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The latest update to Alfred adds a selection of smart new features, one of which is a new way of grabbing selected text from any Mac app and pushing it straight into one of your other Alfred actions – such as a web search, for example.
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Note: if you previously entered in the giveaway you will still be eligible to win, but if you want to give your friends a chance to win, be sure to check out the new rules below!
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![Turn Any USB Memory Stick Into An Ultra-Secure, Password Protected Filestore [OS X Tips]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/archive.jpg)
It’s time for me to sign off my tipster post here at Cult of Mac. For my final tip, here’s one of my absolute favorites from my book. It describes how to turn any USB memory stick or storage device into an ultra-secure filestore. When inserted into any Mac, a password prompt will appear, just like with expensive ‘government grade secure’ memory sticks, and the contents will be as equally inaccessible to anybody else.
![Make The Volume Ultra-Quiet [OS X Tips]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/quiet.jpg)
Here’s how to access a secret setting to make your Mac’s volume very quiet indeed—ideal if you’re trying to listen to something in a very quiet room where somebody else is working or sleeping, for example. As a tip this can be filed under the category, “Cool! I never knew that!”.
![Make Your Mouse Cursor Bigger [OS X Tips]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cursor.jpg)
Here’s a basic but essential trick that Windows users take for granted—making the mouse cursor bigger, which can help on larger screens of if you simply prefer it that way.
![Switch Desktop Space Like A Pro [OS X Tips]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/spaces.jpg)
Did you know you can move a window from one space to another by dragging and dropping it to the edge of the screen? If so you’ll know there’s a delay before the space will switch to the new one, but a simple tweak can speed that up. Read on for more info.
![Search For Carriage Returns/Tabs In Documents [OS X Tips]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/invisibles.jpg)
Sometimes within an OS X application you might want to search and replace all single tabs with two tabs, for example, or remove double carriage returns. However, if you type a Tab or hit Return in the search field of an app, it won’t have the desired effect. There’s a simple trick that can be used.
![Dump A Snapshot Of What Your Mac Is Doing [OS X Tips]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/diagnose.jpg)
There might be certain situations where you need a snapshot of what your computer is doing. For example, if you spot a bug in a program, the developer might need to know what your computer is doing when the bug occurs. Here’s how to send the developer everything they could possibly need to know.
![Search Spotlight For Emails/Docs From Certain People [OS X Tips]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/spotlight1.jpg)
Spotlight is a love it/hate it experience. Don’t stop reading if you hate it, however, because here’s a tip that shows how useful Spotlight can be if used correctly. A simple trick lets you search for emails or documents by a particular author, which can be extremely useful when trying to track down that elusive file or message.
![Create A “Quit Everything” App [OS X Tips]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/quitallapp.jpg)
Ever wanted to quit every single open application? Perhaps you want to free up memory for the launch of another app. Here’s one way of doing it quickly and cleanly.
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