Mac OS X Hints posted the following tips:

- Screenshots in iOS can capture a video frame
- Safari 5 extension to avoid data mining
- Persistent Growl notifications for long tasks
- Finish current track in iTunes playlist and pause
- Prevent SL connecting to known open WiFi
- Catch the iPad start screen after app purchase



Screenshots in iOS can capture a video frame

As is well-known for iOS devices, if you press and hold the Home button and then immediately press the Sleep/Wake button, a screenshot of the current screen will be taken. The screenshot is saved to the 'Saved photos' album in the Photo app.

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Safari 5 extension to avoid data mining

Online privacy is always a matter of concern. There are many tools around to help and a new one for Safari 5 is an extension called Incognito.[/quote6
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Persistent Growl notifications for long tasks

I have a tendency to forget that I'm in the middle of a backup -- I use an rsync script that runs in the background -- so I needed a way to keep a reminder on screen for the duration of the task so I don't accidentally disconnect the external backup drive.

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Finish current track in iTunes playlist and pause

This is an AppleScript that, when run, pauses iTunes when the current song is finished. I use it all the time when I want to listen to a track and then do something else.

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Prevent SL connecting to known open WiFi

Say, one day you decide to connect your Macbook to some open WiFi router. Let's call it DUPA. DUPA does not require a password, gives you IP (by DHCP) but doesn't offer Internet connection. So, it's useless for you.

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Catch the iPad start screen after app purchase

Something I dislike about purchasing an app on the iPad is that there is no queue system in the App Store, so if you want to purchase a few different apps, you type in your password on the first app to download it, and the App Store closes and the the Home screen slides away taking you far from the App Store icon to rest at the page where your new app will live. One solution is multitasking on iOS 4, or even folders (if all your icons are in folders and you only have one or two pages then its not difficult to swipe back to the App Store) but you can't do this on the iPad (yet).

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