Top 10 Downloads That Enhance Mac OS X's Built-In Tools. Adam, thanks for the great list. Only one app's cost was mentioned, and none of them mentioned where the app was available from. I've quickly put together this list to supplement what's missing. 10 - unDock: $0.99 via Mac App Store (MAS). 9 - TotalTerminal: Free via developer's site (dev site), encouraged to check out TotalFinder. 8 - RestoreMeNot: Appears to be free via dev site. 7 - Palua: $0.99 via MAS. 6 - HyperDock: $9.95 via dev site, $9.99 via MAS (lesser feature set, no browser tabs, etc.). 5 - ScreenSharingMenulet: Free via dev site, donations requested. 4a - Hyperspaces: $12.99 via dev site. 4b - ReSpaceApp: Free via dev site, while in beta. 3 - Cobook: Free via dev site, while in beta. 2 - Perian: Free via dev site, donations requested. 1 - TotalFinder: $18 via dev site.
Mac 101: Change your icons. Languages Every volume (disk), application, file, and folder on your Mac is represented by an icon. Icons look like the item that they represent. For example, your hard disk volume icon (Macintosh HD) looks like a hard drive, a text document looks like a piece of paper, and a folder icon looks like a folder where you store papers. App icons are all generally unique, so they stand out from one another. Folders contain other files, like your documents or apps. File icons generally display a document with an app logo or image that lets you know what application created it or opens it. You can change some of the icons used in OS X.
To change the icon of an app, folder or file, first copy an image or another icon to the clipboard (Edit > Copy). In the Finder, select the item you want to have a different icon. From the Edit menu, choose Paste or press Command-V to replace the icon. From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences. Last Modified: Apr 14, 2014 One Moment Please. 52 Ways to Speed Up OS X | Pete White - 'World Famous' ImAFish. After Apple recently announced a delay to OS X 10.5 Leopard I had to delay my iMac upgrade until the Autumn.
This led me to thinking about how to speed up Tiger to get the most out of my ageing G5. This is what I came up with: General System 1. Repair Disk Permissions Navigate to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Select your Macintosh HD and select Verify Disk Permissions. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. *Edit: Warning people have experienced problems with Monolingual so becareful what you remove. 13. 14. 15. 16. Eye Candy 17. 18. Dashboard 19. 20. As you can see the widgets I have running are all using an acceptable amount of Real Memory. Tinkertool Tinkertool is a utility that gives you access to additional settings within OS X. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. OnyX OynX is similar to Tinkertool however has many more options and preferences.You may have already done some of these in previous tips. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39.
Safari 40. 41. 42. 43. Firefox 44. 45. Maintaining Mac OS X. Much dubious advice is available concerning "routine maintenance" of Mac® OS X. This FAQ, based on the "Maintaining Mac OS X" chapter of our book, Troubleshooting Mac OS X, is intended to provide guidance on recommended maintenance and to dispel some common maintenance myths. Recommended maintenance The only routine maintenance steps we recommend are the following: Maintenance myths Most of the activities portrayed as maintenance by tools like Cocktail, Onyx, Yasu, and others are, in fact, troubleshooting steps. Accordingly, cache cleaning, repairing permissions, prebinding, and other tasks not listed in the "Recommended Maintenance" section above are not regular maintenance tasks. In some cases, such as System cache cleaning, they can have unintended consequences. We will now dispel some common maintenance myths.
Cache cleaning System and User cache cleaning are troubleshooting steps, not part of regular maintenance. Defragmenting hard drives Repair Permissions Update prebinding Related links. News, Tips, and Reviews for Mac, iPhone, and iPad - OS X Daily. Things Mac OS X. Desktop 7 for Mac. New! SkyDrive, iCloud, Photo Stream, Dropbox, Google Drive optimizations make sure you don't inadvertently duplicate files locally, so you get the most out of your storage space.
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