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Disable ‘Home Sharing’ options in iTunes

August 23, 2012August 15, 2012 by Mr.R

Disable the Home Sharing functionality within iTunes 7.1 or above. After applying this command the option ‘Home Sharing’ will disappear in the navigation bar and the Advanced menu options.

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Categories iTunes Tags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8

Show icons from hidden application translucent in OS X Dock

September 10, 2012August 15, 2012 by Mr.R

In Mac OS X you can hide an application with the key combination cmd⌘ + H. That the application is hidden you can not see directly in the Dock. Using this command, hidden applications are displayed with a translucent icon in the Dock:

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Categories Dock Tags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8

Change default Mac OS X screencapture file type

September 11, 2012August 10, 2012 by Mr.R

Specify what file format you want to use for your screenshots (shift⇧ + cmd⌘ + 3) under Mac OS X. Th default format is .png, there are a lot of additional file formats available: png, pdf, tiff, pict, jpg, bmp, gif, psd, sgi and tga.

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Categories Mac OS X General Tags 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 1 Comment

Change the default location for screenshots in Mac OS X

September 11, 2012August 10, 2012 by Mr.R

By default, screenshots (cmd⌘ + shift⇧ + 3) are saved on your desktop. It is possible to change this default location of screenshots, use the following command:

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Categories Mac OS X General Tags 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 1 Comment

Disable the extension change warning in OS X Finder

August 23, 2012July 3, 2012 by Mr.R

When attempting to change a file extension in OS X Finder a warning dialog will appear. This could be annoying if you know what you’re exactly doing. Turn off the extension change dialog with the following command.

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Categories Finder Tags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8

Show hidden files in OS X Finder

May 29, 2013July 3, 2012 by Mr.R

Mac OS X Finder does not show hidden (.dot) files and folders. Usually administrator will go in the Terminal and browses those hidden files and folders. This command will display all hidden files and folders.

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Categories Finder Tags 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 2 Comments

Show OS X Dashboard Widgets on your Desktop

August 23, 2012July 2, 2012 by Mr.R

Enable OS X Dashboard widgets on the desktop, with the F12 or F4 key. After applying the defaults write command activate Dashboard, click on the widget you want to move to your desktop, and while holding the mouse button down, click F12/F4 again.

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Categories Dashboard Tags 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 4 Comments
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