Picture this, your mac is at home/office, you are out and about, you facetime your mac and have an instance surveillance system!

open “terminal” and type:

defaults write com.apple.FaceTime AutoAcceptInvitesFrom -array-add +61410003111

(where the number at the end is your own cell number, inc area code)

You can also allow it to answer from other apple-ID’s instead of cell num’s, AND auto-answer everything..

Thanks Justin for this tip:

One of the main reasons I used Firefox over Safari was the ability for FF to remember my tabs and windows once I quit the application. Since the release of Safari 4 however, I am finding it to be much smoother and faster than FF and have moved to it exclusively.

The problem still remains that users are not able to have the browser launch directly into the previous sessions so I decided to stop complaining and write an AppleScript to solve the problem.

The first thing you need to do is “Enable access for assistive devices” which is located in the System Preferences under Universal Access.

Then just run this application anytime you want Safari to open your last sessions (prior to quitting the application).

If you would prefer to create the script yourself simply open Script Editor and enter the following text:

tell application "Safari"

activate

end tell

tell application "System Events"

 tell process "Safari"

 tell menu bar 1

 tell menu bar item "History"

 tell menu "History"

 click menu item "Reopen All Windows from Last Session"

 end tell

 end tell

 end tell

 end tell

end tell

Then save the script as an application and your good to go.

If you want to change the icon so it looks like Safari simply “Get Info” for the application and drag the Safari (or any other) image to the icon preview (top left) in the inspector window.

*Reposted from here.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/enhancements-refinements.html

Here’s just some of the features I’ve picked out:

• Put Back from the Trash
• Better Disk Eject behaviour, including telling you what App has a disk Open
• Setting default search location to Current folder 
• Printer Driver Updates
• Split Pane terminal is back!
• Apparently some super file sharing energy saving magic:
  Quote:

  With Snow Leopard and a compatible AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule base station, a computer that acts as a file or media server can go to sleep yet continue to share its files with other computers and devices, saving energy.

• Date in the Menu bar. It seems small, but seeing todays date at a glance is very useful
• GPU acceleration for QuickTime X Video decoding
• Exchange support
• Data Detectors now identify fly details
• Multi-Touch for older laptops
• Grand Central Dispatch + OpenCL

Head on over to the Apple site and have a good read, it’s worth a look.

Mail.app created one new message from the selected messages. Ready to send!

James – thanks Hans!

To set this up, open Terminal and type in the following:

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

Hit enter and quit Safari. When restarting Safari, your windows will open in tabs instead!

To revert back, in Termina, type:
defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool false

Quit Safari and restart…

Ps: it probably sends a .webarchive file.

Automatically change the status in iChat

Here is a way to automatically change your status when sending or receiving text, audio/video invitations. You’ll need to create five simple AppleScripts, and save them into your user’s Library » Scripts » iChat folder (create the folder if necessary).

Open Script Editor (in Applications » AppleScript), then copy and paste these scripts, one at a time, into the Script Editor window. Click the Compile button, then select File » Save As and point to the previously-noted iChat folder. Name them as shown with each scripts code, on the second page of the hint…

Script name: iChat invited text.scpt

using terms from application “iChat”

on received text invitation theText from theBuddy for theChat

accept theChat

set savedstatus to status – save actual status

set savedstatusmsg to status message – save actual status message

set status to away

set firstname to (get first name of theBuddy)

set lastname to (get last name of theBuddy)

set status message to “Currently text chatting” & ” with “ & firstname & ” “ & lastname

set message_status to status message

say message_status

if (savedstatusmsg contains “Chat”) or (savedstatusmsg contains “Conversation”) then

delay 10 – display only for a few seconds

set status to savedstatus – restore the original status before the invitation

set status message to savedstatusmsg – restore the original message before the invitation

end if

end received text invitation

end using terms from

Script name: iChat invited video.scpt

using terms from application “iChat”

on received video invitation theText from theBuddy for theChat

set status to away

set firstname to (get first name of theBuddy)

set lastname to (get last name of theBuddy)

set status message to “Video Chat” & ” with “ & firstname & ” “ & lastname

set message_status to “Video Chat” & ” with “ & firstname & ” “ & lastname

– say message_status

end received video invitation

end using terms from

Script name: iChat invited audio.scpt

using terms from application “iChat”

on received audio invitation theText from theBuddy for theChat

set status to away

set firstname to (get first name of theBuddy)

set lastname to (get last name of theBuddy)

set status message to “Audio Chat” & ” with “ & firstname & ” “ & lastname

set message_status to “Audio Chat” & ” with “ & firstname & ” “ & lastname

– say message_status

end received audio invitation

end using terms from

Script name: iChat started.scpt

using terms from application “iChat”

on av chat started

tell application “iChat”

set windowname to (get name of window 1)

if (windowname does not contain “Chat”) and (windowname does not contain “Conversation”) then

set windowname to (get name of window 2)

end if

if (windowname does not contain “Chat”) and (windowname does not contain “Conversation”) then

set windowname to (get name of window 3)

end if

end tell

set status to away

set status message to windowname

– say windowname

end av chat started

end using terms from

Script name: iChat ended.scpt

using terms from application “iChat”

on av chat ended

set status to available

set status message to “Available . . .”

end av chat ended

end using terms from

You now need to create five alerts in iChat. Open iChat’s preferences, select the Alerts icon, and then set up five new rules, attaching one script to each specified event:

• Event: Text invitation » Run AppleScript » iChat invited text.scpt

• Event: Audio invitation » Run AppleScript » iChat invited audio.scpt
• Event: Video invitation » Run AppleScript » iChat invited video.scpt
• Event: A/V Chat Started » Run AppleScript » iChat started.scpt
• Event: A/V Chat Ended » Run AppleScript » iChat ended.scpt

• LATHE: Press F to see the current frame rate
• STIX: Press F to see the current frame rate
  Press the Up Arrow to add a second stick, and the Down Arrow cycles through available speeds
• JELLY: Press F to see the current frame rate
  Press the Up or Down Arrow to cycle between seven different jelly styles, and press M to lock it, and again to unlock it.
  Press and hold 1 or 2, and the center of the current jelly will move farther away or much closer to your viewpoint. Press and hold any combination of 8, 9, and 0 (zero), and you’ll add an extra “glow” to certain areas of the jelly. Press and hold all three for some serious psychedelia.