http://www.flickr.com/photos/avetenebrae/2669353476/) for this app a while ago and we can expect a nice and good looking solution for theming and customization in Leopard.
[SlightlyPretentious](http://www.slightlypretentious.com/) announced its "Theming made easy"-application Architect is coming as a public beta <strike>next sunday (is it 08/31 or 09/07?)</strike> on Wednesday, September 3rd. Icon Designer Laurent Baumann already posted [a new sweet application icon](http://www.flickr.com/photos/avetenebrae/2669353476/) for this app a while ago and we can expect a nice and good looking solution for theming and customization in Leopard.
Head over to [the Screencast](http://www.slightlypretentious.com/) and see Architect and its UI in action.
[![Architect UI](/media/architect-ui_thumb.png)](/media/architect-ui.png)
While Architect will help you customizing Leopards UI and building themes out of your modifications, Façade ([Laurent's icon of it](http://www.flickr.com/photos/avetenebrae/2665823420/in/photostream/)) will help you switch (and manage?) the themes. But currently there's no word on the [SlightlyPretentious](http://www.slightlypretentious.com/) website about this application.
While Architect will help you customizing Leopards UI and building themes out of your modifications, Façade ([Laurent's icon of it](http://www.flickr.com/photos/avetenebrae/2665823420/in/photostream/)) will help you switch (and manage?) the themes. But currently there's no word on the [SlightlyPretentious](http://www.slightlypretentious.com/) website about this application.
Slightly Pretentious made [Architect available as a public beta](http://www.slightlypretentious.com/) while claiming Façade will be coming in october. But Façade already [has its own nice website](http://facadeapp.com/).
Update 02/17/2009:
Still no sight of Façade anywhere except the [note of a Lead Developer change](http://blog.slightlypretentious.com/2009/01/17/please-welcome-our-new-developer/) at Slightly Pretentious.
Still no sight of Façade anywhere except the [note of a Lead Developer change](http://blog.slightlypretentious.com/2009/01/17/please-welcome-our-new-developer/) at Slightly Pretentious.
But meanwhile another theme manager was released: [Magnifique](http://magnifique.pcwizcomputer.com/), available as a free download.
![Magnifique UI](/media/magnifique-ui.png)

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date: 2008-09-23 20:33:48+00:00
wordpress_id: 1905
categories:
- photos
post_format:
- Image
category: photos
tags:
- mac
---
... this used to be a nice entry-level Apple monitor (Apple Multiple Scan 20). However, it took more than 10 years 'til it refused to display red and green.
... this used to be a nice entry-level Apple monitor (Apple Multiple Scan 20). However, it took more than 10 years 'til it refused to display red and green.
TechSpecs:
TechSpecs:
[support.apple.com/kb/SP409](http://support.apple.com/kb/SP409)
[everymac.com/monitors/apple/multiple_scan/specs/multiple_...](http://everymac.com/monitors/apple/multiple_scan/specs/multiple_scan_20.html)

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date: 2008-09-23 23:22:16+00:00
wordpress_id: 256
categories:
- goodies
category: goodies
tags:
- wallpaper
- wallpaper
- futurama
redirect_from:
- /new-goodie-futurama-mars-university-wallpaper/

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---
author: Matthias Kretschmann
comments: true
date: 2009-01-05 03:14:45+00:00
layout: post
slug: the-mac-in-futurama
title: The Mac in Futurama
author: Matthias Kretschmann
date: 2009-01-05 03:14:45+00:00
category: design
tags:
- futurama
- mac
slug: the-mac-in-futurama
wordpress_id: 440
categories:
- design
---
![The Mac in Futurama](/media/futurama-mac-teaser.png)
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![Futurama Vol. 1-6 by Gedeon Maheux](/media/futurama_gedeon.png)[[Futurama Vol. 1-6](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/fut1)
![Futurama Vol. 1-6 by Gedeon Maheux](/media/futurama_gedeon.png)[[Futurama Vol. 1-6](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/fut1)
Amazing icons made by Iconfactory's [Gedeon Maheux](http://gedblog.com/). The recent [Volume 6 release](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/fut6) also comes with some nice wallpapers showing silhouettes of the Planet Express crew members. [Vol.2](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/fut2), [Vol.3](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/fut3), [Vol.4](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/fut4), [Vol.5](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/fut5), [Vol.6](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/fut6)
Also [a search for Futurama in the freeware section on Iconfactory.com](http://iconfactory.com/search/freeware/futurama) is always a good idea...
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![Futurama Random Quote Generator by rawpixels](/media/futurama_rawpixels.png)[Futurama Random Quote Generator](http://www.apple.com/medias/dashboard/movie_tv/futuramarandomquotegenerator.html)
![Futurama Random Quote Generator by rawpixels](/media/futurama_rawpixels.png)[Futurama Random Quote Generator](http://www.apple.com/medias/dashboard/movie_tv/futuramarandomquotegenerator.html)
A Dashboard widget for Mac OS X giving you random quotes from Futurama. Made by [rawpixels](http://www.rawpixels.com/).
![Futurama Mars University Wallpaper by Matthias Kretschmann/kremalicious.com](/media/futurama_kremalicious.png)[Futurama Mars University Wallpaper](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/09/new-goodie-futurama-mars-university-wallpaper/)
![Futurama Mars University Wallpaper by Matthias Kretschmann/kremalicious.com](/media/futurama_kremalicious.png)[Futurama Mars University Wallpaper](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/09/new-goodie-futurama-mars-university-wallpaper/)
And there's my Futurama Mars University Wallpaper for Desktop and iPhone available in the [Goodies section](http://www.kremalicious.com/goodies) on this website.
![Futurama: Out Of Whale Oil Wallpaper Pack by Matthias Kretschmann/kremalicious.com](/media/out_of_whale_oil_detail.png)[Futurama: Out Of Whale Oil Wallpaper Pack](http://www.kremalicious.com/2009/02/out-of-whale-oil/)
![Futurama: Out Of Whale Oil Wallpaper Pack by Matthias Kretschmann/kremalicious.com](/media/out_of_whale_oil_detail.png)[Futurama: Out Of Whale Oil Wallpaper Pack](http://www.kremalicious.com/2009/02/out-of-whale-oil/)
And finally there's my Futurama: Out Of Whale Oil Wallpaper pack for Desktop and iPhone also available in the [Goodies section](http://www.kremalicious.com/goodies) on this website. Vivid green and pink Feminista versions included.
@ -250,12 +254,3 @@ And finally there's my Futurama: Out Of Whale Oil Wallpaper pack for Desktop and
And that's it folks. Hope you enjoyed this fun article. If you know of more Mac or Apple references in Futurama or links to nice Futurama icons, wallpapers or application resources feel free to post them in the comments.
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date: 2009-02-17 20:11:55+00:00
wordpress_id: 533
categories:
- goodies
category: goodies
tags:
- wallpaper
- wallpaper
- futurama
---
Simple, high-resolution Futurama tribute wallpaper pack inspired by the latest Futurama movie Into The Wild Green Yonder. This pack includes 4 versions of the Planet Express ship whale oil indicator in 2 different sizes for desktop and iPhone use. Vivid pink Feminista versions included too ;-)

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date: 2009-06-24 21:00:38+00:00
wordpress_id: 844
categories:
- goodies
category: goodies
tags:
- icon
- icon
- osx
---
Here's a new desktop goodie for your pleasure. It's a replacement dock icon for the popular Mac IM client [Adium](http://adium.im/) following the style of atebit's excellent [Tweetie for Mac](http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac/) icon.

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date: 2010-07-03 17:12:53+00:00
wordpress_id: 1453
categories:
- goodies
category: goodies
tags:
- wallpaper
- wallpaper
- futurama
---
The recent Futurama episode "[Attack of the Killer App](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_of_the_Killer_App)" mocked a phone and a company you probably all have heard of. I've made some wallpapers with the logo of MomCorp presented everywhere in this episode.