Feb 05

I received an attachment via E-mail and wanted to print it straight away.

1. So, I saved the document.

2. Selected it in Finder (not opened it) in Space 2

3. Then used the “File > Print” in Finder

4. The document was opened and printed

5. My word processor closed automatically again

In the meanwhile I was working on a document in a different Space.

written by Hans@Tricks \\ tags: , ,

Jan 20

from Klara:

Alt+Cmd+D hides the dock and pressing the same brings it back.

written by James \\ tags: , ,

Nov 27

I tested this in Leopard (10.5.8) but it should work with Snow Leopard (10.6.x). Please comment telling me if it does work in 10.6.x.

In Terminal, type the following

defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -boolean YES;killall Dock;killall Terminal

Terminal will close, and your Dock will flash. Open a stack, and you now have a gradient when you mouse over an icon.

I know it’s old. Just thought I would post it here. Also, to reverse it, copy and paste the same code, but replace YES with NO.

Tutorial-Dock-2-285x300

written by colbyludwig

Nov 09

* from mrsir2009

(ALL VERSIONS OF MAC OSX) Open Script Editor which can be found by typing “Script Editor” into spotlight.  This works for any version of OSX, even the BETA I think but no one uses that anymore, so full of glitches, features you take for granted just aren’t there…  Anyway, when you go into script editor type in:   say “Hello, how are you doing today?”  Copy and paste that, you can replace the text inside the speech marks with anything you want the computer to say, then click the green play button.

I’m new here so I’m not sure if you have this tip or not but it is quite funny to listen to the computer say things that you type…

written by mrsir2009

Sep 05

There’ll be plenty more of these, but here’re 2 I’ve spotted:

Smart emptying of the trash:

Screen shot 2009-09-04 at 5.40.36pm

How many items are there in your print queue? Now you know with a little badge:

Screen shot 2009-09-05 at 00.17.34

written by WhizzKid

Aug 29

Looks like when you take a screen cap / grab in Snow Leopard, you get really useful filenames, instead of just “Picture1.png” etc.

Check out this how-to video (done with the new Snow Leopard screen recording feature of Quicktime!)

(if you are struggling to see the text/screen in this video, please view it on youtube

written by James \\ tags: , , , , ,

Aug 28

slinstalled

So I’ve just installed Snow Leopard on my near-new 13″ Macbook Pro. It’s fast, very fast. Faster than Leopard. The new Quicktime is nice, “stacks” are much improved. Excellent!

written by James \\ tags: , , , ,

Aug 06

10.5.8 is out.

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What’s included in this update:

Upgrades Safari to version 4.0.2.
Improves the accuracy of full history search in Safari 4.
Resolves an issue in which certain resolutions might not appear in the Display pane in System Preferences.
Dragging an Aperture image into Automator now invokes an Aperture action instead of incorrectly invoking an iPhoto action.
Resolves an issue that could prevent importing of large photo and movie files from digital cameras.
Improves overall Bluetooth reliability with external devices, USB webcams and printers.
Addresses an issue that could cause extended startup times.
Improves iCal reliability with MobileMe Sync and CalDav.
Addresses data reliability issues with iDisk and MobileMe.
Improves overall reliability with AFP.
Improves overall reliability with Managed Client.
Improves compatibility and reliability for joining AirPort networks.
Improves Sync Service reliability.
Includes additional RAW image support for several third-party cameras.
Improves compatibility with some external USB hard drives.
Includes latest security fixes.

written by James