10.5: Use the Get Info window's proxy icon
Leopard's Finder Get Info panel now has a proxy icon on the panel's title bar. It can be dragged like the proxy icon in a Finder window title bar, and behaves in the same manner. Dragging while holding Option-Command will create an alias. Dragging while holding Option will copy the file if the destination is on the same volume. Just dragging to a destination on the same volume will move the file. [robg adds: You can also Control- or Command-click on the proxy icon to see the path to the chosen item. Select a spot in the path, and the Finder will open a new window showing that directory.]
published on Wednesday, the 28. November 2007, macosxhints
10.5: Create Stacks from network shares
One thing that I really miss from Tiger is having a shortcut on my Desktop to my network shared volumes, so I don't have to open a Finder window, click on share, and then select the machine or AirPort Extreme entry, and then the volume I want to access. Leopard won't let you make an alias of a network shared volume, or create one by dragging it to your desktop. What I found out, however, is that you can drag a shared volume to the dock as a Stack folder, and there it is, a direct link to your shared volume. You have to drag it to the area next to the trash; it won't work in the applications zone of the dock. It also helps when the Shared option won't even appear, and you don't remember the direct link to get to the volume through finder's Go » Connect to Server option. This happens quite often with AirPort Extreme, and now I just have to click the shortcut on the dock...
published on Tuesday, the 27. November 2007, macosxhints
AutoStacks re-familiarizes Leopard's stacks
Turdhead.com has released an update to its Stacks-improving application, AutoStacks 0.2, allowing users to define whether or not they want to move the original file when creating a stack, or simply create an alias for it. Many users were under the impression that Leopard's Stacks would be able to take a group of random files and create a single doc...
published on Thursday, the 22. November 2007, macintosh-news-network
10.5: Use Finder Sidebar Items as Proxy Icons
In all OS X incarnations prior to Leopard, the Finder Sidebar items could only be removed or reordered. Attempting to use them as proxy icons only resulted in them poofing to oblivion. No more in Mac OS X v. 10.5! Option-Drag on a Finder Sidebar item to copy it, and Command-Option-Drag it to create an alias. This works for the desktop, other Finder windows, and other Finder Sidebar items. You can't, however, Command-Drag to move Finder Sidebar items to a new location...yet?
published on Wednesday, the 21. November 2007, macosxhints
10.5: Use Finder Sidebar Items as Proxy Icons
In all OS X incarnations prior to Leopard, the Finder Sidebar items could only be removed or reordered. Attempting to use them as proxy icons only resulted in them poofing to oblivion. No more in Mac OS X v. 10.5! Option-Drag on a Finder Sidebar item to copy it, and Command-Option-Drag it to create an alias. This works for the desktop, other Finder windows, and other Finder Sidebar items. You can't, however, Command-Drag to move Finder Sidebar items to a new location...yet?
published on Wednesday, the 21. November 2007, macosxhints
10.5: Create a System Preferences Stack
Now that I have to live without Fruit Menu (nothing Unsanity writes is yet Leopard-compatible) I found myself missing a cascading System Preferences menu. To replicate it, I made a folder and dragged in aliases to all my frequently used preference panes. The panes are located in each of these locations (for some reason, some panes appear multiple places): ~/Library/Preference Panes /Library/Preference Panes /System/Library/Preference Panes I created a folder (I keep it in my home directory, but it can be anywhere) called System Preferences to hold these aliases, and I dragged that folder to the right side of the Dock. Lo and behold, a cascading System Preferences menu. Right-clicking on the Stack lets you decide if it should be a fan or a grid (though a fan is limited in how many icons it shows). T...
published on Monday, the 5. November 2007, macosxhints
10.5: Create account aliases in Leopard
Unix account aliases have been around for a long time; in Leopard, you can easily create such aliases for an account. Why is this useful in OS X? For one example, you can use that alias anywhere you'd normally enter your short username: at login, in authentication dialogs, etc. If your "short" username is abnormally long, or if you just don't like it, aliases are one way to effectively get a different username (df instead of danfrakes) without actually changing your account's short name. Control-click on your account name in the Accounts pane of System Preferences; choose Advanced Options in the contextual menu that appears. In the resulting Advanced Options screen, click on the plus (+) button below the Aliases box. Enter the alias, and then click on OK. Restart (or just log out and then back in). And yes, there's a ...
published on Tuesday, the 30. October 2007, macosxhints
Apps: Hazel, Meal Planning
Hazel 2.1 ($22) watches whatever folders you tell it to, automatically organizing your files according to the rules you create. The latest release has Leopard compatibility. It also features expanded file type filtering and new actions for creating aliases and revealing files. In addition, Hazel 2.1 provides numerous fixes and performance improveme...
published on Monday, the 22. October 2007, macintosh-news-network