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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

OS X: How to quickly hide the desktop icons

May 7, 2015May 19, 2015 by Mr.W
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Do you often have to do a presentation on your Mac and don’t want others to see what’s on your desktop? It’s possible to quickly hide the icons on your desktop. Launch Terminal and enter the following command.

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Categories FinderTags 10.10, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.93 Comments

Disable ‘Preferences’ menu option in OS X Finder

April 21, 2015May 7, 2015 by Mr.W
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It is possible to disable the OS X Finder menu option: ‘Finder ▸ Preferences’ (cmd⌘ + ,). This will prohibit setting changes in the OS X Finder application.

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Categories FinderTags 10.10, 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 ‘Stay on front’ for OSX help windows

August 17, 2014August 17, 2014 by Mr.W

When opening the help window in OS X, the window will always open and stays on the front. This can be very frustrating, so you can use the following command in Terminal to get the help-center window behave like all other windows in OS X.

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Categories Mac OS X GeneralTags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9

Finder: Disable ‘Go to Folder’ menu option

May 10, 2014April 29, 2014 by Mr.R

Disable the menu option: ‘Go ▸ Go to folder’ in the Mac OS X Finder menubar.

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Categories FinderTags 10.6, 10.7. 10.8, 10.9

E-mail photos from iPhoto with the mail application

March 27, 2014March 27, 2014 by Mr.W

When you send an image from iPhoto through an email, you can do this with the built-in mail function. Here you must use the email templates. With the following command you can disable this behavior and send pictures through the mail application and immediately create a new message.

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Categories iPhotoTags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9
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