Quick Tip #046
This week’s tip offers some suggestions to eject a stuck disc when all the standard tricks have failed.
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FMEO-QTW046-022709 (2’17, 1.1MB, 64kbps)
For Mac Eyes Only Quick Tip Weekly – "Eject Stuck Discs"
February 27, 2009 by
For Mac Eyes Only Quick Tip Weekly – "Instant Dictionary"
February 20, 2009 by
Quick Tip #045
Definitions are only one keystroke away with this week’s quick tip for OS X.
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FMEO-QTW045-022009 (2’11, 1.1MB, 64kbps)
For Mac Eyes Only Quick Tip Weekly – "Lid Wake"
February 13, 2009 by
Quick Tip #044
Don’t like it when you MacBook wakes when the lid is opened? Here’s how to turn that feature off.
> sudo pmset lidwake 0
Replace 0 with 1 to turn lid wake back on.
Hint: Type man pmset at the command line to learn more about this powerful power management tool.
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FMEO-QTW044-013009 (3’08, 1.51MB, 64kbps)
For Mac Eyes Only Quick Tip Weekly – "Fast Folder Sharing"
February 6, 2009 by
Quick Tip #043
Share folders on your local network quickly with this week’s tip.
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FMEO-QTW043-012309 (4’20, 2.06MB, 64kbps)
For Mac Eyes Only Quick Tip Weekly – "Expanded Save Dialog"
January 30, 2009 by
Quick Tip #042
This week’s tip helps you set the expanded Save dialog as the default.
> defaults write -g NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool TRUE
To change it back again, replace TRUE with FALSE.
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FMEO-QTW042-011609 (3’28, 1.66MB, 64kbps)
For Mac Eyes Only Quick Tip Weekly – "Restore Time Machine Backups to Another Mac"
January 9, 2009 by
Quick Tip #041
If you use a USB or Firewire drive with Time Machine, here’s how to restore those Time Machine backups to another Mac.
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FMEO-QTW041-010909 (2’12, 1.08MB, 64kbps)
For Mac Eyes Only Quick Tip Weekly – "Quit the Finder"
January 2, 2009 by
Quick Tip #040
Need to squeeze a bit more performance from your Mac? Then Quit the Finder!
To enable Quit on the Finder menu:
> defaults write com.apple.Finder QuitMenuItem 1
> killall Finder
To disable the Quit menu item change the 1 to a 0.
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FMEO-QTW040-010209 (3’34, 1.71MB, 64kbps)
For Mac Eyes Only Quick Tip Weekly – "Reset the Administrator Password"
December 26, 2008 by
Quick Tip #039
What do you do when there’s only one administrator on your Mac and you forget the password? This week’s tip tells you how to reset the password.
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FMEO-QTW039-122608 (2’15, 1.1MB, 64kbps)
For Mac Eyes Only Quick Tip Weekly – "Schedule Automator Apps"
December 19, 2008 by
Quick Tip #038
This week’s tip is for folks who’d like to schedule their Automator apps to run at a specific date or time.
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FMEO-QTW038-121908 (2’56, 1.4MB, 64kbps)
For Mac Eyes Only Quick Tip Weekly – "Greeting Card Mailing Labels"
December 12, 2008 by
Quick Tip #037
Tips for printing your holiday mailing labels from OS X’s Address Book.
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FMEO-QTW037-121208 (4’06, 2MB, 64kbps)
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