Mac How-Tos

This week’s app of the week is Dock Dodger. It can be annoying to have applications that you’d like to hide, take up precious dock space. Dock Dodger eliminates that problem by allowing you to hide  applications from the dock. I personally use this application when I am running Steam with Crossover Games. Normally, when I open Steam Crossover Games automatically opens and takes up dock space. However, with Dock Dodger, Crossover Games remains hidden from the dock.

Simply drag and drop the application into the Dock Dodger window. To undo any application hiding, drag and drop the same application into the window.

Normally, Crossover Games  automatically takes up dock space when I run Steam

With Dock Dodger, Crossover Games is hidden

- Alexander Garovi

Tired of having your schedule solely compatible with a desktop or online calendar? Google has enabled synchronization with Apple’s iCal, with just a few easy steps. Once synched, you will be able to view your Google Calendar in iCal. Here’s how you do it -

Open iCal

Go iCal > Preferences > Account Tab > Click + to add account

Enter your account information in the given spaces

Click on the Server Settings Tab > Add the URL: https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/YOUREMAIL@DOMAIN.COM/user

Replace ‘youremail@domain.com’ with your Google Account username.

Click on the Delegation tab and select the calendars you’d like to add to iCal

Your Google Calendar  appear in iCal’s calendar list and changes made to your Google Calendar in iCal will be shown when you sign into your Google Calendar.

Have any questions? Post a comment or send me an email.

- Alexander Garovi