Smart Sleep - Mac OS X

I can't remember since when Apple decided that when you sleep your laptop, it will write all the data in memory to the hard drive, then go to hibernate. It is a good thing if you are on road, and want to change the battery. Once you power it on, every thing just like before you swap the battery. But for me, I've had 4 apple laptops, I've never done this for a single time. Especially for my latest MacBook Pro, I have to wait it to dump 4GB memory on to hard drive every time. And most of the time, I found it is even faster if you just power off it. I would be more happier if it can go to sleep right away when I close the lid.

Now, you can do that - SmartSleep PrefPane. I've been looking for something like this for a while. Why I love it, you know, now, I can get home 5 mins earlier every day. :-)

Bigger system fonts on Mac

Maybe I am too old[I am not :)], or I am working with too many 'elder' people in office, I was frequently asked "How can I get bigger fonts on my screen?". Well, I am not talking about "CMD +". It is too easy, most of the situation, they want every thing if possible.

First, I found "Quartz Debug".

I must to say it is very interesting. You should try it out if you've not yet. You will get the bigger fonts as you want, menu, labels... But it may have some problem when rendering the mouse.(Here, on an iMac). All that said, I am supposing you know what you are doing...

Then I tried "TinkerTool".

It is a very nice app. Not only the fonts, it can do other stuff for you too. e.g, I am putting the dock on the left-bottom now. :-) I would like to recommend TinkerTool for changing the fonts.

Create PDF file from image files

Recently, I had to create a PDF file from a lot of image files. Usually, I have to open the image in Preview, then save it to a pdf file. Once I get all the pdf files, combine them together to create one file. It is OK if you are only dealing with a few, but I am facing thousands of them. Finally, I find the Automator( Come with OS X). It is super helpful. Although this is the first time I am working with it, I love it.
Step 1: Select finder items


Step 2: Convert and combine


Step 3: Save as a finder plug in