A collection of GeekTool "Geeklets"
macosxtips.co.uk — The latest version of GeekTool introduced a way to save your "Geeklets" that you display on your desktop. Here's a collection of Geeklets that you can download and install without having to mess around with Terminal commands. (Submitted by mattswain123) More...
Top 15 Terminal Commands for Hidden Settings in Snow Leopard
macosxtips.co.uk — Every time Apple brings out a new version of OS X, we compile a list of our favourite Terminal commands for enabling hidden features and changing hidden settings. Here are the top 15 new things you can do in Snow Leopard. (Submitted by mattswain123) More...
How to use Network Utility
macosxtips.co.uk — Network Utility is a hidden gem in the Utilities folder. Use it to run unix tools like netstat, finger and traceroute, as well as perform lookups like whois and scan open ports, all with a nice user interface designed by Apple. (Submitted by mattswain123) More...
Create double-clickable dvdmedia bundles in Mac OS X
macosxtips.co.uk — When you rip a DVD to your Mac you end up with a VIDEO_TS folder, which can be dragged to DVD player icon to play the DVD. As the DVD media is a folder, obviously you can't double-click it to open it in DVD Player. Instead you have to do the cumbersome open-the-app-then-drag-and-drop-to-icon procedure. (Submitted by mattswain123) More...
Terminal commands for improving Spotlight
macosxtips.co.uk — Spotlight works great most of the time, but occasionally you may need to do a bit of tinkering to get it to work properly. Most of us have probably had a problem where Spotlight won’t find a file you know is there. Here are a few Terminal commands for changing hidden Spotlight settings, performing more complicated searches and updating the index. (Submitted by mattswain123) More...
10 tips for using Mac OS X like a pro
macosxtips.co.uk — Some more advanced Mac tips, for those who want to become more expert Mac users - and of course those who think they already are experts... In general these tips will help you save time and effort when carrying out day to day tasks and hopefully introduce some concepts and applications you may not have come across before. (Submitted by mattswain123) More...
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