Mac os x hints

Foreword
- Restart Everything.scpt
- Secrets.prefPane
  - http://secrets.blacktree.com/
- MacPilot
  - http://www.koingosw.com/products/macpilot.php
- Cocktail
  - http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.php
- TinkerTool
  - http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html
"Best of Hints"
- http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2007030907032234
- "Go to Folder"
  - ⇧⌘G
  - Open/Save dialogs too
  - Auto-complete
- Remap shortcut keys
  - Alle Apps auf dieselben Shortcuts setzen
- App switching tricks
  - App Switcher works as activator
  - ⌘Q and ⌘H work here
- Look Up in Dictionary
  - Panel instead of App
- Open files in (unsupported) Applications
  - ⌘⌥
  - Open files in Trash
- Set login background
- Login Window
  - Login Window Information
    - Click to cycle through Info
    - sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow AdminHostInfo HostName
      - SystemVersion
      - SystemBuild
      - SerialNumber
      - IPAddress
      - DSStatus
      - Time
    - Custom Text
      - sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow LoginwindowText "Hello There"
- Hide Users
  - sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add shortname1 shortname2 shortname3
  - To make a hidden name appear again, type the command with no names in it, therefore resetting the list of hidden users.
  - sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add
- Change Background Image
  - Rename /System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg to DefaultDesktop.jpg.bak
  - Put a new image named DefaultDesktop.jpg in that folder
  - or:
  - sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow DesktopPicture /Users/Shared/mynewbackground.jpg
- Spotlight
  - ⌘ to show in Finder
  - AND, OR Searches
    - space = AND
    - | = OR
    - * for all matches
    - - = NOT → cat (-dog)
  - Search for kind:
    - Self speaking
    - kind:
    - image, folder,
- Spotlight as App Launcher
  - "Shortform", Kosenamen vergeben in Spotlight Kommentaren
- iPhoto
  - Get back to original image temporarily with ⇧
- Message of the Day
  - sudo mate /etc/motd
- iTunes
  - iTunes arrows
  - defaults write com.apple.iTunes invertStoreLink -bool YES
- Mail
  - Force Plain Text
  - defaults write com.apple.mail PreferPlainText -bool TRUE
- Save dialogs
  - defaults write -g NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool TRUE
- Screensaver on Desktop
  - /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &
  - 1^? processID
  - kill processID
  - Quartz Desktop
    - www.fourminutemilesoftware.com/quartzdesktop
Best OS X 10.5 Hints contest winners revealed!
- Enable Data Detectors in iChat
  - http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071220165703606
  - defaults write com.apple.iChat EnableDataDetectors 1
- Use Help to select menu items via keyboard
  - http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071027080844612
  - ⌘? (⇧⌘/)
- Link to any specific message in Mail
  - http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071118154803739
  - ⇧⌘H
  - Message-Id: <6a73er$6ut69e@outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out2.iinet.net.au>
  - message://<6a73er$6ut69e@outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out2.iinet.net.au>
- Zoom in and out on Quick-looked PDFs
- Banish the 3D dock from 10.5
  - http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2007101815375480
  - defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall Dock
- Enable Bonjour Browser in ScreenSharing.app
  - http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071030092325625
  - defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing ShowBonjourBrowser_Debug 1
- Use extra region capture screenshot options
  - http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071030175844745
  - ␣ → Move Selection
  - ⇧ → Lock x/y axis
  - ⌥ → Resize selection from center
- Add a 'recent things' stack to the Dock
  - http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071101055329470
  - defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'
  - killall Dock!
Mixed OS X Hints
- 10.5: Search system folders in Spotlight
  - http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090325091626579
  - Spotlight generally excludes OS X system folders (such as /etc and /bin) from its searches. But, if you know the name of the system folder you want to search, you can search in it anyway. For example, to search for a file in the /etc folder, select Go: Go to Folder in the Finder. Type /etc in the Go to field and click Go. With that folder now open in the Finder, type whatever it is you want to look for in the Finder window's Spotlight field. When the Search bar appears, select "etc" as the folder to search (instead of This Mac). If you select one of the found files and check its file path at the bottom of the search window, you'll see that the search results are indeed within one of those previously unsearchable folders.
The MacTipper Blog
- Create a Shortcut to Save a PDF to a Folder
  - http://www.mactipper.com/2009/08/create-shortcut-to-save-pdf-to-folder.html
  - Step 1: Open Finder.
  - Step 2: Go to (Your Home Folder)/Library/PDF Services/
  - Step 3: Open a new Finder window and go to the folder you want to save to (or the application you wish to open the PDF with.)
  - Step 4: Drag the folder/app to the PDF Services folder, but, hold the command and option keys as you let go of the mouse. (This will create an alias to the folder/app inside the PDF Services folder.)
  - Step 5: Create a keyboard shortcut for the name of the alias.
Mac OS X Tips
- http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/terminal-commands-for-hidden-mac-os-x-settings.html
- defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool YES
- defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
- defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
Zettt's favourites
- Getting pictures out of .doc documents
  - Save .doc as HTML (in TextEdit!)
  - Save .doc as RTFD