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Revealing Hidden PDF Services in Mac OS X 10.2.4

Posted by pudge on from the better-than-faxing dept.

cspiff writes "In Mac OS X 10.2.4, Apple quietly added the ability for users and developers to enhance the standard Print dialog with custom PDF-handling options. To enable it, just create a folder '~/Library/PDF Services' and populate it with aliases to applications, scripts, Unix tools, or other folders. Those items then show up in the Print dialog as optional handlers for Mac OS X's built-in 'Save as PDF' feature. Drop a renamed alias to your mail client in there, and you've added convenient 'Send PDF as Email' functionality to every application."

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  1. Cool Tools to use with PDF Services!? by jewettg · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey Everyone..

    It is very cool that this feature has been implemented. Does anyone or has anyone developed any cool Apple or Shell scripts, or found applications who secretly support this feature to perform cool things?

    Any cool respositories of cool tools and scripts?

  2. Re:Holy smokin' joes... by azav · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not so simple. My windows roommate was SO jazzed
    about the 12" powerbook after drooling over my 1g Ti. He ordered one.

    The ethernet port decided not to work going outside the firewall to an ip addy or a URL. My Ti book works fine. Same network setup.

    There were other problems as well that I don't have time to discuss. OH! Like the iSync reporting all addresses in iCal being 7 hours off. (time zone bug I think) AND bluetooth just not working with the latest Sony phone for internet access. There were more issues too. It was very frustrating.

    He didn't have time to deal with this bum steer and he was So disappointed, he told apple to take it back and stop wasting his time.

    One switcher who didn't switch.

    --
    - Zav - Imagine a Beowulf cluster of insensitive clods...