Top 15 Leopard Tips
It has been almost a month since the release of Leopard and we had enough time to “play” with this OS and get used to it. Here are the top 15 Leopard tips we’ve encountered this month.
Collect all windows in one space (Space)
In the Spaces view (by default, the F8 key leads there), press the C button (in the English layout) to collect all the windows in one space with a pleasant effect. If you hold Shift while doing this, it will happen slowly.
Enlarge / reduce pdf documents and pictures in QuickLook
When you view PDF documents or graphic files using QuickLook, just click on the image with the Option key pressed, or Shift-Option, to increase and decrease, respectively. In the case of PDF, you can use the Cmd = and Cmd - key combinations for this.
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Enable path mapping in Finder
On the View menu, click Show Path Bar to see the path to your file. You can also click with Ctrl-ohm or right-click on any folder from this path and perform any actions on it.
Quickly send a window to another space (Spaces)
Leopard supports "pulling out" of windows into other "spaces". Just bring the window over the edge of the screen and wait a second. The window will fly away to the appropriate space.
Address Book Effects
The address book borrowed a lot from Fotobudki. Just click on Edit for one of the contacts, then on the picture and on the small button with the “twisted” icon. This will allow you to produce many effects with a photo.
Quick access to system information
When diagnosing someone's poppy you want to get into System Profiler as quickly as possible. If you click on an apple with the Option key pressed, the item About This Mac will turn into "System Profiler ...".
Add “recent things” to the dock stack
You can add a stack of recently opened programs / documents to the doc. To do this, simply open a terminal and write:
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others-array-add '{"tile-data" = {"list-type" = 1; }; Tile-type = recents-tile; } '
followed by the KillAll Dock to restart the dock. Right click on the stack to choose from which last it should consist.
Automatically exit the print program after printing
One of my favorite complaints about Leopard is that the printer program (Printer) itself does not shut down after everything is printed. Well, all you need to do is click on its icon in the dock with the right button and select the Auto-Quit option from the menu. This will cause the program to end when printing is completed.
Remove spotlight from menu bar (top menu bar)
If you want to rid the menu bar from spotlight, just open a terminal and execute the command
sudo chmod 0 /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app
To enable it back run
sudo chmod 755 /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app
Permanently delete files from copies saved by Time Machine
While navigating to Time Machine, go to the current state view (Present View) and click on the small gear icon and highlight the deleted file. Select "Delete all Time Machine backups" and it will disappear forever.
Quickly enable / disable folder access
If you want to quickly access the folder to someone from the local network, select it and click Cmd + I to go to the folder information window (Get Info). In the box, check the box next to the Shared Folder and other guys will have access to it.
Delete words from the dictionary (spell checker)
In Leopard, it is easy to remove randomly “learned” words from the dictionary. All you have to do is right-click on the word you want to make the dictionary forget and select “unlearn”. However, this does not work in all applications.
Use extended default print menu
Leopard comes with a very convenient expanded print view window (Print View) that allows you to view the pages that you are going to print (very convenient for printing web pages), one thing, you constantly need to click on the small arrow button to get there. If you want to make the advanced view window turn on by default, run in Terminal
defaults write -g PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool TRUE
to do this to all users
defaults write /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool TRUE
Make so that the names in the Finder sidebar are written with a small letter
Many people don't like big letters in the Finder sidebar. To change them to small, go to
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/ (for other languages - corresponding to the folder names)
save the LocalizableCore.strings file just in case and change the letters in lines 50 to 53 to small ones
“SD5" = “Devices”;
“SD6” = “Shared”;
“SD7” = “Search for”;
“SD8” = “Places”;
Save the file and restart the filer using the “killall Finder” command in the terminal.
View detailed information on Wi-Fi connection (AirPort)
Friendship with Wi-Fi Leopard dramatically bypasses its predecessor. Now it’s even easier to get detailed information on the access points you contacted. By pressing the Option key on the Wi-Fi icon in the menu bar, you can see the MAC address, channel, signal strength (RSSI) and even the transfer rate. Very convenient for users with increased mobility.
And further:
Kill 3D Dock
To make a three-dimensional distracting dock two-dimensional and less distracting, just dial
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall dock
in the terminal. Well, and accordingly
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO; killall dock
to get everything back.
Make the menu bar opaque (as in Tigre)
... can be in the terminal
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' -dict 'CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE' 0.63
The smaller the last number, the more transparent the menu bar.
Info by ru_mac_fuck , asked to post. Discussion is welcome)
Collect all windows in one space (Space)
In the Spaces view (by default, the F8 key leads there), press the C button (in the English layout) to collect all the windows in one space with a pleasant effect. If you hold Shift while doing this, it will happen slowly.
Enlarge / reduce pdf documents and pictures in QuickLook
When you view PDF documents or graphic files using QuickLook, just click on the image with the Option key pressed, or Shift-Option, to increase and decrease, respectively. In the case of PDF, you can use the Cmd = and Cmd - key combinations for this.
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Enable path mapping in Finder
On the View menu, click Show Path Bar to see the path to your file. You can also click with Ctrl-ohm or right-click on any folder from this path and perform any actions on it.
Quickly send a window to another space (Spaces)
Leopard supports "pulling out" of windows into other "spaces". Just bring the window over the edge of the screen and wait a second. The window will fly away to the appropriate space.
Address Book Effects
The address book borrowed a lot from Fotobudki. Just click on Edit for one of the contacts, then on the picture and on the small button with the “twisted” icon. This will allow you to produce many effects with a photo.
Quick access to system information
When diagnosing someone's poppy you want to get into System Profiler as quickly as possible. If you click on an apple with the Option key pressed, the item About This Mac will turn into "System Profiler ...".
Add “recent things” to the dock stack
You can add a stack of recently opened programs / documents to the doc. To do this, simply open a terminal and write:
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others-array-add '{"tile-data" = {"list-type" = 1; }; Tile-type = recents-tile; } '
followed by the KillAll Dock to restart the dock. Right click on the stack to choose from which last it should consist.
Automatically exit the print program after printing
One of my favorite complaints about Leopard is that the printer program (Printer) itself does not shut down after everything is printed. Well, all you need to do is click on its icon in the dock with the right button and select the Auto-Quit option from the menu. This will cause the program to end when printing is completed.
Remove spotlight from menu bar (top menu bar)
If you want to rid the menu bar from spotlight, just open a terminal and execute the command
sudo chmod 0 /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app
To enable it back run
sudo chmod 755 /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app
Permanently delete files from copies saved by Time Machine
While navigating to Time Machine, go to the current state view (Present View) and click on the small gear icon and highlight the deleted file. Select "Delete all Time Machine backups" and it will disappear forever.
Quickly enable / disable folder access
If you want to quickly access the folder to someone from the local network, select it and click Cmd + I to go to the folder information window (Get Info). In the box, check the box next to the Shared Folder and other guys will have access to it.
Delete words from the dictionary (spell checker)
In Leopard, it is easy to remove randomly “learned” words from the dictionary. All you have to do is right-click on the word you want to make the dictionary forget and select “unlearn”. However, this does not work in all applications.
Use extended default print menu
Leopard comes with a very convenient expanded print view window (Print View) that allows you to view the pages that you are going to print (very convenient for printing web pages), one thing, you constantly need to click on the small arrow button to get there. If you want to make the advanced view window turn on by default, run in Terminal
defaults write -g PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool TRUE
to do this to all users
defaults write /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool TRUE
Make so that the names in the Finder sidebar are written with a small letter
Many people don't like big letters in the Finder sidebar. To change them to small, go to
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/ (for other languages - corresponding to the folder names)
save the LocalizableCore.strings file just in case and change the letters in lines 50 to 53 to small ones
“SD5" = “Devices”;
“SD6” = “Shared”;
“SD7” = “Search for”;
“SD8” = “Places”;
Save the file and restart the filer using the “killall Finder” command in the terminal.
View detailed information on Wi-Fi connection (AirPort)
Friendship with Wi-Fi Leopard dramatically bypasses its predecessor. Now it’s even easier to get detailed information on the access points you contacted. By pressing the Option key on the Wi-Fi icon in the menu bar, you can see the MAC address, channel, signal strength (RSSI) and even the transfer rate. Very convenient for users with increased mobility.
And further:
Kill 3D Dock
To make a three-dimensional distracting dock two-dimensional and less distracting, just dial
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall dock
in the terminal. Well, and accordingly
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO; killall dock
to get everything back.
Make the menu bar opaque (as in Tigre)
... can be in the terminal
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' -dict 'CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE' 0.63
The smaller the last number, the more transparent the menu bar.
Info by ru_mac_fuck , asked to post. Discussion is welcome)
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/16522/
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