Leopard Dock Hack

November 5th, 2007  |  Published in Apple, Blog

Here is how to use a “side-styled” or “no-glass” dock on the bottom of the screen.

Open the Terminal Application it can be found in /Applications/Utilities

In the terminal type the following command to enable the no-glass dock.

$ defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES

Then restart the dock by entering this command.

$ killall DockThats it, enjoy

Create To Dos From Mail Messages

October 31st, 2007  |  Published in Apple, Blog

Apple Mail has been given a major overhaul in Leopard. One of this applications new features is the ability to create to do’s inside of a mail message. This new feature fits into my workflow brilliantly.

“Leopard Tip: How to create Mail To Dos from messages” is a good how to article from ars technica

Macworld’s Review of Leopard

October 29th, 2007  |  Published in Apple, Blog

While waiting for my copy of Leopard to arrive by snail mail I have been reading everything I can find about the new OS X online. This of course is to quell the urge to run to the nearest apple store and buy another copy. Macworld’s Leopard Review was the last article I read about the new OS X last night.The Pros

  • Easy backup tools
  • major improvements in included applications
  • addresses numerous shortcomings from previous OS versions
  • improved security and networking functions

Leopard in a Nutshell

October 27th, 2007  |  Published in Apple, Blog, Links

The article “Leopard” over at DaringFireball.net is a nice over view of the new OS X Leopard.

My nutshell take is this: I’ve been using Leopard full-time for about three months, and there’s no question it’s a worthy update. Is 10.5.0 truly ready for production use, or would most users be better off waiting for 10.5.1? We’ll see. No one ever got hurt by waiting a week or two to install a new OS. But there’s no question that most of the new features and changes in Leopard are winners. There are some turds, too, but the ratio of improvements-to-regressions is pretty high by my score.
My copy is still on its way. I cant wait to try it out.

Engadget’s Leopard Impressions

October 27th, 2007  |  Published in Apple, Blog, Links

OS X Leopard is out!!! Engadget has been collecting impressions of the new OS in their article “All about Leopard: gallery, apps, impressions”

Install was pretty painless. A few clicks and you’re off. It took just under an hour (58 minutes, to be exact) to do its thing, despite the installer claiming it would be a 3-4 hour upgrade for our stock MacBook Pro.

For old school users: installing the barebones OS onto a G4 Power Mac’s freshly formated disk took just 20 minutes.

The install chewed up a good 3.3GB of space on top of what was already there. Apple recommends a solid 9GB, so be prepared if you’re constantly low on space like us.