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Set Finder path bar to be relative to the home directory

August 21, 2012August 23, 2012 by Mr.R

In Finder you can show the path from root to the current folder (option: View ▸ Show Path Bar). With the following command the path will be displayed from the home folder. When browsing your Documents folder “Macintosh HD ▸ Users ▸ defaultswritecom ▸ Documents” (full path) will be shown as: “defaultswritecom ▸ Documents” in the path bar.

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Categories FinderTags 10.7, 10.8

Disable the new window animation in Mac OS X

August 19, 2012August 23, 2012 by Mr.R

Turn off the new window animation in Mac OS X 10.7 (and higher), new windows will appear instantly without delay.

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Categories Mac OS X GeneralTags 10.7, 10.8

Disable ‘Home Sharing’ options in iTunes

August 15, 2012August 23, 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 iTunesTags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8

Show icons from hidden application translucent in OS X Dock

August 15, 2012September 10, 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 DockTags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8

Enable the Safari debug menu

August 13, 2012January 19, 2016 by Mr.W

Safari has a hidden Debug-menu that offers some options for debugging the browser. The debug menu is different from the Developer menu. You can perform load and stress tests en additional logging features.

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Categories SafariTags 10.10, 10.11, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9

Change default Mac OS X screencapture file type

August 10, 2012September 11, 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 GeneralTags 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.81 Comment

Change the default location for screenshots in Mac OS X

August 10, 2012September 11, 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 GeneralTags 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.81 Comment
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