Mac

As a web developer I need simple ways to manipulate images easily so I can get them online without wasting large amounts of time. Resizing huge digital images to a reasonable web size was always difficult until I found this.

Access hidden Preview features through Automator

This makes it a snap to resize a large number of images without having to install any additional software...

Git is the new cool kid in town when it comes to source code management. I wanted to install Git on my Mac, but I had heard installing it could be a bit of a pain. I did a bunch of research before I tried an install and it seemed Macports would be the easiest way to get it working.

I have spent a stupid amount of time trying to get MySQL installed/configured/working on my Mac. Since I am coming from Ubuntu, I am used to being able to install an entire LAMPs stack with this one command:

$ sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-xsl php5-gd php-pear libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql

Apparently on a Mac this is a complete PITA.

If you are trying to do this you will need Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac (~$79.99 USD). This software allows you to run Windows and Linux on your Mac so you have access to all three operating systems without rebooting. I think this will be an ideal web developing environment, but that is another article all together...

Firefox Mouse Gestures Plugin: Click and drag a mouse button to navigate web pages.

Go to the link above and click on the "Install Now" button in the middle of the page. It will install the plugin, and when it tells you to restart, go ahead, your session will be saved on restart.

If you use Windows or Linux, this is as far as you need to go.

On a Mac, do this to make it work: Tools Menu -> Add-ons -> (In the new window) Mouse Gestures -> Preferences