Nov 26
Ever get sick of the boring glass “3D” dock?
Try this simple trick to change it to 2D:
open “terminal” and type:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall Dock
Aug 30
Another small but new feature of Snow Leopard is minimising open application windows to their respective ‘application icon’ in the dock (instead of a new icon on the right hand side of the dock). Not bad!
click play above or Watch in HD
Aug 24
A screenshot from the new build has been floating around featuring an updated version of the Address Book application with one big addition. A “social networking” menu is added showing both Twitter and Facebook icons. This could mean that Apple will allow you to keep (and possibly edit) your contacts pulled from social networks.
There’s no word yet if the screenshot is credible or not, but it does look pretty convincing and would make sense given recent news that Apple is likely to incorporate social media into other applications such as iTunes.
from: TUAW
Jul 01
The 10.5.4 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1994.
For detailed information on security updates, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
Jun 10
After the Worldwide Developer Conference Keynote today, Apple previewed OS 10.6 “Snow Leopard.” True to rumors, the release will focus on performance rather than new features.
“We have delivered more than a thousand new features to OS X in just seven years and Snow Leopard lays the foundation for thousands more,” said Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “In our continued effort to deliver the best user experience, we hit the pause button on new features to focus on perfecting the world’s most advanced operating system.”
A new technology called “Grand Central” will make it easy for developers to create programs that take full advantage of the power of multi-core Macs. Also introduced is Open Computing Language (OpenCL), which extends the computing power of the GPU to any application written with OpenCL commands. Snow Leopard will also raise the software limit for RAM to 16 TB.
Also introduced is Quicktime X, which “optimizes support for modern audio and video formats resulting in extremely efficient media playback.” Safari will also be receiving an optimized Javascript rendering engine (previously rumored) that will increase performance by 53%.
Beyond speed enhancements, Snow Leopard will also include out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Exchange 2007. Apple is aiming for the software to ship in “about a year.”
Other announcements made at WWDC include 3G iPhone, 2.0 Firmware, SDK, Mobile Me.
from macrumors.com
Apr 16
- Find the screen sharing application and put it in the dock for future convenience. It is found at /System/Library/CoreServices/Screen Sharing.app
- Type this into terminal (it allows you to see networked computers that can be controlled):
defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing ShowBonjourBrowser_Debug 1 - Now, to add lots of buttons that are also found in Apple Remote Desktop, type this as one line into terminal:
defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing \ 'NSToolbar Configuration ControlToolbar' -dict-add 'TB Item Identifiers' \ '(Scale,Control,Share,Curtain,Capture,FullScreen, GetClipboard,SendClipboard,Quality)'
- Now restart screen sharing to see the buttons
Apr 12
I was just fooling around with the menubar in Finder when I found that if you press the ‘option’ key you get some different options. Try it. Click on the Apple (top left) to show the menu, then press “option”. Notice some items change? Try it on the other menu’s (file, edit, etc).
One cool trick, if you click the apple menu, then press option you will notice the dots disappear from some items. If you click the ’shutdown’ menu item the machine will shutdown without that pesky confirmation message. Neat!
Mar 22
You can use preview in leopard not only in finder windows but on any document, folder, or file on the desktop. simply highlight the desired file and then press the space bar to view that file in preview mode.
