Tag Archives: osx

Setting some sensible defaults for OS X (Lion)

Mac

There’s some great tips here for improving the default preferences of the operating system:

OSX For Hackers — Gist

The ones I used were

defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope -string "SCcf"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool false
defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -bool true
defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages auto-open-ro-root -bool true
defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages auto-open-rw-root -bool true
defaults write com.apple.finder OpenWindowForNewRemovableDisk -bool true
defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool true
chflags nohidden ~/Library
defaults write com.apple.mail AddressesIncludeNameOnPasteboard -bool false

Lion tricks and treats

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What tiny thing in Lion makes you smile or has caught you off guard?

Have you discovered all these subtle improvements in Lion yet?  My favourites:

  • emails lifting up to top of screen before whooshing off to be sent
  • animation from when a single email turns into a thread
  • ability to add contact thumbs to mail list view (not detail view)
  • loupe for preview
  • signature for PDFs
  • quicklook for spotlight results
  • stateful Terminal
  • swiping through page history in Safari
  • list of recent files in Expose

Data detectors in Lion

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How good are data detectors on Lion?  Really good.  Check out this example of their integration in Apple Mail:

Inbox 13527 messages 3 unread

As in Leopard and Snow Leopard, anything that resembles a date or time is picked up if you hover the cursor over it.  But look at the dialog that appears when I accept the offer to add the event to iCal:

Mail

The app has read through the entire mail, noted the 2pm, associated it with my chosen date, and combined the two into a calendar appointment.  Not bad!

Bookmarks for August 2nd through August 17th

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