Simply put, Hazel takes the idea of mail rules and applies them to the entire system. At its core, Hazel is a watchdog. You tell it to keep an eye on a folder, and if certain criteria are met, perform an action. We’ve covered Hazel before, but I wanted to focus specifically on combining it with Dropbox.Hazel is one of those apps I need to eat my own dog food on and spend a few minutes a day learning something new about. It can be amazingly powerful, and save a ton of hassle and time, especially when combined with other tools. That said, every time I read a post like the one linked above I have one of those “Holy crap!” moments of how I can put it to better use.
Strangely, the orientation lock only seems to be able to lock the screen into portrait mode. You can’t lock a screen into landscape mode—in fact, if you try to invoke the orientation lock while you’re already in landscape mode, the OS will switch back to portrait to lock.
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Source: Ars reviews iOS 4: what’s new, notable, and what needs work I suspect this is because not all apps, including the home screen, support landscape mode. |
