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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 4:36 am Post subject: Nifty OSX tricks

ok - now for some of the COOL stuff - youknow - the stuff you figure out because you spend WAY TOO MUCH TIME on the computer?

Panther allows me to put a desktop folder into the DOCK -
I OPT/CLICK - viola! ::tee hee::

Click on folder and:
Command-Shift-H opens the Home folder
Command-Shift-U opens the Utilities folder

I also have a habit of having about a zillion windows open - F9 is a slick way to reduce and arrange them~

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:32 am Post subject:

You make me want to install Panther.

Except for the fact that I have no mac hardware (other than an old 15 inch monitor, anyway...)

Fancy that. Sad

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:56 am Post subject: Re: Nifty OSX tricks

OhioArt2 wrote:
Panther allows me to put a desktop folder into the DOCK -
I OPT/CLICK - viola!

I thought it was just drag and drop?

OhioArt2 wrote:
I also have a habit of having about a zillion windows open - F9 is a slick way to reduce and arrange them~

Expose?

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Nifty OSX tricks

OhioArt2 wrote:

I also have a habit of having about a zillion windows open - F9 is a slick way to reduce and arrange them~

I just found this out today... fancy that. If you hold down shift while doing it the transition is slower.

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:04 pm Post subject: Re: Nifty OSX tricks

[quote="Lycander"]

OhioArt2 wrote:
Panther allows me to put a desktop folder into the DOCK -
I OPT/CLICK - viola!

Quote:
I thought it was just drag and drop?

is is a drag and drop - then OPT/CLICK on the folder (or even COM/CLICK) and it shows the contents of the folder =

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: Nifty OSX tricks

OhioArt2 wrote:

is is a drag and drop - then OPT/CLICK on the folder (or even COM/CLICK) and it shows the contents of the folder =

click and hold brings up the contents of the folder as a menu. that's what i do with my Applications folder. that's my primary program launching method. it takes a few seconds, however for the list to come up. which is annoying as all get out.

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: Nifty OSX tricks

hohlecow wrote:
OhioArt2 wrote:

is is a drag and drop - then OPT/CLICK on the folder (or even COM/CLICK) and it shows the contents of the folder =

click and hold brings up the contents of the folder as a menu. that's what i do with my Applications folder. that's my primary program launching method. it takes a few seconds, however for the list to come up. which is annoying as all get out.

hey cow

how many programs do you run at once?

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:25 pm Post subject:

Oh for christ sake, I had to pay money for that feature! I bought a little haxie called Application Launcher I think, basically does the exact same thing except it's more like Windows' start menu with shortcuts to launch programs.

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: Nifty OSX tricks

OhioArt2 wrote:
how many programs do you run at once?

not too many. i generally have safari, mail, calander, stickies itunes and terminal open but minimized.

if i'm doing photoshop i usually only have a couple of images open at a time. possibly some bit torrent windows and fire, an aim client. if i'm plugged in i'll run the folding@home client, but shut it off if i'm running on batteries.

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:59 pm Post subject:

if you have some cpu power to spare and you don't mind losing expose you can set your desktop background to whatever screensaver you have chosen by running this in Terminal:

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/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &

if nothing else, it's a great way to make your friends "ooh" and "aah".

[edit] oh yeah, i almost forgot. if you want to use your cpu for real work, you can run

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killall ScreenSaverEngine

to get your normal desktop back.
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 5:24 pm Post subject:

ok that little screensaver hack there is just cool!!!!

/me cant wait till tuesday when his radeon arives...

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 3:38 am Post subject:

Here is a stitch -

open the TERMINAL file int he applications folder
Cut & Paste:

cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history | grep "LOTR"

Enjoy the LOTR timeline.

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:54 pm Post subject:

OhioArt2 wrote:
Here is a stitch -

open the TERMINAL file int he applications folder
Cut & Paste:

cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history | grep "LOTR"

Enjoy the LOTR timeline.

interestingly enough (i guess if you find this kind of stuff interesting), the LOTR timeline is not in FreeBSD's /usr/share/calendar/caledar.history. i wonder if this is something they added at apple, huh, odd.

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject:

OhioArt2 wrote:
Here is a stitch -

open the TERMINAL file int he applications folder
Cut & Paste:

cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history | grep "LOTR"

Enjoy the LOTR timeline.

it didn work for me Sad

Do I need X11 for this to work I'm using jaguar.> Because I get directory not found.

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:45 pm Post subject:

worked for me on 10.2.8