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Apple

We got our first Macintosh. Here are some things I'm considering doing.

Configuration

  • Get Chrome (Login and sync.)
  • Disable the dashboard with
    defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES; Killall Dock
  • System Preferences:
    • Tap-and-drag: System Preferences → Universal Access → Mouse & Trackpad → Trackpad Options and enable 'Dragging (with/without) Drag Lock' (the second checkbox) to restore the old behavior.
  • Appearance
    • Place scroll arrows: At top and bottom
  • Mouse
  • Dock
    • Position on Right
    • Automatically show and hide dock?

Tips

Shortcut Action
Command+space Spotlight (Very handy!)
Command+W Close the window.
Command+Q Quit the application. (Closing its windows isn't enough.)
Command+click Open the link in another tab.
Command+Tab Switch between applications.
Command+` Switch between windows within the application.
Command+Opt+Esc Force Quit the application
Shift+Opt+Command+V Paste without formatting

Versions and Codenames

Current info at Wikipedia: OS_X#Versions

Codename Version Notes
Snow Leopard 10.6 iMac
Lion 10.7 MacBook Air (allows dragging on all window borders)
Mountain Lion 10.8 Current

Software to Get

Danelope suggests these Image Editors:

Preferences I don't set anymore

iOS Apps

Here are iPhone/iPod apps I really want to make.

Sokoban

Sokoban: Plenty already exist. What matters here is an intuitive (to me) user control.

Scrobbler

What matters here is the ability to scrobble what I've played to last.fm directly from my iPhone/iPod.

Plurk

The existing official client could stand improvement.

Prey

https://panel.preyproject.com/ for when the device goes missing. (Or is stolen by a thief.)

Keywords

aps, todo

apple.1427381187.txt.gz · Last modified: 2023/04/12 20:44 (external edit)