If you share a computer with someone, or your office computer is accessible to prying eyes and you want to hide a file or folder of private documents, it’s quite easy to do without the need to ...
If you don’t the default blue outer-glow in Exposé you can easily hack to make it look more appealing.
Go to the folder System/Libary/CoreServices. Locate the Dock application. ...
Safari and Firefox is the most known browsers for Mac, but there are many more out there. Give them a try and feel free to add more if I missed something?
Safari
Comes with OS X. Currently at version 4 ...
When something goes wrong with your OS X operating system or your Applications you can try several things before getting upset about it:
Quit all unused apps – If you have a memory issue this will solve it. Restart – Most of the times this is a quick solution. Repair permissions – Open Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility, select your HD and Verify then Repair your Permissions. Verify your HD – You should do this if you’re suspecting a failing HD, if confirmed backup and replace! Update your System – Run Software Update from the Apple menu. Update your misbehaving App – Check if the app you’re having trouble with has an update and apply it. Reinstall your App – this may fix problems with corrupt application files. Do a safe boot – Restart while holding down the Shift key – this operation will do many different operations that may heal a sick Mac. Create a new user – Logging into a new account will show you whether the problem lies in your system or just your account. Trash Preferences or Cache – Trash your application and/or system preferences that are located under user/Library/Preferences and user/Library/Cache. You will of course your lose the application or system settings, but it may fix the issue. Disable or delete plug-ins – If you have more than one plug-in installed with your App they may have a conflict. These plugins are to be found under user/Library/Application_name/Plug-ins. Some apps, like Firefox has a built in plug-in manager that you can use. Rebuild the database – Many applications with large databases may benefit from restarting them with the Apple key pressed. Check your Preferences/Accounts/Login items and delete as many items as you can. Fix your keychain – You can rebuild your keychain if you have password problems by going to Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access then select File/Keychain First Aid Google the problem – Try different keywords to search for the particular problem. Chances are the fix is already documented somewhere. Ask on support forums – There are plenty of helpful people on...
Have you noticed that screenshoots you make with the key command Apple-Shift-3 or Apple-Shift-4 are somewhat blurry and ...
Since before OS X we’ve been using Stickies to hold small pieces of important information that we need at hand.
There is a really powerful small feature of the Stickies.app in OS X that let’s ...
I’ve discussed how to change the desktop for the login screen earlier — almost 3 years ago :O, but now with OS X 10.5 things have changed slightly.
If you want to change the desktop ...
You probably know that there is an application called Keychain Access on your Mac OSX system. But did you know that you can reveal all the passwords stored in it? Keychain Access stores all kinds ...
If anyone depends on Linotype FontExplorer X I would suggest you wait with updating to MacOS X 10.5.2. The dock hangs as soon as you try to open a stack while Linotype FontExplorer X is running. Quitting ...
Here is the issue. By default emails sent from Max OS X’s Mail.app show incoming image and pdf ...