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- statc, on 11/18/2007, -6/+82Maybe it's just me but I think the title would be better if it was Commands not Codes. Codes makes it sound too much like myspace. "OMGZZ check out theze new codezz"
- inactive, on 11/18/2007, -3/+62turn on your mac, and then up, down, left, right, a, b, and then start
- lukee, on 11/18/2007, -1/+28sudo defaults write NESGlobalDomain UpUpDownDownLeftRightLeftRightBAStart -bool TRUE
- inferno10, on 11/18/2007, -1/+21It's a Mac. There is no Start button!
- inactive, on 11/18/2007, -6/+24What I don't get is... Why aren't these options in sys prefs? If you're not going to make it easy for the average user to activate X feature, why include it all?
- AnthonyA7, on 11/18/2007, -0/+14Your obvious lack of knowledge in this area suggests that you should STFU.
- tethead, on 11/18/2007, -6/+18codez? you meanz we canz have h4x 0uR m4c5 t1m3 n0w??
- alexandrend, on 11/18/2007, -1/+12Actually, you don't need to know any of these codes to make it work. More, I believe that the vast majority of the mac users will die without knowing or missing any of these codes.
This is a kind of "easter egg". They are hidden because most users are not suppose to change these options. For instance, I know some of these codes but till now I didn't feel the need to use any of them.
And, where would be the fun, if there was no secret to be revealed by adventurous users? - inactive, on 11/18/2007, -5/+15OMG it says codes, not commands, I'm gonna have a ***** heart attack!!!! Jesus Christ, relax.
- vault, on 11/18/2007, -0/+9You can set it to be recent documents, recent apps, recent servers, etc. after you do it.
- indiekiduk, on 11/19/2007, -2/+10Its usually features they decided to remove because after testing it turned out they weren't any good. And having preferences for every single option in the OS is just messy. I think Apple have made a good balance between having a polished OS for the average user, while also allowing for heavier customisation by people like us. Best of both worlds.
- reechme, on 11/18/2007, -5/+12Yup, tweak a leopard, and that's the last thing you'll do...
- streak, on 11/18/2007, -2/+9Enlarge your display in software:
sudo defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.857
Logout, login
Reset:
sudo defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleDisplayScaleFactor 1.0
Logout, login - zioxide, on 11/18/2007, -0/+6For the menu bar color/transparency, you can use any value between 0 and 1 so you can set it to whatever shade of gray you want.
- MonkeyFarts, on 11/19/2007, -1/+7Ctrl + scroll wheel on OS X
- inactive, on 11/18/2007, -1/+7And this is relevant because...?
- TheYoshi, on 11/18/2007, -1/+6I believe the code is up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b,a, b, a, start.. you guys are geeks, oh wait, nevermind.
- Radar3D, on 11/18/2007, -1/+6Be sure to use the -select flag if you have multiple user accounts.
- MrDo, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4Go back and play with your xbox.
- willjc, on 11/18/2007, -0/+4-the stacks mouseover effect is definitely unpolished; the animation transitions cause it to lag behind the cursor, but would be nice if were later improved
-the new stacks for recent items/apps/servers/etc are enough to move me from hating stacks to tolerating, possibly liking them with time.
as vault mentioned, you can have more than one, just enter the command X times (X = # of new stacks wanted) you then get a context menu on those new stacks for what you want it to show (whichever favourite/recent list you choose). a nice undocumented feature - ratsg, on 11/18/2007, -0/+4pffft, write back when you're eating sendmail.cf's
- MadOtaku, on 11/19/2007, -1/+5Most computer users scoff at the command line.
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4Because most people don't care if the menubar is transparent or not. Besides, they know the power users will go to http://www.macosxhints.com/ and the 3rd party apps like Tinker Tool will come along to make it easy for the less Terminal inclined.
- snyperr2s, on 11/19/2007, -0/+3i agree, however, the title is proof that digg is turning into another myspace
- beerbarron, on 11/18/2007, -2/+5thats a nice list, I am not sure how useful recent application stack is, but I am sure some could find a use
- NikZ, on 11/19/2007, -1/+4↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_Code - AnthonyA7, on 11/18/2007, -3/+6Listen dude, I've used all three OS's (meaning Windows, Mac OS X, and *nix) extensively. I run Linux as my primary OS, and I've gone to war with my xorg.conf more times than you've even used a command line.
I personally do favor Windows over Mac (even with Terminal, yes), but I don't spew misinformation like an ass. Do some research, and try to refrain from the juvenile responses. - inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2There are several apps that already do. Tinker Tool, Onyx, MacPilot, and more. http://www.MacUpdate.com is a good source for Mac apps. And nearly every time a cool new hint is mentioned over at http://www.macosxhints.com/ , someone comes out with a nifty stand-alone app to implement it. And then the major all-in-one apps I mentioned release updates.
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2I didn't see anything on this blog that hasn't previously been on http://www.MacOSXHints.com , just bookmark the source for all these hints and keep up to date when the latest hidden settings are found.
- darkism, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2If anyone cares, .75 is nice and Tiger/Aqua-like, not all dark, dank and gritty like unified.
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2...or you'll be picking out furniture together in the morning...
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Didn't work.
- MonkeyFarts, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Yeah no kidding. That single Terminal line did exactly what batch resizing all of my wallpapers to a specific dimension and then adding a 22px black bar on top of them did.
- Narfmaster, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1I've actually found the Recent Volumes very useful. Usually have a couple of external HDs hooked up so it makes it a lot easier to get to them directly rather than either going to the desktop or via an Apple-N finder window. Neat.
- darkism, on 11/19/2007, -1/+2Thank god there's a finally a decent way to fix the damn menubar. Gradient backgrounds in stacks is neat too.
- sanotaan, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1i think ubuntu and linux in general get that rap because of its legacy. there used to be a marked difference between ease of use and configuration of macs and ubuntu systems, although that difference is becoming smaller.
- Gism0, on 11/19/2007, -1/+2I tried the 'Recent Application' one and now my Dock won't launch. Be careful with these!
- logicmethod, on 11/19/2007, -2/+2Thank you for enhancing my daily computing experience. I really was distracted by the translucent menu bar. Personally, the opaque white one is too harsh, and the fully-gray one seems to draw a black line under it. I'm assuming that the 0-1 value is actually a black value behind a white gradient, and the black line is that background color. I found that 0.5 (defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' -dict 'CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE' 0.5) is perfect, allowing the menu bar to match the unified UI and drawing a very balanced gray colored line under the menu bar.
- spargett, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1There's some cool stuff on there. This would be a great opportunity for someone to write a really nice app that does this.
- Giga, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1Are you talking about the same digg that I know? 'Cause it doesn't sound like it at all...
- Chirp08, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1its the same way on windows, i dont see what the big deal is, there are always hidden features and things you can do/enable that aren't done by default. if you find something useful, good for you, if you dont think this is a big deal than just stfu because nobody cares that YOU don't care.
- neodorian, on 11/19/2007, -4/+4Yeah, but an awful lot of Mac fans seem to scoff at the idea of using a command line in general (yes I know there are also plenty that like the pretty-gui-on-*nix too). They probably just weren't familiar with the right term.
- mysticjim, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1love it! I used to use this remotely in my linux admin class. always gets a good reaction out of people! :-D
- shawnz, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1do you have the codes?
- ZigVicious, on 11/19/2007, -6/+4it's Up Down Up Down Left Left Right Right B A Start.
why did it take so many people to get this right? - kristianfreeman, on 11/19/2007, -4/+1Win.
- Bagration, on 11/18/2007, -4/+1Mirror
http://duggmirror.com/apple/Terminal_Codes_for_Leo ... - secleinteer, on 11/18/2007, -8/+4Yeah, I like how people complain all the time about how you need the terminal to change settings in Linux, but they don't say anything when it comes to OS X.
- SteaminTmann, on 11/18/2007, -7/+3Agreed.... as a community we're better than that
- inactive, on 11/18/2007, -5/+1I prefer Windows over Apple or Linux (and I mean *prefer*) but one of the few things I'd love to be able to have is the flexibility of the *nix console. I don't mean the shell itself, frankly I don't like bash that much. But the flexibility. Any font, and color, any size, tabbed interface, loadable sessions, etc. Hell, before Vista the console window wasn't even themed.
Who knows, maybe now that Microsoft is finding religion again and going back to the command line I'll see that happen. -
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