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Enable AirDrop in a wired network and old Macs

August 27, 2012 by Mr.R

It is possible to enable AirDrop in a wired network even when your Mac is not supported. After restarting the Finder, Airdrop will appear in Finder’s navigation bar.

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Categories Mac OS X General Tags 10.7, 10.8

Remove the Dock Auto-Hide & Show Delay

August 27, 2012 by Mr.R

If you use the hidden Dock feature in Mac OS X, you can speed up the time it takes to show the Dock. The command removes this delay.

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Categories Dock Tags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8

Enable highlight hover effect for grid view stacks

May 7, 2013August 26, 2012 by Mr.R

Enable a hover effect for stack folders in grid view. When you moving over an item in a Stack in grid view, the item will be highlighted, making it easy to see.

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Categories Dock Tags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 2 Comments

Disable access to the Music Store in iTunes

August 24, 2012 by Mr.R

Disable the Music, Book and App store functionality within iTunes. After applying this command the options will disappear in the navigation bar (Store section) and all other menu options within iTunes v7.1 and above.

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Categories iTunes Tags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8

Select text in a Quick Look preview window

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

If you use Quick Look to view files that features text, you’ll notice that you can’t click and drag to highlight text. This default write command will let you click and drag to highlight text, and use the cmd⌘ + C key combination to copy text.

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Categories Quick Look Tags 10.7, 10.8 2 Comments

Add a message to the login screen

September 11, 2012August 22, 2012 by Mr.W

The login screen of OS X by default only shows the computer name. It is however possible to add a message or warning to the login screen. Use following command to do this.

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Categories Mac OS X General Tags 10.5, 10.6

Disable support for radio stations (streams) in iTunes

August 27, 2012August 21, 2012 by Mr.R

Disable support for Radio Station (streams) within iTunes 7.1+. After applying this command the option ‘Radio’ will disappear in the navigation bar and the Advanced menu options.

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Categories iTunes Tags 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8
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