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Ultimate Leopard tweak guide |
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Written by Jacob Head
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Tuesday, 01 January 2008 |
From Appletell.com, "No matter how good Apple Mac OS X Leopard is, there will always be features that people dislike, and want to change. And while Apple may think they have the perfect recipe for a perfect OS, many power-users will want to tweak OS X to their liking. They want to change more than their desktop image, or the icons in their dock. Sometimes Apple doesn’t always make it easy to tweak your Mac, so Appletell has compiled a list of several ways to tweak your Leopard."
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Install 3rd party apps on iPhone |
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Written by Jacob Head
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Friday, 28 December 2007 |
From lifehacker, "If a new iPhone or iPod touch found its way under your tree and you just can't wait until Apple officially supports third-party application development to extend its functionality (who can wait until February?), it's time you jailbreak your favorite new portable device. We've covered two methods for doing so already, but that feisty Apple keeps on changing things up, and the latest firmware (which all of you new owners are likely running) requires a bit more finesse before you gain access to the throng of great apps that have already been developed for the iPhone. So today we're jailbreaking that iPhone or iTouch of yours to open it up to the wonderful world of third-party software."
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Written by Jacob Head
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Wednesday, 19 December 2007 |
 TUAW writes, "AppleScript is very powerful, but it has a learning curve. When Apple set out to make Automator, they tried to make an automation environment that not only gave the user flexibility, but also power. Apple includes several actions that programs can use; they also include a plug-in type model for developers of Mac software to add even more actions.With the introduction of Leopard, Apple completely re-invented Automator; giving it a better user interface and even more actions. Let's take a look at the Automator application."
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Power up 10.5's screen sharing |
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Written by Jacob Head
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Monday, 17 December 2007 |
 Rob Griffits for MacWorld writes, "One of 10.5’s new features that I use quite often is the built-in screen sharing. You can use screen sharing from iChat, which is great for family tech support, but I’m referring specifically to screen sharing in the Finder. With multiple machines in the house, I often want to see the screen on a given machine while seated at another.
"In the pre-10.5 days, this was doable, and not overly difficult—you had to click a couple buttons to enable things, then run a VNC viewer app to make the connection. But with 10.5, the viewer is now built into the system. Screen sharing is based on Apple’s full Remote Desktop package, which offers more control over exactly how remote screens are shared. Luckily for us, Apple left at least some of that functionality in the more-limited screen sharing application—it’s just disabled by default."
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Hidden Leopard terminal commands |
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Written by Jacob Head
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Tuesday, 27 November 2007 |
 Macosxtips writes, "If you don't already know, here are some quick instructions of how to use them: You'll find Terminal in the Utilities folder within the Applications folder. To carry out any of the following commands you will need to copy/paste or type in the line of text then hit enter. Most of the commands change settings that can't be done through the application or system preferences.
For the most part, applications will need restarting before changes take place. For the Dock and the Finder, it isn't obvious how to do this. The easiest way is to type a second command into the Terminal afterwards. Type "killall Dock" followed by return for all the Spaces, Stacks and Dock commands. "killall Finder" followed by return for all the Finder related ones."
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Spare USB Ports? Make 'em Blink! |
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Written by Jacob Thomason
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Tuesday, 06 November 2007 |
 If you are anything like me you've probably already used up all your spare USB ports, added on a couple USB Hubs and always scrounging for an extra port to plug something in. However, if you are fortunate enough to actually have a spare port and are looking for something cool to do with it, here is a nice little mod for ya. Just follow the link for instructions on how to build your very own U-S-Blink.
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Add wood or sky effect to 10.5 dock |
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Written by Jacob Head
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Friday, 02 November 2007 |
 Todd Baur from TheAppleBlog.com writes, "I learned that the background on the Dock in Leopard is a set of 4 PNG image files, and I got the hamsters running. I made Sky and Wood for you...
to ‘install’ them, go to /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock and click on the gear icon in the Finder window. Select “Show Package Contents” and then go to Contents/Resources/ and copy these files in. They will replace the system images, so be sure to backup the originals!"
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Change 10.5 Login Background |
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Written by Jacob Head
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Monday, 29 October 2007 |
 Already tired of the Aurora background on your Leopard login screen? Fear not, there is a solution!
Just replace this file:
"/System/Library/CoreServices/DefualtDesktop.jpg"
with any of your favorites and you're in business!
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