• Step1: Open folder with custom sounds
  Navigate to the “~/Library/Sounds” folder in “Finder” Command+Shift+G. The “~/Library/Sounds” folder contains all the custom sound files used on your operating system.
• Step 2: Copy the sound clip in AIFF format
  Copy the sound clip you want to add to the alerts from the location you have it on your computer and drag it into the “~/Library/Sounds”. (Note: The sound clip must be in AIFF format. Convert it to AIFF using iTunes – see next step how to convert to AIFF).
• Step3: Convert a the sound clip to AIFF format via iTunes
  3.1. Launch iTunes and click the “Preferences” menu.
  3.2. Click “General” and click “Import Settings”.
  3.3. Choose “AIFF Encoder” in the “Import using” menu and click “Custom” in the “Settings” menu.
  
  3.4. Select “48.000 kHz” sample rate and a 16-Bit sample size. Select “Stereo” under “Channels” and click “OK.” Click “OK” again.
  3.5. After importing it, click the sound clip and click “Advanced.” Click “Convert Selection to AIFF” to convert the sound clip to AIFF audio format.
  
  3.6. When the conversion completes, drag the newly created AIFF audio clip to the “~/Library/Sounds” folder (see the Step 1).
• Step 4: Done.
  Open “System Preferences” by clicking the “Apple” log on the top left corner on your screen and click “System Preferences”. Click “Sounds” and click “Sound Effects.” You should see the AIFF file you uploaded together with other sound clips in the “~/Library/Sounds” folder.

Also, make sure the “Play user interface sound effects” is checked in System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effects.

P.S. Now we have to get this file to show up in the Alerts list in System Preferences, Mail and iCal, etc.

Custom Alert Sounds in Mac OS X Leopard is a post from: My MacOS X

iSync is used to synchronize contact and calendar data from Address Book and iCal with many non-Apple SyncML-enabled mobile phones via a Bluetooth or USB connection.

iSync located in /Applications/ folder

Note: Some devices being supported via manufacturer and third-party iSync Plugins.

Here list of links to iSync plugins for popular brands

BenQ Siemens

• BenQ Siemens plugins

Samsung

• Datapilot
• Mactomster
• Nova Media

Sony Ericsson

• SonyEricsson
• Feisar
• Mactomster
• Nova Media

Vertu

• Vertu software for Mac

Nokia

• Plug-in to your iSync from the table below

Want to make iSync sync automatically ?
There an easy way to get the iSync software to  auto sync every x minutes.
Follow an Apple script to automatically tell iSync to sync:

tell application "iSync"

    if not syncing then
        synchronize
        repeat while syncing
                delay 1
        end repeat
        quit
    end if

end tell

Set it to run at period intervals using Automator workflows.

Howto Sync Address Book contacts with your mobile cell phone? is a post from: My MacOS X

However, the VNC service occasionally crashes, and locks my session. It also refuses any more VNC logins. This is particularly frustrating when I am off site! Apple has analyzed this and has no explanation or fix.

Here solution howto fix it: If SSH access is enabled on the server, you can connect to the server via an SSH client  and run this command:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -restart -agent

You must log in with admin rights, and must enter the admin password again to run the command. It can take a minute to run. After it finishes you’ll able to login again via VNC.

You can play with remotely once you kickstart ARD
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2370?viewlocale=en_US

Restart VNC service REMOTELY! is a post from: My MacOS X

Select all of the thumbnails in the sidebar (with Command-A, or click the first and then click the last while holding Shift). Next, from the Tools menu, choose Adjust Size. You’ll be presented with a dialog containing options to resize to all the common 4:3 and 16:9 screen sizes, as well as the option to define custom dimensions. Images are scaled proportionately and resampled by default.

Save the resized images, and you’re done!
Preview will prompt you to save any changes if you attempt to close the window.

You can also use sips on the command line:
sips -Z 1024 *.jpg
will resample to a max of 1024 px for the long edge.
Note that sips rewrites images in place, so you should do this on a copy if you care.

Batch resize images in Preview is a post from: My MacOS X

Tidy Service is a OS X Service that cleans up markup using the powerful HTML Tidy library originally created by  Dave Raggett. The version of HTML Tidy used in this build corresponds to the binary version released on February 11th, 2007.

HOW DO INSTALL IT?

1. Download Tidy Service
2. Copy TidyService.service file to /Users/<your home directory>/Library/Services/
   Note: You may need to create the directory “Services” if it does not already exist.
3. Logout and then login  again (or restart systyem).
   Note: Tidy Sevice will not appear in the Services menu until you logout, then login
4. Create settings for TidyService.
   create /Users/<your home directory>/TidyService.conf
   and insert following settings to TidyService.conf

   indent: yes
   indent-spaces: 4
   wrap: 72
   markup: yes
   output-xml: no
   input-xml: no
   show-warnings: no
   numeric-entities: no
   quote-marks: yes
   quote-nbsp: yes
   quote-ampersand: no
   break-before-br: no
   uppercase-tags: no
   uppercase-attributes: no
   doctype: omit
   show-body-only: yes
   output-html: yes
   tidy-mark: no
   

   A detailed listing of options can be found at http://tidy.sourceforge.net/docs/quickref.html

5. Set a shortcut to easy access to Tidy Service. Open Leopard -> System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts. Select Services in left box and set find “Tidy Markup” in list.
   

HOW TO USE

Tidy Service can be used to clean up HTML markup in any application that supports services by selecting (Coda, SubEthaEdit, Tumult HyperEdit, or TextWrangler) the markup in question and choosing one of the Tidy menu items from the Services menu.

Currently, there are two processing options: Tidy Markup and Tidy to XHTML. Tidy to XHTML instructs the Tidy engine to  generate valid XHTML, while Tidy Markup does not.

Valid HTML and Apply Source Formatting is a post from: My MacOS X

Control the MacBook Backlit Keyboard Illumination

• Lab Tick – download now

Control backlight via MacBook / Pro keyboard function keys:

• F8 turns off backlighting completely
  F9 dims keyboard backlighting
  F10 brightens keyboard backlight

Source: osxdaily

MacBook Keyboard Backlight Controls – Menubar item & function keys to adjust backlit illumination is a post from: My MacOS X

Here is how to do it:
Step 1: From the ‘Finder’ menu, choose ‘GO->Utilities’ or click Shift + Command + U

Step 2: Next, open the app, ‘Digital Color Meter’

Now, you can change the aperture size to smaller (left) or larger (right). Also, you can use the drop down menu to choose what format you want it represented in. For HTML coding, use RGB As Hex Value, 8-bit.
To copy the displayed color value to the clipboard, hover the mouse cursor over the color you want to measure and press Shift+Command+C. Your needs may be different, and it gives you several options to choose from.

digitalcolor meter keyboard shortcuts:

• Lock Position (Command+L)
• Lock X (Command+X)
• Lock Y (Command+Y)
• Copy Image (Command+C)
• Save as TIFF (Command+S)
• Hold Color (Shift+Command+H)
• Copy Color As Text (Shift+Command+C)
• Copy Color As Image (Option+Command+C)

More about DigitalColor Meter on Wikipedia

Digital Color Meter for Web Designer is a post from: My MacOS X