Terminal Commands for Hidden Settings in Leopard
Some great tips for making command line changes in Leopard.
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES
Changes the title of a window to its full path. Repeat with NO to reverse.
V is for V****a
This post contains words about genitals and naughty innuendo*. Those with weak hearts should not read it, or at the very least should not write to complain about it.
When did the word vagina become so offensive as needing to be blurred out? Amazondoesn’t bleep it and even Wal-Mart sells the ‘Vagina Monologues’ book.
I mean, it’s [...]
MacLoot.com - Mac deals and steals
We’d like to invite you to take a look at MacLoot.com, a work in progress that allows the readers to submit sites or specific deals that are relevant to Mac users — for instance, a discount on software or hardware or perhaps a book, mouse or even web-hosting for Mac users.
Please feel free to submit [...]
Tip: Using Time Machine and Parallels
When using Time Machine, you should disable backing up of your Parallels folder. Why? Because Time Machine backs up files of any size that have changed, meaning that if you make even a single character change in your Parallels Virtual machine, Time Machine will back up the ENTIRE thing, which can mean gigabytes of data [...]
Say goodbye to translucent Leopard MenuBars
LeoColorBar can do several things for you, including:
Setting a background image
Rounding the corners
Keep the image below or under the menubar
Choosing a menubar color
Give them a shot, and tell ‘em who sent ya!
http://homepage.mac.com/mdsw/md%20softworks.html
Cool Leopard Stacks visual effect
Hey, psssttt…wanna see something cool?
While holding down your Shift key, click any Stacks icon on your Dock.
As part of the GUI Developers debug practice, this is the same type of slowed down visual effect seen previously in window and Dock animations.
Don’t have Leopard? See it below!
iPod Search for iPhone - where for art thou?
Driving to work this morning, I had my iPhone playing on Shuffle mode. A song came on my White Zombie, and as I listened, I thought to myself that I’d like to go ahead and hear more from young Robert, both solo and with ensemble.
It was at this moment that I realized that the iPod [...]
Time Machine - Leopards quirky best feature
John Gruber, over at Daring Fireball, makes a great point regarding Time Machines bizarre-o interface:
The most striking aspect of Time Machine is its UI. When it debuted at WWDC 2006, it immediately faced criticism that it was just downright gimmicky. It is in fact gimmicky, but, I think, that’s actually a good thing in Time [...]
Leopards icon for Windows shares
We here at the BGM lab haven’t gotten our Leopard copy yet, but rumors abound that the following icon is what represents a Windows share in the shipping version of Leopard:
Can anyone out there with a true retail copy confirm/deny this?
Entourage 2008 & Exchange support - The song remains the same (crappy)
We’re sad to report that as of the most recent beta build of Office 2008 (070919), that Entourage is still the same sad, anemic application that it is in the current 2004 version.
In fact, it would appear that from an Exchange perspective, the only change would appear to be the addition of an Out of [...]
