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How to add a blank space to your Dock?

June 16, 2015June 16, 2015 by Mr.W
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Do you want to keep the Dock in OS X organized? You can do this with a blank space. This way, you can divide your Dock in different groups. Copy and paste the following command in a Terminal window. After the restart, the space will be added to the Dock, which you can move to any place.

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Categories DockTags 10.10, 10.11, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9

How to reset the DNS cache in OS X

April 10, 2015May 7, 2015 by Mr.W

OS X always keeps a local cache of resolved DNS queries (IP address) for future reference. But sometimes it may be necessary to clear (flush) the cache. You can do this with a terminal command, this will refresh the local DNS cache.

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Categories Mac OS X GeneralTags 10.10, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.93 Comments

Disable the ruler in TextEdit by default

August 14, 2013August 14, 2013 by Mr.W

If you regularly use TextEdit, you will notice that TextEdit displays the ruler by default when creating or opening rich text documents. It’s not possible to turn off the ruler by default in Preferences. Offcorse you can You can disable the ruler in TextEdit with the following OS X Terminal command:

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Categories TextEditTags 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8

Setup a size limit for Time Machine backup volumes

October 22, 2012March 9, 2013 by Mr.R

Time Machine will standard use all the available disk space on an external drive or a external server volume. You can setup a limit how much disk space Time Machine may use. Use this defaults write Terminal command:

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Categories Time MachineTags 10.5, 10.6, 10.712 Comments

Enable momentum scrolling for Magic Mouse

October 17, 2012 by Mr.W

The Mouse System Preferences pane does not include an option to enable momentum scrolling. The setting is a hidden preference. Use following command in Terminal to enable momentum scrolling.

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Categories Mac OS X GeneralTags 10.5, 10.6

Enable spring loaded Dock items

October 14, 2012October 10, 2012 by Mr.W

Spring-loaded Dock items are supposed to save you time by allowing you to drag a file over the folder/icon. Hover it for a few seconds and the application/folder will open. Use the following command to enable these feature:

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Categories DockTags 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8

Disable the Spaces Animation in Mac OS X

October 10, 2012October 8, 2012 by Mr.W

Anytime you navigate between Spaces in OS X there’s a animation, this is nice but it makes switching between Spaces slower. You can disable the animation with the following command:

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Categories Mac OS X GeneralTags 10.5, 10.6
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