- Leopard Update Fixes Bugs in Mail, iCal and MoreSeptember 15 2008
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Apple pushes out a Leopard update that puts the current OS X version at 10.5.5 today. The Mac OS X 10.5.5 update changelog lists improvements and bug fixes in Mail, Address Book, iCal, and MobileMe. Get the 136MB update download through Software Update; as per usual it'll require a restart to install.
- Remove Your Mac's Hard Drive from the DesktopAugust 7 2008
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Mac users who like to keep their workspace free of shortcuts and folders will love this "oh, duh!" tip for removing your hard drive from the Desktop. In Finder's Preferences pane, in the General tab, uncheck "Hard disks" under "Show these items on the Desktop" to clear away the icon. (You can do the same for external or optical disks and network servers, too.) Combine this with the Ejector utility for one-click external disk ejection and you'll have reached clear desktop Nirvana.
- Give Your Ubuntu Desktop the <em>Complete</em> Mac LookJuly 26 2008
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No, you won't actually have a Mac at the end of this transformation tutorial and, yes, it's just a tad bit, well, excessive. But if you're going to go through the effort of turning your Linux desktop into a Leopard clone, you may as well give it the full ride. Going beyond previously-posted guides, Make Tech Easier tackles how to transform your menu bar, add a dock and retractable widgets, create a floating stack over your places menu—even your boot-up screen is given the cold-steel apple and a minimalist progress bar. If you've got the time, it's at least worth the confused looks on your friends' and co-workers' faces.
- How to Annotate Images in PreviewJuly 14 2008
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Mac OS X Leopard only: One of the built-in Mac utilities that got the most feature additions in Leopard—albeit pretty quietly—is Preview, the PDF and image viewer. We've already covered how you can do more with Preview in Leopard, but Mac OS X Hints points out another good one: image annotation. Add arrows and notes, or circle and outline areas of an image in Preview using the Annotation menu. (In Preview's View menu choose Customize Toolbar, then drag the Annotate menu onto the toolbar.) Then, when you're editing a non-PDF image in Preview, just select your annotation, and click and drag on the image itself. Handy, and no third-party software required.
- Power Tweak Your Mac's StacksJune 11 2008
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Before Mac OS X Leopard got released, if you'd told me Stacks—a convenient way to access Finder locations on the Dock—would be one of my favorite, most-used features, I would've said you were trapped in the reality distortion field. Turns out Stacks is super-useful, and highly configurable to boot. Let's take a look at some power tweaks and uses for Stacks.
Add drawer overlay icons. True Apple product devotees know that looks are everything. With a few good-looking icons cleverly dated, you can add drawer icons to your Stacks that make it easy to visually identify them. Here's how to add drawer overlays to your Stacks.
Add Recent Items With a little Terminal-fu, you can add a custom Stack of the most recent documents and applications you used. Here's the command you need to set it up original post):
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-
