Mac OS X Leopard: File name Fix THE DOUBLE-CLICK FILENAME FIX If you’re working in a window set to Column view, you’re going to run into this all the time—when a file’s name is longer than the width of the column, the middle part of the filename is replaced with dots to make it shorter. That’s not usually a problem, but if you have one fi le named “Grandma Ford Final Portrait” and Read more
TELL YOUR ICONS WHERE TO GO, TEMPORARILY AT LEAST If you have selected Icon view for your desktop or a folder, you have several options for keeping your icons arranged neatly. To make all the icons line up on an invisible grid, Control-click anywhere inside the window and select Clean Up from the contextual menu. If you select Arrange By from the contextual menu, not only can you force the icons Read more
Mac OSX Leopard: GO WITH THE FLOW (ALL THE COOL PEOPLE DO) Apple’s System 1 introduced the world to viewing folders as icons. System 7 gave us List view. When OS X added the option to view your fi les in Column view, the geeks couldn’t have been more ecstatic (unless they actually got a date with a real, live female who wasn’t a sister, cousin, or prom queen who lost a bet). Well, Leopard ha Read more
HOW TO SEE IF YOU CAN WRITE TO A FOLDER Mac OS X has various levels of security to control who has permission to mess with certain folders or fi les. If a network administrator set up your Mac, chances are pretty good that you’re locked out of some folders. When you try to drop a fi le into one of these locked folders, you get a “Just who do you think you are, Jack?” message. (If you listen Read more
HIDE THE BARS If you’re one of those people who likes to work without a toolbar and sidebar (kind of like working without a net, but not quite as dangerous), just click the button in the topright corner of any Finder window and they will disappear. If you decide you want them back, just click the button again. But here’s another neat thing: if you open a folder located inside a “bar-less” Read more
TEMPORARILY OVERRIDE THE OPEN FOLDERS PREFERENCE Whether you prefer the “everything opens in the same window” or the “give me a new window” scheme, occasionally you may want to get crazy and open a new window the other way. You can override the preference you’ve set by pressing the Command key when you double-click on a folder. If you want to get really crazy, Optiondouble- click on a Read more
Address Book: HIDING YOUR PRIVATES In Mac OSX Leopard If you’re sending someone your vCard, depending on who they are, you might want to limit how much info you give them. For example, if this contact is a business contact, you might not want them to have your private email address, or your home phone number (if you still have a land line phone), or your credit card number. Well, luckily, you ca Read more
Most Annoying Apple Problems & their Solutions Multi-touch Gestures Why can’t I do the one-finger double-tap to open documents in Snow Leopard? It can be done easily Track pad System > Preference Check the “Tap to Click”. Your confusion may also stem from the fact that your Multi-Touch track pad is capable of understanding many gestures. So if you’ve enabled “Dragging Read more
Thumbnail Previews for Icons in Mac OS X Mac OS X leopard is the world’s most advanced operating system so far. Built on a rock-solid UNIX platform & designed to be intuitive and simple, it’s what makes the Mac highly secure, innovative, easy to use, and compatible. Quite simply, there is nothing else like it. OS X Leopard is far advance than its older versions & one of its features i Read more
Power of UNIX. Simplicity of the Mac. Mac OS X is both easy to use and incredibly powerful. Everything — from the desktop you see when you start up your Mac to the applications you use every day — is designed with simplicity and elegance in mind. So whether you’re browsing the web, checking your email, or video chatting with a friend on another continent,* getting things done is at once eas Read more
