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January 12, 2007

Mac OS X Productivity Tip

To be more productive using your Mac:

  1. Open a Finder window, then navigate to your Applications folder.
  2. Find NewsFire. Rename it to "Finances".
  3. Still in the Applications folder, find and open the AppleScript folder. Double-click on Script Editor.
  4. Type the following script into the Script Editor window:

    display alert "Shouldn't you be working?"

  5. From the File menu, select "Save As..." The save dialog will open. For Save As, type "NewsFire". For Where, navigate to your Applications folder. For File Format, select "application". Click the Save button.

Works especially well for Quicksilver users.