Leopard Tricks Tips and Tools

Anyone experiencing full functioning widgets in Finder (Dashboard not activated!)? I do. One day was using widgets and repositioning them and suddenly found one shifted to the Finder and has there been ever since - more followed. And they’re fully functioning.

How did I do it? Don’t know, simply clicked on it, held mouse down and moved them. Can’t get rid of them now because even eliminating them from Dashboard still keeps them in the Finder (OS 10.5.1). Had to drag them to the bottom of the screen out of sight. Has anyone any suggestions or explanation. Even Apple Support can’t seem to help.

written by iqbe \\ tags: widgets

Apple has released their largest software update to date: the highly anticipated version 10.5.2 of Leopard. The update addresses a sprawling variety of issues, including general operating system fixes, stability issues, compatibility adjustments and security enhancements. In other words, it is–as MacDailyNews puts it–the “mother of all Mac OS X updates.”
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written by rockmsockm \\ tags: 10.5.2, Leopard, Mac OS X, Software Update, Update

If you hit alt/option + command + space (ignore the plusses) it brings up a search in a finder window with all of the contents of the Mac.

written by Chuck Norris \\ tags: Finder

Maybe this is something widely known but I stumbled upon it just recently:

When you activate Expose in Application windows mode (F10) you can use Tab to cycle through all apps’ application windows in current space.

written by emircajic \\ tags: expose, Leopard

Did you know that you can click and drag the little folder icon in a Finder window’s title bar to copy/move the folder to another location?

A secondary click on the title or the folder icon brings up a context menu listing the parent folders of the currently selected folder.

written by Quarkomatic \\ tags: Finder, Leopard, path bar

A while back I looked at some plugins to improve the functionality of Quick Look in Leopard. If your not sure what Quick Look is. Try hitting the space bar on a file in Finder and see what happens.

Anyway, the number of plugins and add-ons for Quicklook is growing at a really fast rate!
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written by James \\ tags: hack, Leopard, plugin, quick look

The quickest way to bring up a Finder window in an empty desktop is Command + Up Arrow. Now with Leopard, the initial view is in Cover Flow by default.

-Ethan.
Backpacking on Little Money

written by Ethan Zara \\ tags: Cover Flow, Leopard

Here’s an interesting Finder functionality built right into Leopard. If you have any windows which you’ve dragged outside the display are of your monitor, then when you move an item from one of those half-hidden windows to any another, Finder will un-hide the windows and bring them back into full view on your screen.

-Ethan.

written by Ethan Zara \\ tags: Finder, Leopard