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Change the Animation Speed of Hiding & Displaying the Mac OS X Dock
Automatically hiding the Dock is one of the more useful features you can enable if you work on a Mac with limited screen space. That experience can be improved by removing the auto-hide delay from the...
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Disable Google Chrome Automatic Software Update
Google Chrome automatically updates itself in the background when a new version is out, this takes responsibility out of user hands and makes it simple to keep up to date with the latest version of...
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Enable Half-Star Ratings in iTunes
iTunes allows users to rate songs on a 1 star to 5 star basis, song rating data can then be used for a variety of purposes, either for your own reference or for creating custom play lists that only...
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Disable the File Extension Change Warning in Mac OS X
Assuming you have file extensions shown in the OS X Finder, attempting to change a file extension causes a warning dialog with a confirmation box to appear. This is annoying if you know what you’re...
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Stop Pasting Full Names When Copying an Email Address in Mac OS X Mail
Ever noticed that when you copy an email address from OS X Mail app and paste it elsewhere that you get the addressees full name as well as their email address? Try it yourself by right-clicking on...
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Disable Elastic (Rubber Band) Scrolling in Mac OS X
Ever since Mac OS X 10.7, the Mac has included the same elastic over-scrolling that exists in the iOS world. Frequently called “rubberband scrolling”, it kicks in as an overscrolling effect that runs...
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Disable Automatic Termination of Apps in Mac OS X Lion & Mountain Lion
Automatic termination is a feature of OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion that comes from the realm of iOS, the idea is that after an app is unused for a period of time and becomes inactive, it will...
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Remove Rounded Corners from QuickTime Player Video Windows
QuickTime Player automatically rounds the corners of any video window, a nice touch that fits in line with the rest of the OS X desktop and window experience. If you don’t like the rounded movie...
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Change Finder Windows View Style from the Command Line in Mac OS X
Unless it’s been disabled, any Finder window in Mac OS X has the View option buttons in the windows toolbar. From left to right you can select icon view, list, columns, and coverflow. You may have...
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Disable Auto-Save and Versions in Mac OS X
Tired of Auto-Save continuously saving files in the background? Does Versions annoy you with it’s saved states of your work in each apps? For the vast majority of users, Auto-Save and Versions are...
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Return Safari 6 Delete Key Functionality to Go Back a Page
Safari 6 changed the longstanding behavior of the Delete key, which used to navigate back a page when pressed but now does nothing. Instead, navigating web pages forward and backward is done through...
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How to Disable “Go To Folder” in Mac OS X
The Go To Folder command is one of the most useful features in the OS X Finder, letting you quickly navigate deep into directory structures without having to click around. But it can also be used to...
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10 of the Best Defaults Write Commands to Improve Mac OS X
Most Mac OS X preferences are managed through easily accessible control panels, but going behind the scenes with defaults write commands can lead to some genuinely useful tweaks that can only be made...
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Stop the Help Viewer Window from Hovering Over Everything Else in Mac OS X
The Help Menu in OS X is an underused but great resource when trying to learn about new Mac apps, and it can even function as a keyboard-based action launcherto quickly access app features. If you’re...
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Add Weather & Other Dashboard Widgets to the Desktop in Mac OS X
A fun way to customize the Mac desktop is to add floating widgets for things like weather, ski conditions, stocks, and time. These widgets are actually from Dashboard, a largely forgotten feature of OS...
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Keep Track of Defaults Write Commands Used in Mac OS X Automatically
If you like to tweak Mac OS X with a lot of defaults write commands from the terminal, you already know how hard it can be to keep track of them. Sure you can query command history for specific...
View ArticleEnable Dark Mode with a Keyboard Shortcut in OS X
Dark Mode impacts the appearance of the Dock and Menu Bar in OS X Yosemite, turning both from their grey on white defaults to a higher contrast white text against black background dark alternative. The...
View ArticleHow to Play a Power Charging Sound Effect in OS X When a MacBook is Plugged...
When you connect a power source to an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or MacBook, a familiar charging chime sound will trigger from the device, indicating that a cable is attached and the device is getting...
View ArticleHow to Make Crash Reporter Appear as a Notification in OS X
Advanced Mac users who are either in development or another field which experiences frequent app crashing may find the persistent Crash Reporter windows with the ‘App quit unexpectedly’ message to be a...
View ArticleHow to Change Launchpad Icon Grid Layout in Mac OS X
Launchpad is the quick application launcher available from the Mac OS X Dock and a keystroke that looks quite a bit like the Homescreen of iOS. By default, the Launchpad app grid usually displays icons...
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