Want to remove the applescript logo in the menubar with the clock and airport ?Solution:
Hold the Apple key and drag it out of the menu bar.
This works for other Apple menu bar icons like battery, Airport, Input menu, Sound, Displays, etc.
It’s also allows you to drag them off the menubar and rearrange with the cmd key, the other does not. For ones that don’t, there’s almost always an option to get rid of it by looking in the preferences of the app in question. tags: menubar applescript, Snow LeopardApple today released Mac OS X 10.6.7, the seventh maintenance update for Snow Leopard, via Software Update.The 10.6.7 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:Improve the reliability of Back to My Mac
Resolve an issue when transferring files to certain SMB servers
Address various minor Mac App Store bugs
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4472.
For information on the security ...(continue read) tags: updateAfter installed developer tools/Xcode you will lose about 8GB disk space or want to reinstall Xcode ?
To uninstall developer tools/Xcode type in the following command in the terminal
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all
The system will ask you root password and process will take about 5 mins.
But beware, this completely removes Xcode and once it is gone, it’s gone. Of-course you can always reinstall it. So be sure of what you are doing.
My experience was 8GB from macbook pro.
Note: You can find Terminal in you Mac by going to Applications >> Utilities. (no need to uninstall ...(continue read) tags: DevelopmentApple today released Mac OS X 10.6.5, the fifth maintenance update for Snow Leopard, via Software Update. The download weighs in around 500 – 700 MB, here are the release notes from Apple:
The 10.6.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers
address performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture
address stability and performance of graphics applications ...(continue read) tags: updatePeople do “accidental deletion” all the time. And because the accidentally deleted files will be kept in the “Trash” folder until you really delete it, you can drag the files you still want to keep back to their original folder. But doing that manually over and over again can be annoying. Now in Snow Leopard, you can right click (or Control + Click) on the poor files, choose “Put Back”, and file/folder will be recovered in original place. tags: trash On a Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system, you can give your computer a custom audio alert instead of using the generic tones installed by default on your computer. As long as the audio clips are AIFF format, Mac OS X allows you to use all kinds of clips, including musical tracks, a voiceover, or musical theme. Get creative and add your favorite alert sound to your operating system.Step1: Open folder with custom sounds
Navigate to the “~/Library/Sounds” folder in “Finder” Command+Shift+G. The “~/Library/Sounds” folder contains all the custom ...(continue read) tags: music, sounds, system preferencesTo reset your OS X password without an OS X CD you have two waysFirst Way “create a new admin account”Reboot
Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.
When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):mount -uw /
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
shutdown -h nowAfter rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one and you’re good to go again!Second way “Resetting or changing your existing password”
If you’ve ...(continue read) tags: password, securityRequirements:Home folder to be encrypted.
Don’t need my Time Machine disk to be encryptedFirst, make sure your Time Machine setup is functioning properly.
The XCode installed, as it uses Property List Editor
(Note: you’ll need to change the process a bit if you use a different property list editor.)How to do that:
You will need to manually edit the preference file for Time Machine, adding the ID string of your File Vault disk to the list of disks to backup. You can’t do this from within System Preferences or otherwise.
One way of finding the ID string of the disk is ...(continue read) tags: backup, security, time machine1 month ago Google announced on their official blog that they were offering the use of their DNS server to the public.
Today, as part of our ongoing effort to make the web faster, we’re launching our own public DNS resolver called Google Public DNS, and we invite you to try it out.
Why use Google’s DNS?
The average Internet user ends up performing hundreds of DNS lookups each day, and some complex pages require multiple DNS lookups before they start loading. This can slow down the browsing experience. Google have suggested that using their DNS will speed up internet usage and browsing.
Using ...(continue read) tags: dns, google, internetOne of the unwelcome changes in Snow Leopard, who use certain third-party LCD displays, was the gross simplification of the font smoothing options in the Appearance System Preferences panel.
In Leopard (10.5), a pop-up menu provided a number of options for font smoothing—automatic, standard, light, medium (“best for LCD”), and strong.
In Snow Leopard (10.6), though, that’s been simplified down to simply a yes or no option: “Use LCD font smoothing when available.”
In practice, however, that’s not the case. The problematic LCD displays could be Dell, Samsung, LG, HP, EIZO, Lenovo.
The ...(continue read) tags: display, font, smoothingA Quick way to resize images in batches could be find that Preview has that functionality. Open the whole batch of images in Preview; the images will all open in the same window with thumbnails visible in the sidebar.
Select all of the thumbnails in the sidebar (with Command-A, or click the first and then click the last while holding Shift). Next, from the Tools menu, choose Adjust Size. You’ll be presented with a dialog containing options to resize to all the common 4:3 and 16:9 screen sizes, as well as the option to define custom dimensions. Images are scaled proportionately and resampled ...(continue read) tags: pictures, previewThe new method of scanning with Image Capture is wonderful! Apple has organized the process with exceptional clarity. Also, it allows the user to specify several different files to be created from one scan.
Having the HP hardware and Apple software combined is the best of all worlds.
But the Officejet 6500 scanner isn’t working in Snow Leopard either. Here quick guide howto fix it:Open System Preferences -> Print & Fax and delete your printer from the Printers list.
Browse to /Library/printers. Delete the “hp” folder.
Browse to /Library/Image Capture/Devices. Delete “HPScanner“.
Browse ...(continue read) tags: hp, printer, scannerUse the Tab key in user-created keyboard shortcuts in Snow Leopard. In OS X 10.5, pressing the Tab key while creating keyboard shortcuts (in the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel) didn’t work; the system would just beep and not accept the Tab key.In Snow Leopard you can now use the Tab key in any combination with the Shift, Control, Command, and Option keys. For example, you could change the Exposé All Windows activation keystroke to Option-Tab, which might make sense if you’re used to using Command-Tab to switch applications and want to have a similarly-assigned ...(continue read) tags: expose, short keys, shortcuts, Snow Leopard, system preferences |
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