Leopard Tips and Hints

[arn]

Per Request, here's a thread for people to post their cool tips and whatnot about Leopard

I'll start with the ones I posted to the front page

• Photo Mosaic Screensaver: Choose a photo album from the Desktop & Screen Saver control panel, then click on the 3rd "Display Style" (Mosaic). (ed note: Very cool.)
• iTunes Visualizers (iTunes -> View -> Visualizer): Lathe, Jelly and Stix
• Spotlight can be used as a calculator
• Control Panel -> Speech -> Text to Speech. New Alex Voice in Leopard.
• DVD Player with Chapter Index and Full Screen Controls
• Retro and Security screensavers are included in the Developer Tools (instructions)
• Coverflow works for fonts.

[arn]

Dragging a Window to the extreme edge of the screen and holding it there will trigger you to move to the next "Space"

Spaces: After pressing F8, pressing "C" will collect all windows into Space 1. Pressing C again reverses it.

arn

[martychang]

Apparently, you can get the old ribbon-style dock back in Leopard using some Terminal commands:

http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/6/10/27/f_OldschoolDom_0975e1a.png

Disclaimer: I don't have my mac yet, and I haven't tested this. I ran across the tip on another forum.

[davak]

Here are the tech-recipes tutorials and screenshots about the new features in leopard (http://www.tech-recipes.com/mac_os_x_leopard.html).

21 as of now...

Davak

[arn]

Here are the tech-recipes tutorials and screenshots about the new features in leopard (http://www.tech-recipes.com/mac_os_x_leopard.html).


This one tip just made me very happy:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2667/os_x_leopard_make_application_visible_on_all_spaces

Keeping an Application active on all spaces. For me, I want iChat windows on all my spaces. It doesn't help me to move to another space to do work, if iChat disappeared. Now I can... :)

arn

[Doctor Q]

Dragging a Window to the extreme edge of the screen and holding it there will trigger you to move to the next "Space"

Spaces: After pressing F8, pressing "C" will collect all windows into Space 1. Pressing C again reverses it.

arnNote that you can toggle them back and forth while in the Spaces layout display, but if you go back to your desktop with all the windows in Space 1, you can't press "C" the next time to have them return to their multi-window arrangement. It doesn't remember the multi-Space arrangement after you choose the collapsed arrangement.

[flopticalcube]

VIDEO_TS and DivX in Front Row?

[Eric Lewis]

please post pictures of the sweet new screensaver please

[Lh'owon]

From Macworld's Ten Overlooked Leopard Gems (http://www.macworld.com/2007/10/firstlooks/leopard_s_hidden_gems/index.php):

Resizable partitions
In Leopard, you can create and resize hard disk partitions on the fly, without having to erase your drive and start over. For people looking to create temporary workspaces for projects, or to boost productivity in Photoshop, this will be huge.

Print preview
Being a printer guy, I have spent a lot of time over the years pondering the print dialog box. One thing has regularly confounded me: why can Microsoft can give me a (small) preview of what I’m about to print in Word or Excel, but I have to click a Preview button in the standard Print dialog box? I don’t want to launch Preview to see the preview, especially because it’s not really Preview, since I can’t do anything other than preview. I want it inside the Print box. I’ll need something new to complain about though, since Leopard gives me a nice big preview every time I go to print.

http://edge.macworld.com/2007/10/images/content/leopard-print-preview.png

It may not seem like a big deal to some, but the print preview in the print box is awesome to me. I really hated having to open Preview! (I don't actually have Leopard yet, but am really looking forward to it.)

[macguysoft]

A nice trick for all those who forgot would be to shift click on stacks and it'll go in slow-motion. Would be good to show-off to your PC friends :D

In stacks, you can also navigate through the arrow keys or tab key and it'll move around all your files. This works in both grid and fan mode... Furthermore, you're also able to type the name of the file and it'll jump right to it.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2764/picture1qk1.png

[FreeState]

please post pictures of the sweet new screensaver please

here you go....

[chairguru22]

Spotlight can also be used as a dictionary. ;)

[Taylor C]

The "Help" spotlight field can be used to locate/launch bookmarks in Safari.

[richard.mac]

A nice trick for all those who forgot would be to shift click on stacks and it'll go in slow-motion. Would be good to show-off to your PC friends :D

In stacks, you can also navigate through the arrow keys or tab key and it'll move around all your files. This works in both grid and fan mode... Furthermore, you're also able to type the name of the file and it'll jump right to it.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2764/picture1qk1.png

thanks for that! very useful!

if you right click on the time machine icon in the dock you can backup to your external now. this would be useful to me when i have take my laptop somewhere quickly and i can do time machine backup right away without waiting till the next hour.

[chasemac]

Expose´works inside Spaces. F9 with the shift is a nice trick too.

[miles01110]

you can copy paste off most pdfs in preview.

[CrusaderKnight]

You don't need to have iCal open. So it will change to the next date on its own now when it get to midnight.

[typecase]

Something I've been waiting for is here finally. Either I didn't know how to do this in Tiger or this is a new feature. If you select multiple files and and hold down option and drag them, it will move all the files. Tiger behavior doing the same thing only moved the first file selected.

[Macnoviz]

If you want an opaque menu bar, you can adjust your desktop image with a 22 pixel tall (YMMV) #666666 coloured (again, you can choose other colours, too) rectangle, to fit right under the menu bar.

[cms2]

Apparently, you can get the old ribbon-style dock back in Leopard using some Terminal commands:

http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/6/10/27/f_OldschoolDom_0975e1a.png

Disclaimer: I don't have my mac yet, and I haven't tested this. I ran across the tip on another forum.

do you remember which forum?

[wesleyh]

Does the mosaic screensaver only work on intel? It just shows the first picture and nothing else on my PPC. Anyone confirm?

[Macnoviz]

Does the mosaic screensaver only work on intel? It just shows the first picture and nothing else on my PPC. Anyone confirm?

Did you wait a while? It takes a while before it zooms out.

[wesleyh]

Did you wait a while? It takes a while before it zooms out.

Oh, you're right. It takes like half a minute or more. Thanks

[thefunkymunky]

Oh, you're right. It takes like half a minute or more. Thanks

Change the options of the screen saver to "Faster":p

[motulist]

print preview in the print box is awesome to me.

Okay that's great, but there's still one MAJOR flaw with Mac printing. For such a well designed OS, it's bizarre to me that there are TWO different menu items resulting in TWO different option windows that are both required to control your print output - the "Print" window and the "Page Setup" window! It's so crazy and inexplicable to me that Apple added such a huge amount of unnecessary complexity!

Has this changed in leopard?

I'm sure there is some historical or advanced-user reason why this is the way it is, but for 99% of users, having your print control settings spread across 2 totally disconnected windows is a huge annoyance and is very confusing to new users.

[Whoshnot]

Pressing option in the finder changes the quicklook icon to a presentation icon, thus by clicking it you go to full-screen mode instantly.

Very useful for pictures! :)

[Project]

Pressing option in the finder changes the quicklook icon to a presentation icon, thus by clicking it you go to full-screen mode instantly.

Very useful for pictures! :)

Thank you!!


I have found a better way to do a smart folder for All Documents. Currently, it holds MP3s and all sorts of files in there that I would not classify as documents.

I just open a new finder window and in the search box type:

.pages OR .doc OR .xls

Make sure it is set to just search File name and not entire contents.

You can add .PDF or whatever else you wish. Save that and add it to your side bar.

[wesleyh]

How do you set it to search just file names?

[crazedbytheheat]

You can set up a machine w/ Remote Management (Under System Preferences). This allows you to view the screen from other computers (can limit by user) and click around. I'm assuming it's just VNC well packaged. Combined w/ the new parental controls, Leopard is very powerful for parental control.

NOTE: my kids are 3 & 5 and, as such, have no right to privacy on their computer. At some point, maybe they will, but that's years down the road.

[Project]

How do you set it to search just file names?



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2125/1787615631_158340b4c3_o.png

[AdeFowler]

Pressing option in the finder changes the quicklook icon to a presentation icon, thus by clicking it you go to full-screen mode instantly.

Very useful for pictures! :)
Thanks so much for this. Option-Spacebar also works. If only Apple would put the slideshow shortcuts back (a, i, f).

[richard.mac]

Thank you!!


I have found a better way to do a smart folder for All Documents. Currently, it holds MP3s and all sorts of files in there that I would not classify as documents.

I just open a new finder window and in the search box type:

.pages OR .doc OR .xls

Make sure it is set to just search File name and not entire contents.

You can add .PDF or whatever else you wish. Save that and add it to your side bar.

thanks thats a sweet tip mate. i completely forgot about boolean spotlight searches in leopard. so many features i havent used in these couple of days!

[Stephenbw]

Per Request, here's a thread for people to post their cool tips and whatnot about Leopard

I'll start with the ones I posted to the front page

• Photo Mosaic Screensaver: Choose a photo album from the Desktop & Screen Saver control panel, then click on the 3rd "Display Style" (Mosaic). (ed note: Very cool.)
• iTunes Visualizers (iTunes -> View -> Visualizer): Lathe, Jelly and Stix
• Spotlight can be used as a calculator
• Control Panel -> Speech -> Text to Speech. New Alex Voice in Leopard.
• DVD Player with Chapter Index and Full Screen Controls
• Retro and Security screensavers are included in the Developer Tools (instructions)
• Coverflow works for fonts.

This Tips and Hints thread is a great idea, but is there a list anywhere of all the 300+ Leopard features with details of how to access them?
I know they are featured on the Apple website but that tells you what Leopard can do, but not how to do it.

BTW I particularly love the Mosaic Screensaver. I found it by accident and was startled the first time it appeared:eek:

[numlock]

Okay that's great, but there's still one MAJOR flaw with Mac printing. For such a well designed OS, it's bizarre to me that there are TWO different menu items resulting in TWO different option windows that are both required to control your print output - the "Print" window and the "Page Setup" window! It's so crazy and inexplicable to me that Apple added such a huge amount of unnecessary complexity!

Has this changed in leopard?

I'm sure there is some historical or advanced-user reason why this is the way it is, but for 99% of users, having your print control settings spread across 2 totally disconnected windows is a huge annoyance and is very confusing to new users.

well it seems the print windows in the macworld article combines most of the options in the page setup and print dialogs in Tiger. As well as adding supplies in there.

personally i think it would be good to have a slider as well to dictate the size of the printout

[motulist]

well it seems the print windows in the macworld article combines most of the options in the page setup and print dialogs in Tiger. As well as adding supplies in there.

personally i think it would be good to have a slider as well to dictate the size of the printout

It does appear that way from the screenshot, but I want to know for sure - is the "Page Setup" command no longer in the file menu? If so, then hallelujah, because that albatross has been hanging around the Mac OS's neck since at least OS 7 in 1995! (The year I switched).

Mac OS printing has been such a kludge for so long that I can't believe Apple isn't being more vocal about this major feature upgrade! The only reason I can imagine why Apple isn't advertising this very major new feature is that the new printing features aren't especially revolutionary, they're just bringing OS X up to a reasonable level of usability that it should've had all along, and bringing attention to the new features will only make people realize that a major part of an OS's very basic functionality has been embarrassingly messed up all along up until now!

But regardless, if page setup is gone and the new print dialog is as good as it looks in that screenshot then this is a HUGE upgrade to OS X! :D

Let's spread the word!


p.s. I agree, having a print size slider would be an awesome feature.

[Diatribe]

This one tip just made me very happy:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2667/os_x_leopard_make_application_visible_on_all_spaces

Keeping an Application active on all spaces. For me, I want iChat windows on all my spaces. It doesn't help me to move to another space to do work, if iChat disappeared. Now I can... :)

arn

I was wondering the same thing, good to know that it is possible. :)

[knattlhuber]

If you want an opaque menu bar, you can adjust your desktop image with a 22 pixel tall (YMMV) #666666 coloured (again, you can choose other colours, too) rectangle, to fit right under the menu bar.

I tried to do that but then Photoshop Elements wouldn't start. Turned out that the whole PS Elements family doesn't work with Leopard. Another new feature! :(

[knattlhuber]

do you remember which forum?

Here's the link
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2007101815375480

That guy also posted two Apple Scripts to switch back and forth between the two docks.

[Stephenbw]

I tried to do that but then Photoshop Elements wouldn't start. Turned out that the whole PS Elements family doesn't work with Leopard. Another new feature! :(

My PS Elements 3 starts ok in Leopard.:)

[iGrouch]

well it seems the print windows in the macworld article combines most of the options in the page setup and print dialogs in Tiger. As well as adding supplies in there.

personally i think it would be good to have a slider as well to dictate the size of the printout

I just checked this. Yes there are situations where the Print and Page Setup are combined and only Print appears in the file menu. It makes a lot more sense to have it this way. Both Safari, Preview, iCAl and Address Book but elsewhere, when I checked, Text Edit for example did not have it.

It seems the convergence of both the Print and Page Setup dialogues has to be implemented on a per app basis.

[knattlhuber]

My PS Elements 3 starts ok in Leopard.:)

Lucky you. Adobe states on a Leopard compatibility sheet on their website that with PS Elements 4.0 and earlier under Leopard you are "Likely to encounter issues for which there is no resolution."

[adamfishercox]

Lucky you. Adobe states on a Leopard compatibility sheet on their website that with PS Elements 4.0 and earlier under Leopared you are "Likely to encounter issues for which there is no resolution."

Oh, nice. All their versions of Elements may fail under Leopard. Thanks a bunch, Adobe.

[plinden]

You can set up a machine w/ Remote Management (Under System Preferences). This allows you to view the screen from other computers (can limit by user) and click around. I'm assuming it's just VNC well packaged.
Yes, and it also works with Vine Server on Tiger machines. I've updated only one Mac (flawlessly, using the upgrade option - took about 30 minutes from when I started my clonable SuperDuper backup, to when I booted into Leopard), and I can see still the other two Macs and connect via VNC. Sorry, CotVNC, your time is up - well, maybe not. I will still need it for remote connecting to my work Linux machine ... unless someone knows how to get it listed in the Shared sidebar.

Edit: by the way, Quick View works on smb shared drives - makes getting things from work much easier.

The only problem with using screen sharing if you're running Vine Server (I have it on my main Mac, the one I updated to Leopard) is, it shows up in the Shared list. If you try to connect to it, the Sharing app crashes. I use Vine Server since I can limit connections to only via ssh tunnelling.

[macguysoft]

For any ichatters out there, don't forget about the IRC like commands! /me will brb

[Dany M]

Spotlight can do math
Spotlight can work as a dictionary

really awesome small things

[1g8tech]

Under the Accounts setting in System Preferences you can change where you home directory is situated. No longer do you need to use NetInfo.
If you right click on the account you want to move the directory for you will see an advanced options menu.

[Digifreak]

Under the Accounts setting in System Preferences you can change where you home directory is situated. No longer do you need to use NetInfo.
If you right click on the account you want to move the directory for you will see an advanced options menu.


Frikkin COOOL!


Will doing this play havoc with time machine, I wonder. Anyone done this?

[cowinabox302]

A small but really useful new feature, as listed on the macworld top ten overlooked features is the ability to scroll in inactive windows...

Scrolling background windows
A few months ago, I ran into an issue on the small screen of my MacBook, where I was going back and forth between Microsoft Excel and Safari, trying to synchronize data between a Web page and an Excel workbook. All I was doing in Safari was scrolling the window as I was checking data. After the third click-to-Safari-and-back, I remarked to myself that I really wanted background scrolling capabilities. And Apple just went out and did it in Leopard. If you put your cursor over a non-active window, you can now use your trackpad or mouse’s scroll wheel to scroll it up and down without having to click in it. That’s cool.

http://www.macworld.com/2007/10/firstlooks/leopard_s_hidden_gems/index.php

[drlunanerd]

A small but really useful new feature, as listed on the macworld top ten overlooked features is the ability to scroll in inactive windows...

http://www.macworld.com/2007/10/firstlooks/leopard_s_hidden_gems/index.php

Useful. Did you know you can do this in Windows 2000 too? Shocking I know :eek: ;)

[macguysoft]

A small but really useful new feature, as listed on the macworld top ten overlooked features is the ability to scroll in inactive windows...

Woohoo! This is a nice feature. I would also like Apple to make things run in the background when I am navigating the menubar cause it can get annoying but that's just a minor issue.

[CalBoy]

Something I've been waiting for is here finally. Either I didn't know how to do this in Tiger or this is a new feature. If you select multiple files and and hold down option and drag them, it will move all the files. Tiger behavior doing the same thing only moved the first file selected.

Hmm. I never press "option" when I do this Tiger. I simply select several files and drag them around (they all move). They will all also respond to spring folders, trash, etc.

[Doctor Q]

Hmm. I never press "option" when I do this Tiger. I simply select several files and drag them around (they all move). They will all also respond to spring folders, trash, etc.Drag within the same disk volume = move
Drag to another volume = copy
Option-drag within the same volume = copy
Option-drag within the same folder = duplicate

[richard.mac]

Under the Accounts setting in System Preferences you can change where you home directory is situated. No longer do you need to use NetInfo.
If you right click on the account you want to move the directory for you will see an advanced options menu.

can i change my home folder to a different partition? will that work? i dont wat to stuff up my system as i just installed leopard.

[richard.mac]

Drag within the same disk volume = move
Drag to another volume = copy
Option-drag within the same volume = copy
Option-drag within the same folder = duplicate

command-drag to another volume = move

[FreeState]

If you are printing an image and want to print more than one copy of the image on the page the printer dialog will allow you to change how many copies of the image are printed on the same page.

[mcdj]

Pressing option in the finder changes the quicklook icon to a presentation icon, thus by clicking it you go to full-screen mode instantly.

Very useful for pictures! :)
What quicklook icon?

[FreeState]

What quicklook icon?

If its not on your toolbar, it was not on mine, right click (apple click) on the finders top tool bar and select "Customize Toolbar" and then add it by dragging the icon to the tool bar and hit done.

[mcdj]

Small but useful (will probably annoy someone though)...

If you hit return on a file name, it used to highlight the entire filename, including the file extension. When you started typing, the extension would be wiped away, meaning you would have to manually retype it, or be left with a file with no visible extension.

Now when you highlight a file name, only the name itself is highlighted. You can type a new name for the file without having to retype the extension.

[mcdj]

If its not on your toolbar, it was not on mine, right click (apple click) on the finders top tool bar and select "Customize Toolbar" and then add it by dragging the icon to the tool bar and hit done.
Ah thanks. Now, how about navigating in full screen? It's supposedly a slide show, but I can't seem to get it to move to the next pic in the folder, either automatically or manually. When not using fullscreen, arrow up/down lets me move to the next/previous pic.

[Macnoviz]

If its not on your toolbar, it was not on mine, right click (apple click) on the finders top tool bar and select "Customize Toolbar" and then add it by dragging the icon to the tool bar and hit done.

I guess the finder toolbar is a preference ported over when upgrading. I think fresh installs would have the quick look icon by default. (it's in the default tool bar)
but who would want to move the mouse and click if you can just hit spacebar?

[MrMighty]

Not sure if this is new, but it's new for me: in Finder (list view) right click the column bar click View options and select 'Calculate all sizes'. Folder sizes are now shown instead of --

[CalBoy]

Drag within the same disk volume = move
Drag to another volume = copy
Option-drag within the same volume = copy
Option-drag within the same folder = duplicate

Thanks Doc!:)

[jasonnorm]

Small but useful (will probably annoy someone though)...

If you hit return on a file name, it used to highlight the entire filename, including the file extension. When you started typing, the extension would be wiped away, meaning you would have to manually retype it, or be left with a file with no visible extension.

Now when you highlight a file name, only the name itself is highlighted. You can type a new name for the file without having to retype the extension.

That is a HUGE one for me and was one of the reasons I was using PathFinder instead of Finder! (that and the tabs, come on Apple, add Tabs to Finder now! :)

[snocat]

Im not sure if I stumbled upon a bug or tip, but when in finder, browse to a smart folder/saved search(doesn't work in a normal folder), rename a file, put your cursor between the first and second letter, press 'esc', and this pops out:

http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/06be46ffa8.png


I think it depends on where your cursor is and checks possible words against the dictionary. Selecting a word and hitting enter doesn't do anything though.

[FreeState]

That is a HUGE one for me and was one of the reasons I was using PathFinder instead of Finder! (that and the tabs, come on Apple, add Tabs to Finder now! :)


Ditto for me - also believe it or not one of the main reasons I was looking forward to updating.... I manage a lot of files on a daily basis - now if only Automator would let you do alphabetical lists with a prefix - I still use "A Better Finder Renamer" for renaming batches of files in sequence.

[Coolnat2004]

This is something new, right?

option+command+I will bring up the 'Inspector' in Finder, which is basically the Get Info Window but it changes as you select different things and it is a modeless window.

[cowinabox302]

This is something new, right?

option+command+I will bring up the 'Inspector' in Finder, which is basically the Get Info Window but it changes as you select different things and it is a modeless window.

That's the multiple selection tool, it changes as you select different things but the main difference between that and command+i is it shows info for multiple things

[motulist]

Not sure if this is new, but it's new for me: in Finder (list view) right click the column bar click View options and select 'Calculate all sizes'. Folder sizes are now shown instead of --

Ha, that feature has been around since at least OS 7 in 1995! But if you didn't know about it before, then it's new to you, so enjoy! :)

[Luis]

Small but useful (will probably annoy someone though)...

If you hit return on a file name, it used to highlight the entire filename, including the file extension. When you started typing, the extension would be wiped away, meaning you would have to manually retype it, or be left with a file with no visible extension.

Now when you highlight a file name, only the name itself is highlighted. You can type a new name for the file without having to retype the extension.

I would upgrade to leopard just for this feature, it's a necessity!

[trainguy77]

Spotlight can do math
Spotlight can work as a dictionary

really awesome small things

Thats sweet but it only does very basic math for example 5^5 doesn't work. :o

[flopticalcube]

Thats sweet but it only does very basic math for example 5^5 doesn't work. :o

try sqrt(25)

[xUKHCx]

Thats sweet but it only does very basic math for example 5^5 doesn't work. :o

Chances are it is there but it is a case of getting the syntax right (although yours is the most obvious). LN is there for example. Does anyone know where apple documents these kinds of things.

Calculations in Spotlight
Find answers fast. Just activate Spotlight and type in a simple or sophisticated equation, and Spotlight will instantly show you the result. Enjoy support for over 40 functions ranging from simple math to logarithms to trigonometry.

[Mhaddy]

Not sure if this is new, but it's new for me: in Finder (list view) right click the column bar click View options and select 'Calculate all sizes'. Folder sizes are now shown instead of --

VERY helpful - thanks!

[flopticalcube]

Chances are it is there but it is a case of getting the syntax right (although yours is the most obvious). LN is there for example. Does anyone know where apple documents these kinds of things.

pow(5,5)

[motulist]

Thats sweet but it only does very basic math for example 5^5 doesn't work. :o

Just type in 5*5*5*5*5 ;)

But don't ask me how to input 5^100 ;)

[xUKHCx]

pow(5,5)

Bugger i was trying pwr.

This is why we need documentation.

[trainguy77]

So its just going to be a matter of learning the shortcuts to do the math. :) Somebody will make documentation soon but apple needs to put out a copy.

[motulist]

So its just going to be a matter of learning the shortcuts to do the math. :) Somebody will make documentation soon but apple needs to put out a copy.

See, in terms of human usability, I see no reason why we humans should have to conform to the computer's language, it should conform to ours! Now I realize that a real-language interface is still far off in the future, but I'm not talking about that. What I'm saying is there should at least be syntax interpreter.

In other words, for such a limited pallet of commands as the ones limited to calculator functions, the system should be able to deal with any standard input string that a user might think is appropriate. The system should be able to recognize the 5 or so standard input strings for each of the ~20 math functions. It would only mean programing in ~100 syntax formats, which would be very easy to do.

For instance, whether the user types in 5^5 or pwr(5,5) or pow(5,5), the system should be able to understand that all of these inputs are calling for the same calculation.

I'm not talking about it interpreting the text string "five times five," but come on, it shouldn't be so absolutely rigid in its format expectations.

[HexMonkey]

Does anyone know where apple documents these kinds of things.

You can see a full list of functions by searching for "Abbreviations used in Calculator" in Calculator's help.

[filipx]

I m personally really impressed with Spaces. Finally resolves my never ending moving of windows. I am on Mac Book Pro , so any screen space is valuable.

I've separated for example Mail from Safari, they are on separate spaces.

Normally, if you click from Mail on a weblink, it will switch the space to safari one.

Tip: If you click holding apple, it will load the link in safari but still remain on your mail space.
So, if lets say you use NetNewsWire and go through your articles ...apple+click on the links ..one buy one ...and when you are done ..switch your space where Safari is and all your links will be loaded.

Very cool!

[meagain]

Filipix - I'm totally not following what you said.

[xUKHCx]

You can see a full list of functions by searching for "Abbreviations used in Calculator" in Calculator's help.

Thank you, suppose it is a reasonably logical place to put it but I was having an illogical morning.

[filipx]

Filipix - I'm totally not following what you said.
hehe, sorry...i'll try again..

if you put designate mail space 1 and designate safari space 2 then when you are switching apps you will also be switching spaces.
If you are in mail and click on safari...it will automatically hide mail and switch to safari space. Also, if u click on a link in Mail ..it will do the same.
Tip: If you Apple+click on a link ...it will not switch to safari ..you will still stay in Mail ...but it will load that link in safari in the background ..so the next time you switch to safari your link will be loaded.

Hope this makes sense...

[cowinabox302]

Someone in a thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=376559) on tabs in the finder posted this image

http://myskitch.com/elbirth/finder-20071028-012431.jpg

I didn't know you could add stuff there. All you have to do is drag something there and wait a second longer than you'd think and a space opens up for it. Is this new in leopard?

[FreeState]

All you have to do is drag something there and wait a second longer than you'd think and a space opens up for it. Is this new in leopard?

Nope, it's not new. I have been doing this for years.

[lemikam]

There's an easy way to move windows between spaces without opening up the bird's eye view.

Hold the mouse button down on the window you want to move (like you're going to drag it) and hit the hotkey for moving between spaces. The window will be dragged along with you.

And how cool are the calculator and dictionary features in Spotlight?

Everything in Leapord takes fewer steps than it did in Tiger. I'm universally pleased.

[Macnoviz]

I didn't know you could add stuff there. All you have to do is drag something there and wait a second longer than you'd think and a space opens up for it. Is this new in leopard?

I didn't know either, but I learned about it in the Apple Quick Tip of the Week #5 (iTunes link (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=257243321&s=143446&i=16943102))

That dates from 2007-06-26, so well before Leopard

[Sky Blue]

Under the Accounts setting in System Preferences you can change where you home directory is situated. No longer do you need to use NetInfo.
If you right click on the account you want to move the directory for you will see an advanced options menu.

Would this work, for example, with converting a local user account to a mobile account?

[mainstreetmark]

There's an easy way to move windows between spaces without opening up the bird's eye view.

Hold the mouse button down on the window you want to move (like you're going to drag it) and hit the hotkey for moving between spaces. The window will be dragged along with you.

And how cool are the calculator and dictionary features in Spotlight?

Everything in Leapord takes fewer steps than it did in Tiger. I'm universally pleased.

Also, drag to the edge of the screen and hold it there a moment, and it'll move to that space -- assuming there's a space over there.

[j-a-x]

Did anybody notice that in the Finder window "view settings" you can now change the grid spacing for the icon view? THis is a huge improvement over previous version of OS X where the icons were WAY too spaced out for my taste. To me, it's small things like this tat make leopard so nice.

I also like how you can finally type nicknames in mail, so if I want to email my dad I just type "dad".

[sportsfanMAW]

Ok i'm having a problem with the Mosaic screensaver... It works but while its on it has the "creating Mosaic database" status bar up and its close to the end but it doesn't move and just stick in the middle of the screen...

Very annoying. Anyone else have this?

[papplegate]

Ok i'm having a problem with the Mosaic screensaver... It works but while its on it has the "creating Mosaic database" status bar up and its close to the end but it doesn't move and just stick in the middle of the screen...

Very annoying. Anyone else have this?

Nope, sorry works great for me.

[motulist]

I also like how you can finally type nicknames in mail, so if I want to email my dad I just type "dad".


Mail has had the nickname addressee feature since at least 10.3 panther. I'm writing on 10.3 right now, so I'm certain. I click the To: address field, type "da" then it auto recognizes the nickname "Dad," and all I do is hit enter and it fills in the correct address.

[sportsfanMAW]

Nope, sorry works great for me.

Ahhh lame! it's the coolest screensaver too!

[ellsworth]

Apple + shift +4 now gives you pixel/screen coordinates. Pretty interesting:D

[Macnoviz]

Apple + shift +4 now gives you pixel/screen coordinates. Pretty interesting:D

what's more, when you start dragging, it gives you the dimensions of the rectangle you are drawing.
Bye, Bye, Grabberraster

[Hibbsy]

Useful. Did you know you can do this in Windows 2000 too? Shocking I know :eek: ;)

Not on my work Win 2000 laptop you can't.

Really starting to like Leopard more and more ... I swear its faster too.

[mooty]

what's more, when you start dragging, it gives you the dimensions of the rectangle you are drawing.
Bye, Bye, Grabberraster

whats more, once you've dragged your rectangle and released the mouse button, it saves an image to your desktop of that rectangle... although this was in tiger.

Apple+shift+3 does an entire screenshot.

[j-a-x]

Mail has had the nickname addressee feature since at least 10.3 panther. I'm writing on 10.3 right now, so I'm certain. I click the To: address field, type "da" then it auto recognizes the nickname "Dad," and all I do is hit enter and it fills in the correct address.

That seriously never worked for me - so weird. I formatted my hard drive and did a clean install of Leopard and used a backup of my old address book from Tiger. At least it works now..

Another nice thing I noticed in Leopard is when you spell a password wrong in Safari and tell keychain to learn it, and then you re-type your password, keychain remembers the correct password and does not save the entry from the incorrect password.

I remember in Tiger's keychain I would have a certain website 5 times with different passwords I guessed. :)

[sunfast]

I really like all the little tweaks that have been added. Feels like such a great refinement. :)

[charmin]

When using WebClip, there's a certain minimum height for the widget. However, if you use the 'Edit' button on the reverse of the widget, you can resize the widget to about half of this size. Handy if you want some very thin widgets.

[michaelmcgaw]

If you want to cause Time Machine to take a backup right now rather than waiting for the next schedule backup to start, right click on your Time Machine drive in a Finder window and select... (ready for it?) "Back up now".

[LimeiBook86]

Here's a new iChat tip.

If you have a buddy on AIM with multiple screen names, listed under a single contact in Address Book you can now choose which one you want to chat with. :D

Just open a new chat with the person, but before talking click the pull down menu to see which screen names are signed on. Of course the standard colors apply here for iChat, green is online, yellow is idle, and red is away. If there is no color the user is signed off.

Here's a screenshot. :)

By the way, I wonder what ever happened to the iChat Answering Machine in Leopard (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=260406) feature. :( I was looking forward to that. :rolleyes: Figures... :p

[Doctor Q]

The previous releases, if you accidentally dragged an item off the dock, you had four choices, three of them less than ideal: Drop it on the desktop. It will "poof" and be gone from the dock. :(
Drop it on the menu bar. It will "poof" and be gone from the dock. :(
Drop it back on the same side of the dock. It might end up in a different position. :(
Drop it on the other side of the dock. It will return to the original position in the dock. :)Under Leopard, they've fixed the menu bar case. So now your choices are: Drop it on the desktop. It will "poof" and be gone from the dock. :(
Drop it on the menu bar. It will return to the original position in the dock. :)
Drop it back on the same side of the dock. It might end up in a different position. :(
Drop it on the other side of the dock. It will return to the original position in the dock. :)

[un1ty]

This is kind of small but useful. In Screen Sharing if you click the jelly bean on the top right it reveals a menu with a few buttons (Get and Send Clipboard). Unfortunately, you can't copy and paste documents to and fro, only text. :(

Oh also if you click on the maximize button it makes into a mini window, that's constantly updated.

Btw, has anyone noticed how responsive the "Open With..." contextual menu is? In Tiger just mousing over that menu would lock my system up for several seconds. Halleluja!

[smartalic34]

does anyone know how to get Finder windows to automatically update alphabetically (while keeping a grid)? apparently you can't snap to grid and keep arranged alphabetically at the same time?

[Coolnat2004]

The Recent Items menu (In the Apple Menu) now shows only available files. If you open files on an encrypted disk image and then eject it, they are no longer available in the recent items menu!

This is exceptionally useful if you are looking at sensitive documents (Say, TaxReturn2006.pdf?) and don't want anyone to see the filenames. Preview.app used to have this functionality in its own recent items menu, but the Apple menu did not.

[Cybix]

How about this? Remember in Tiger you couldn't share any folder you liked without installing SharePoints, or similar?

In Leopard you can share ANY folder to network users and specify their permissions too. It even gives options to share by AFP, FTP and SMB. Very cool!

I'm starting to compile Leopard tips and tricks here:

http://www.leopardtricks.com/

install the widget :)

[MyMac8MyPC]

If you want to cause Time Machine to take a backup right now rather than waiting for the next schedule backup to start, right click on your Time Machine drive in a Finder window and select... (ready for it?) "Back up now".

You can also do it by pressing the Control key and clicking on the Time Machine icon ;)

[Habakuk]

If you want to cause Time Machine to take a backup right now rather than waiting for the next schedule backup to start, right click on your Time Machine drive in a Finder window and select... (ready for it?) "Back up now".

You can also do it by pressing the space bar and clicking on the Time Machine icon ;)

Are you sure? Here it makes no difference whether I click on the Time Machine icon in the Dock with or without space bar. It will simply change to the TM app (open the space flight). When I do the thing with right click "Back up now" in TM's context menu some action will start at the external backup HD, it will NOT change to space flight but the next time when I go there I can see a entry with the backup's date & time.

Could anybody confirm this please?

[TBi]

Are you sure? Here it makes no difference whether I click on the Time Machine icon in the Dock with or without space bar.

He said the time machine drive, not the time machine icon.

[lssmit02]

Originally Posted by 1g8tech
Under the Accounts setting in System Preferences you can change where you home directory is situated. No longer do you need to use NetInfo.
If you right click on the account you want to move the directory for you will see an advanced options menu.
Frikkin COOOL!
Will doing this play havoc with time machine, I wonder. Anyone done this?
I have done this, and it works fine with Time Machine. When you look into the TM backup folders, you'll find the two drives listed under separate folders. When you run TM itself, the folders appear as they would when you're logged in under that user account, that is, the "home" directory appears in the left column of the TM finder window.

Now, I haven't had to restore from this setup yet, so I can't comment on how that would work. It occurs to me that if you are going to restore, you would need two drives to restore to, right?

I wonder what would happen if you only had one drive when you're restoring your files? Makes me wonder if I should rethink this setup.

[Habakuk]

He said the time machine drive, not the time machine icon.

Okay I've mixed up Dock - Finder Sidebar. Sorry.

But even when I click on the backup drive's icon in Finder holding the space bar (that was the tip): Quick Look will open a translucent window with the drive's folder and I'll hear some HD activity but in TM NO backup instance will show up for that point of time. I've tried this several times now.

When I right click the TM's Dock icon (or drive icon in Finder or Desktop) and choose "Back up now" in the context menues there will be created an instance in the TM's spaceflight time line (even when TM is shut off in System Preferences).

Maybe I've missed something...

[charmin]

'ps -aux' is now 'ps -ef'.

Something to do with the POSIX compliance, mebbe? I'm sure there are no end of similar changes, but that's the first one I've come across, and I know it's pretty common when something goes wrong :D

[MyMac8MyPC]

Are you sure?

Well yes and no :D Holding down the Control key and clicking the Time Machine icon in the Dock creates a new incremental backup. We mistakenly thought it was the space bar but after your post we double checked and it's the Control key. Try that and it should work for you. It's already been verified by several other people at other Mac sites. We've changed our original post to reflect this change. Thanks :apple:

[snocat]

Similar to the old lightswitch x program, now you can drag and drop to 'alt + tabbed' icons. Also while in 'alt + tab' mode, press 'q' to quit, 'h' to hide the application.

[jennyp]

Bizzare kind of tip: if you shift-click a folder in the Dock, the resulting opening operation will happen veeeeery slowly.

Why, I wonder? :confused:

[CalBoy]

Bizzare kind of tip: if you shift-click a folder in the Dock, the resulting opening operation will happen veeeeery slowly.

Why, I wonder? :confused:

Yes, this has been around for a while. I think it's just one of the hidden "gems" or "bugs" of OS X :p

[jennyp]

Yes, this has been around for a while

has it? I can't reproduce any such behavior in Tiger..

[mainstreetmark]

- Go to Finder, type Apple-Shift-G
- /Volumes
- Drag the folder icon from the titlebar of that window down to the stack spot

Now you have a stack of volumes, which seems to be a bit more useful.

Don't forget to sort the stack by date.

[CalBoy]

has it? I can't reproduce any such behavior in Tiger..

Well I know for sure that window minimizing and Expose worked with it on Tiger. I assumed that folders worked the same way as well. Maybe not. I just assumed that it was dock-wide.

[adamfishercox]

It's because folders don't animate in Tiger. They do (Stacks) in Leopard. And as with almost every animation in OS X, if you shift and click, it will go slow-motion. This works with minimize, maximize, dashboard, front row, stacks, time machine (I think) Spaces, Expose, etc.

[j-a-x]

Did anybody notice that you can now search bookmarks/web history in safari from the HELP menu? Just go to the help menu and type in your search. Pretty cool!

[rhoydotp]

'ps -aux' is now 'ps -ef'.

Something to do with the POSIX compliance, mebbe? I'm sure there are no end of similar changes, but that's the first one I've come across, and I know it's pretty common when something goes wrong :D

this is interesting tidbit. "ps -aux" is "BSD-based" and the "ps -ef" style is more of a "System V-based" unix.

need to read up on this a little bit more :apple:

[flopticalcube]

this is interesting tidbit. "ps -aux" is "BSD-based" and the "ps -ef" style is more of a "System V-based" unix.

need to read up on this a little bit more :apple:

That's a shame. ps -aux has been my friend for many, many years (piped to more, of course). :(

[Merlyn3D]

Similar to the old lightswitch x program, now you can drag and drop to 'alt + tabbed' icons. Also while in 'alt + tab' mode, press 'q' to quit, 'h' to hide the application.

I don't think this is new, at least the 'q' and 'h' functions, these worked in tiger as well....I'm not entirely sure about drap and drop.

[Habakuk]

Well yes and no :D Holding down the Control key and clicking the Time Machine icon in the Dock creates a new incremental backup. We mistakenly thought it was the space bar but after your post we double checked and it's the Control key. Try that and it should work for you. It's already been verified by several other people at other Mac sites. We've changed our original post to reflect this change. Thanks :apple:

Nope. Sorry. Doesn't work here.

[charmin]

The 'Back Up Now' shortcut doesn't work?

Right-click or ctrl-click the Time Machine dock icon, and from the pop-up menu, select 'Back Up Now'.

I was confused while people were still saying it was the spacebar, but there shouldn't be any more cause for confusion.

[Habakuk]

The 'Back Up Now' shortcut doesn't work?

It works very well.

Right-click or ctrl-click the Time Machine dock icon,

This brings up the context menu. But it isn't enough. Here comes the important part:

and from the pop-up menu, select 'Back Up Now'.

I don't want to be nitpicking, but MyMac8MyPC didn't write this. The user wrote:

Well yes and no :D Holding down the Control key and clicking the Time Machine icon in the Dock creates a new incremental backup. We mistakenly thought it was the space bar but after your post we double checked and it's the Control key...

I was confused while people were still saying it was the spacebar, but there shouldn't be any more cause for confusion.

Okay, no more clearness on this :-)

[snocat]

I don't think this is new, at least the 'q' and 'h' functions, these worked in tiger as well....I'm not entirely sure about drap and drop.

Oh sorry, I always have lightswitch installed so Im probably mistaken. But drag & drop on alt + tab is definitely new. This couldn't be done in previous OS X.

[TigerPRO]

The previous releases, if you accidentally dragged an item off the dock, you had four choices, three of them less than ideal: Drop it on the desktop. It will "poof" and be gone from the dock. :(
Drop it on the menu bar. It will "poof" and be gone from the dock. :(
Drop it back on the same side of the dock. It might end up in a different position. :(
Drop it on the other side of the dock. It will return to the original position in the dock. :)Under Leopard, they've fixed the menu bar case. So now your choices are: Drop it on the desktop. It will "poof" and be gone from the dock. :(
Drop it on the menu bar. It will return to the original position in the dock. :)
Drop it back on the same side of the dock. It might end up in a different position. :(
Drop it on the other side of the dock. It will return to the original position in the dock. :)

Even in Tiger though, you could always hit escape to accomplish the same thing. That applies to dragging files too.

[TigerPRO]

does anyone know how to get Finder windows to automatically update alphabetically (while keeping a grid)? apparently you can't snap to grid and keep arranged alphabetically at the same time?

What do you mean? Aren't your icons in auto-alphabetical mode aligned to a grid?

[xenic]

the new (extremly cool) mosaic screensaver made me think of an old hack for tiger.

Try running

/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background

in a Terminal window while the Mosaic screensaver is your active screensaver and enjoy a neverending mosaic on as your desktop background :)

[QuarterSwede]

Mail has had the nickname addressee feature since at least 10.3 panther. I'm writing on 10.3 right now, so I'm certain. I click the To: address field, type "da" then it auto recognizes the nickname "Dad," and all I do is hit enter and it fills in the correct address.

That seriously never worked for me - so weird. I formatted my hard drive and did a clean install of Leopard and used a backup of my old address book from Tiger. At least it works now..

Another nice thing I noticed in Leopard is when you spell a password wrong in Safari and tell keychain to learn it, and then you re-type your password, keychain remembers the correct password and does not save the entry from the incorrect password.

I remember in Tiger's keychain I would have a certain website 5 times with different passwords I guessed. :)
Never worked for me in Tiger either. I know because I tried several times. My wife's name is Jennifer, Jennie for short and when I typed Jennie I would get nothing. But typing Jennif gives me the entry.

Now in Leopard I can type Jennie and it gives me the entry.

Bizzare kind of tip: if you shift-click a folder in the Dock, the resulting opening operation will happen veeeeery slowly.

Why, I wonder? :confused:
This was put in for Jobs originially. He wanted to show off expose animations in Panther (?) at a WWDC so the engineers put in the Shift (Shift+F9).

Try Shift+F12 (Dashboard) or Shift+F8 (Spaces).
____________________________________________

Spaces tip:

When using Ctrl+arrow keys, to move to a catty-cornered space hit the key to the side of the screen that doesn't have a space.

Ex. Top Right to Bottom Left
Ctrl+Left arrow

Ex. Bottom Left to Top Right
Ctrl+Right arrow

*I don't know how this works with more than 4 spaces.

[Habakuk]

Spaces tip:

When using Cmd+arrow keys,

On my machine it's ctrl+arrow. But I've learned that Cmd+arrow goes back and forth in Safari
:-)

to move to a catty-cornered space hit the key to the side of the screen that doesn't have a space.

Ex. Top Right to Bottom Left
Cmd+Left arrow

Ex. Bottom Left to Top Right
Cmd+Right arrow

That's because the left and right arrow keys are going through all spaces when you hit them numerously. At the end or beginning of a line (in the grid) they return to the next or previous line. The up & down keys however travel only through their row.

*I don't know how this works with more than 4 spaces.

Yes it does.

[Sky Blue]

This was put in for Jobs originially. He wanted to show off expose animations in Panther (?) at a WWDC .

It was in OS X loooooooonnngggg before panther.

[LimeiBook86]

It was in OS X loooooooonnngggg before panther.

Yup, since the very beginning. :D There's a video of a very early OS X version running and Jobs showing off everything in slow motion. Also the dock didn't have sections, (like applications on one side, folders on the other) he mixed applications and files throughout the dock.. ;)

[Macnoviz]

Yup, since the very beginning. :D There's a video of a very early OS X version running and Jobs showing off everything in slow motion. Also the dock didn't have sections, (like applications on one side, folders on the other) he mixed applications and files throughout the dock.. ;)

although he did have a different way of turning it on or off, and it was never intended as a real feature in OS X, but I'm glad they did it this way.

[torpy]

Finder now updates hard-disk space on the desktop in realtime!

Before when you deleted something and emptied trash to reclaim space it did not show up under the desktop hard-drive icon. Now it does!

Love this feature, always thought it was a bit weird that that didn't auto-update..

[Cybix]

Anyone notice the theming in Terminal? and the Tabs? I guess it's not real theming, but it's pretty neat, and the window grouping of pre-defined terminal settings, etc.

nice for the terminal hackers out there :)

Also, thanks to everyone who has supported www.leopardtricks.com (http://www.leopardtricks.com/) slowly getting there!

[xUKHCx]

Finder FTP now supports uploading(?)

Just connected to my uni account via connect to server from the finder and it let me download and upload. I'm pretty sure that when doing this in Tiger it didn't work on the upload side of things. But then again the last time i tried was 5 months ago so the uni could of changed their end as well. Is anyone else seeing this.

[trainguy77]

Finder FTP now supports uploading(?)

Just connected to my uni account via connect to server from the finder and it let me download and upload. I'm pretty sure that when doing this in Tiger it didn't work on the upload side of things. But then again the last time i tried was 5 months ago so the uni could of changed their end as well. Is anyone else seeing this.

Yeah tiger didn't support uploads.

[davidChief]

I might be in a minority here, but I love the new Finder. It's the first version that I actually find usable.

I've set it up a bit like Windows - 32x32 icons, tight spacing. Everything in one window.

The networking is so much easier. Connecting to Windows shares works beautifully.

The only thing missing is some indication of the path i.e. Macintosh HD > Library > Fonts. Any way to turn that on?

[davidChief]

Here's another question... I am a big fan of doing stuff using the keyboard. I am pretty fast that way and I know lots of shortcuts. Navigating around the Finder works quite nicely and the new space bar quicklook preview works nicely. But to actually open a file, it still needs an Apple+O which is not as fast as return key on Windo$e :) Is there any other easy way to open a file... or a hack?

[oceanmonster]

I might be in a minority here, but I love the new Finder. It's the first version that I actually find usable.

I've set it up a bit like Windows - 32x32 icons, tight spacing. Everything in one window.

The networking is so much easier. Connecting to Windows shares works beautifully.

The only thing missing is some indication of the path i.e. Macintosh HD > Library > Fonts. Any way to turn that on?

yes with the finder pulled up go to view and show path bar. It even supports drag and drop!

[TBi]

But to actually open a file, it still needs an Apple+O which is not as fast as return key on Windo$e

I never got this behavior. Of all the things i'd want to do with a file, opening definately ranks first, checking properties would be next and changing the name is well down the list.

[davidChief]

yes with the finder pulled up go to view and show path bar. It even supports drag and drop!

Thanks. That works pretty nicely.

[davidChief]

I never got this behavior. Of all the things i'd want to do with a file, opening definately ranks first, checking properties would be next and changing the name is well down the list.

Well, these keyboard assignments go back to Mac OS 6 (perhaps even further back). Keyboard shortcuts were initially not something Apple cared much for because the Mac was all about a new invention called the mouse. Twenty three years later, we all love using the mouse but keyboard is faster and easier for certain things, for experienced users.

Unfortunately keyboard shortcuts is still one area where Windo$e is better, and faster to use. There are a lot of handy shortcuts in Win that Mac has no equivalent for.

Perhaps there is a hack out there somewhere for this?

[QuarterSwede]

Unfortunately keyboard shortcuts is still one area where Windo$e is better, and faster to use. There are a lot of handy shortcuts in Win that Mac has no equivalent for.

Perhaps there is a hack out there somewhere for this?
You should be able to add them in System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts Tab > "+" button.

[un1ty]

Just found one I haven't seen mentioned anywhere. When you go to Address Book and drag a picture into a contact, there's a swirly button you can click. There are PhotoBooth type of effects you can add to your contact pictures. I haven't seen some of these effects in PhotoBooth or anywhere else.

[LimeiBook86]

Just found one I haven't seen mentioned anywhere. When you go to Address Book and drag a picture into a contact, there's a swirly button you can click. There are PhotoBooth type of effects you can add to your contact pictures. I haven't seen some of these effects in PhotoBooth or anywhere else.

Wow, great find! :D

Very cool! :)

[Doctor Q]

When you go to Address Book and drag a picture into a contact, there's a swirly button you can click. There are PhotoBooth type of effects you can add to your contact pictures.You can also do this in iChat on your own picture. Use menu choice iChat -> Change My Picture.

[LimeiBook86]

You can also do this in iChat on your own picture. Use menu choice iChat -> Change My Picture.

Nice to see it in iChat too but, something puzzles me. In Address Book there are 6 pages of effects, in iChat there are only 2. Odd :confused:

[speakerwizard]

makes ya wonder why they dont stick it in preview and make it a bit more substantial, as we have quicklook now.

[un1ty]

Nice to see it in iChat too but, something puzzles me. In Address Book there are 6 pages of effects, in iChat there are only 2. Odd :confused:

Yes, verified here as well. The Address Book effects are NOT in iChat or anywhere else. I seem to have found the Quartz Composition files for these new effects: HD/System/Library/Compositions.

Would be great if someone could add these new effects into PhotoBooth so they could actually be useful.

I wonder if these effects made it into GM by mistake since they aren't in PhotoBooth or iChat.

[decksnap]

Unfortunately keyboard shortcuts is still one area where Windo$e is better, and faster to use. There are a lot of handy shortcuts in Win that Mac has no equivalent for.


Really? I'm not so sure about that. I've always heard the opposite. Admittedly I don't use windows, but I use hundreds of Mac key commands every day.

[Sky Blue]

Unfortunately keyboard shortcuts is still one area where Windo$e is better, and faster to use. There are a lot of handy shortcuts in Win that Mac has no equivalent for.?

like?

cmd+O makes a lot more sense then using enter, especially when using cmd with other letters (W, Q, tab, H, C, V etc etc). A lot can be done without taking your finger off the command key. The number of times people have deleted files because they accidently hit backspace...

[trainguy77]

Unfortunately keyboard shortcuts is still one area where Windo$e is better, and faster to use. There are a lot of handy shortcuts in Win that Mac has no equivalent for.

Perhaps there is a hack out there somewhere for this?

You can change and add some shortcuts in system preferences under keyboard & mouse.

[The_Roo]

Not sure if these have been mentioned but Leopard now allows 2 different volumes to be set; one for internal speaker and one when speakers/headphones are plugged in.

Also, if you have a Cinema display plugged into and adjust the screen brightness by using the buttons on the side, the screen brightness overlay is shown on the Cinema display.

Just nice little refinements like these make using Leopard a pleasure.

[THX1139]

Also, if you have a Cinema display plugged into and adjust the screen brightness by using the buttons on the side, the screen brightness overlay is shown on the Cinema display.

Just nice little refinements like these make using Leopard a pleasure.

That screen brightness feature is in Tiger.

[CalBoy]

Not sure if these have been mentioned but Leopard now allows 2 different volumes to be set; one for internal speaker and one when speakers/headphones are plugged in.

This was around in Tiger. I loved using it then, as I do now:cool::)

[commonpeople]

In Spaces, when the screen is showing all 4 desktops, you can rearrange the desktops by pulling on the blue bg of each of the 4.

[CalBoy]

In Spaces, when the screen is showing all 4 desktops, you can rearrange the desktops by pulling on the blue bg of each of the 4.

Yeah, that was mentioned in the Leopard Preview video on Apple's page. I'm not sure how much I really care about it, since it's pretty easy to just hit :apple: + '1', or '2', etc, or :apple: + '←', or '↑' etc.

[Habakuk]

Yeah, that was mentioned in the Leopard Preview video on Apple's page. I'm not sure how much I really care about it, since it's pretty easy to just hit :apple: + '1', or '2', etc, or :apple: + '←', or '↑' etc.

I'am not sure if you ever used it ;-) Again: It's not the Apple key but the Ctrl key! And it works with all Arrow keys - left and right travels through all the spaces (makes a return at the end or beginning of grid lines), up and down guides only to the spaces of the current grid row.

[LimeiBook86]

If you have an external drive with two partitions, and you go to eject one partition. It will ask you if you want to eject both. This is a nice touch. :) :D

[psychofreak]

Really? I'm not so sure about that. I've always heard the opposite. Admittedly I don't use windows, but I use hundreds of Mac key commands every day.

And QS makes the mouse even more obsolete...

[Warbrain]

This was around in Tiger. I loved using it then, as I do now:cool::)

It didn't work on all computers and I'm not sure if it works on all of them now.

Edit: Doesn't work on my iBook.

[CalBoy]

It didn't work on all computers and I'm not sure if it works on all of them now.

Edit: Doesn't work on my iBook.
Ahh, that's too bad. It worked on my MBP w/ Tiger. I think your iBook is trying to tell you to upgrade to the new macbooks;):p

I'am not sure if you ever used it ;-) Again: It's not the Apple key but the Ctrl key! And it works with all Arrow keys - left and right travels through all the spaces (makes a return at the end or beginning of grid lines), up and down guides only to the spaces of the current grid row.

You can change the keys you use. I like :apple: + whatever, so that's what I chose:

[Habakuk]

Go to world clock dashboard widget. Change city. Just a little thing: You'll see this...

http://members.chello.at/habakuk/weltzeituhr.mov

...and know if it's earlier or later than in the previous city.

Bevor clicking the hyperlink turn your speakers volume up :cool:

[CalBoy]

Go to world clock dashboard widget. Change city. Just a little thing: You'll see this...

http://members.chello.at/habakuk/weltzeituhr.mov

...and know if it's earlier or later than in the previous city.

Bevor clicking the hyperlink turn your speakers volume up :cool:

Cute, but after a while it would get annoying.

But more importantly, have I convinced you to use :apple: + '1' when using Spaces :p

[Habakuk]

have I convinced you to use :apple: + '1' when using Spaces :p

No sorry because this changes the links in Safari's bookmark bar by default. I think if we give tips and findings here we should make use of the default settings because otherwise most of the mac users won't be able to follow them.

[CalBoy]

No sorry because this changes the links in Safari's bookmark bar by default. I think if we give tips and findings here we should make use of the default settings because otherwise most of the mac users won't be able to follow them.

I'm sorry, what links are you talking about?

[killerrobot]

Just noticed this during a reinstall - if you run the utilities off of the Leopard disk at start-up, there is now a firmware password option that was not available for intel macs on 10.4.
Nice added security feature - and also a really bad one if you forget the password.;)

[snocat]

When you are in drag & drop mode, move your mouse outside the finder window and any windows opened will be closed and you will return to the dragged item's original location.

[CalBoy]

When you are in drag & drop mode, move your mouse outside the finder window and any windows opened will be closed and you will return to the dragged item's original location.

Isn't this just Spring Folders at work? I thought that was in Tiger...

[Habakuk]

I'm sorry, what links are you talking about?

I have a German-language system so I don't know the exact expressions in English. There is a bookmark bar under the address field in Safari. Above the tabs bar. You can activate it by "Safari menu - View - Show Bookmark Bar" or something like this. And with Apple key + <Number> you can directly choose any of those bookmarks in the Safari's bookmarks bar if activated. By default. Please look in Safari's Main Menu "Bookmarks - Bookmark Bar" - these shortcuts are activated even when the app is set NOT to show the Bookmark Bar located between Address text field and Tabs Bar.

There was some confusion on this (Cmd+<number> or Ctrl+<number> for changing spaces) earlier in this thread:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=4430259#post4430259

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=4429693#post4429693
(see "edit" there)

[CalBoy]

I have a German-language system so I don't know the exact expressions in English. There is a bookmark bar under the address field in Safari. Above the tabs bar. You can activate it by "Safari menu - View - Show Bookmark Bar" or something like this. And with Apple key + <Number> you can directly choose any of those bookmarks in the Safari's bookmarks bar if activated. By default. Please look in Safari's Main Menu "Bookmarks - Bookmark Bar" - these shortcuts are activated even when the app is set NOT to show the Bookmark Bar located between Address text field and Tabs Bar.

There was some confusion on this (Cmd+<number> or Ctrl+<number> for changing spaces) earlier in this thread:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=4430259#post4430259

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=4429693#post4429693
(see "edit" there)

Ahhh. I never used the numerical shortcuts for my Bookmarks Bar. I guess I see why you don't like the :apple: combo for Spaces, but it suits me still :o

[tmoney468]

I just found this today, I'm sure it's been posted before but in case no one has seen it...I was typing in the search box in the System Preferences window when I noticed this effect:

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4095/picture5eu2.th.png (http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture5eu2.png)

I thought it was kind of neat how they darkened the items that don't match the search, and highlight the items that do match it. Are there any other places in Leopard where this happens?

[Macnoviz]

I just found this today, I'm sure it's been posted before but in case no one has seen it...I was typing in the search box in the System Preferences window when I noticed this effect:

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4095/picture5eu2.th.png (http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture5eu2.png)

I thought it was kind of neat how they darkened the items that don't match the search, and highlight the items that do match it. Are there any other places in Leopard where this happens?

This was already there in tiger, and perhaps even earlier, but I never really understood the helpfulness...

[xUKHCx]

When you go to send a file by bluetooth it no longer lists your wireless keyboard or mouse. Nothing major but still good.

[psychofreak]

I thought it was kind of neat how they darkened the items that don't match the search, and highlight the items that do match it. Are there any other places in Leopard where this happens?

Try the find function in Safari...

[xUKHCx]

Try the find function in Safari...

although not quite the same the help menu.

[elchicano99]

Try the find function in Safari...

Yeah, the find feature in Safari has been greatly enhanced, although this works in Tiger (Safari 3 only mind) as well.

I got one that I haven't read about anywhere online yet, I find it really cool...
In the new Quicktime Player, when you full-screen a movie, there's a new button on the HUD to switch between Fill Screen/Panoramic, and Fit to Screen.

Pressing it eliminates the black bars above and below your movie (cutting off a little bit mind you), and if the movie is originally square, and you have two black bars on either side of it (left and right) as opposed to above and below, it will get rid of them as well.

It's pretty genius though how it seems to cut off those bars -- it stretches the image a little bit but only by it's sides... the center of the image stays pretty much exactly how the original looks before the stretch, but the edges stretch out significantly, this way you can essentially make a full-screen movie a widescreen without any annoying distortions.

[xUKHCx]

When in spaces activate expose show all windows.

Now if you drag a window to a new space expose will adjust all the windows so you can still see all of them. Looks quite cool.

[phoenix.stu]

Great tips!!!

Thank you

[zaxour]

Did a quick search in this thread, but for those who want finder to apply a view to all folders (sans the ones you have special view settings) just use command-j, make your settings, and click set as defaults, simple as that! I saw some people complaining about something like that and I think that should take care of the problem..

[CalBoy]

Did a quick search in this thread, but for those who want finder to apply a view to all folders (sans the ones you have special view settings) just use command-j, make your settings, and click set as defaults, simple as that! I saw some people complaining about something like that and I think that should take care of the problem..

Hey I like that!:)

I like pics and Powerpoints in Coverflow, but files I like in grid format (I know, I'm bizarre). Thanks!:)

[digitalpops]

Really? I'm not so sure about that. I've always heard the opposite. Admittedly I don't use windows, but I use hundreds of Mac key commands every day.

Do you have a list of your shortcuts?

I still haven't found PC equivalents on a Mac. I've been using both for many years. If you got shortcut keys, could you post them?

thanks

P.S. I've gone through the shortcuts suggested on this site and the "Magical Macintosh Key Sequences" and it still doesn't make the cut for what I'm looking for.

[smartalic34]

Do you have a list of your shortcuts?

I still haven't found PC equivalents on a Mac. I've been using both for many years. If you got shortcut keys, could you post them?

thanks

P.S. I've gone through the shortcuts suggested on this site and the "Magical Macintosh Key Sequences" and it still doesn't make the cut for what I'm looking for.

what are you looking for?

[mdwsta4]

do applications in use not have a little arrow or some sort of icon pointing toward it in the dock like they did in tiger?

[Doctor Q]

do applications in use not have a little arrow or some sort of icon pointing toward it in the dock like they did in tiger?They have a light-colored dot. Some people think they are hard to see, particularly when the background/reflection in the dock is a light color.

[CalBoy]

They have a light-colored dot. Some people think they are hard to see, particularly when the background/reflection in the dock is a light color.

It was a bit hard to see at first, but that thread about modding the dock to be darker really helped out. Here's the thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=377894).

PS: Doc, I love your new "Q" avatar.:)

[mdwsta4]

ah yes, i can see that now. definitely not very noticable.
They have a light-colored dot. Some people think they are hard to see, particularly when the background/reflection in the dock is a light color.

[drafb]

Someone in a thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=376559) on tabs in the finder posted this image

http://myskitch.com/elbirth/finder-20071028-012431.jpg

I didn't know you could add stuff there. All you have to do is drag something there and wait a second longer than you'd think and a space opens up for it. Is this new in leopard?

I used, haven`t founf before. Really usefull. Thank you!

[LimeiBook86]

I used, haven`t founf before. Really usefull. Thank you!

It was there in Tiger, I remember reading it online and I tried it out for myself. When I upgraded to Leopard the applications I placed there were still there. ;) :D

[Racktacular]

In Leopard, can you print select text only, like you can in a PC? That is the one thing that has bothered me about mac's. There is no way to just select text and print only the text.

Has this been changed in Leopard?

[joeyconnick]

That's a shame. ps -aux has been my friend for many, many years (piped to more, of course). :(ps aux (without the minus sign/dash) works for me!

[backsidetailsli]

You can also do this in iChat on your own picture. Use menu choice iChat -> Change My Picture.

works in adium too!

[danrodney]

digitalpops, I have a long list of keyboard shortcuts on my website:
http://www.danrodney.com/mac/

There's enough on there to show anyone that the Mac has many shortcuts. Windows may have ALT-something keystrokes, but it doesn't have the fast, direct keystrokes Macs do. For instance on a Mac you can create a folder with Cmd-Shift-N and the PC has NO keystroke to do this (at least one that I've ever found).

[elchicano99]

In Leopard, can you print select text only, like you can in a PC? That is the one thing that has bothered me about mac's. There is no way to just select text and print only the text.

Has this been changed in Leopard?

Oh man this is one thing that has always bothered me as well. No idea if it's in Leopard, haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, anybody else know definitely one way or the other?

[jdavtz]

Oh man this is one thing that has always bothered me as well. No idea if it's in Leopard, haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, anybody else know definitely one way or the other?

There's no option for it in Safari, but in Firefox there is... but greyed-out! (Yes I have selected text before clicking the print button)

[sunfast]

I was delighted last night to find that Apple has - finally - allowed full screen in QuickTime without having to fork for QTPro. No longer do I need that little qtfs app!

[joeyconnick]

I was delighted last night to find that Apple has - finally - allowed full screen in QuickTime without having to fork for QTPro. No longer do I need that little qtfs app!That was introduced before Leopard came out... sometime in the summer, I think, with one of the QuickTime updates.

[hyddan]

They have a light-colored dot. Some people think they are hard to see, particularly when the background/reflection in the dock is a light color.

I think it's supposed to be stars matching the new aurora wallpaper and space theme. Anyway I found alot of little things I like with Leopard;

When you drag an item you can move it over a finder window that is partly hidden or out of the screen and hit space and it will temporarily become focused under your dragged item, pretty cool and useful :)
"Space-thumbing" works on a lot of things.

There were some other thing I noticed earlier but it slipped my mind. Spaces suddenly stopped being sluggish for some reason.

Am I one of the few who actually likes Leopard?

[whynot83706]

I have a question about docs...I did move Applications and Utilities Folder in Docs but if i delete anything from the App/Util folder thats in docs it removes the same item from the main App/Util folder. Can you create something like "Shortcut" in windows. I can duplicate icons but its taking extra space...


I am new to Mac so i am trying to learn.... :apple:

[DENZIE]

I have a question about docs...I did move Applications and Utilities Folder in Docs but if i delete anything from the App/Util folder thats in docs it removes the same item from the main App/Util folder. Can you create something like "Shortcut" in windows. I can duplicate icons but its taking extra space...


I am new to Mac so i am trying to learn.... :apple:

hey buddy welcome along.. shortcuts are referred to as 'aliases' on macs. Ctrl click (or right click) and choose make alias.

[whynot83706]

hey buddy welcome along.. shortcuts are referred to as 'aliases' on macs. Ctrl click (or right click) and choose make alias.


Now we are talking......thanks :D

That was what I need ....

[mooty]

In Mail, the new mail templates are a bit more flexible than first appear...

If you click on the backgrounds of a template whilst composing, it will cycle through different colour options - you aren't necessarily restricted to the first option that it gives you... A nice find I found by accident...

[TBi]

Now we are talking......thanks :D

That was what I need ....

Make sure you move your applications folder back to where it originally was though. It can cause problems if it not in it's default place

[davidChief]

like?

cmd+O makes a lot more sense then using enter, especially when using cmd with other letters (W, Q, tab, H, C, V etc etc). A lot can be done without taking your finger off the command key. The number of times people have deleted files because they accidently hit backspace...

I've found an easier way - you can now use Cmd+Down and Cmd+Up. These really work very well, I recommend everyone tries them! :)

[FreeState]

If you send a web page from Safari (File>Mail Contents of This Page) and do not want to send the whole page you can mouse over a section on the page and a little X in a circle comes up to delete that section (be it a table or div etv). Very cool.

[hyddan]

If you set a preferred Audio interface in the audio midi settings and that interface disappears it will automatically switch to the built in audio. (here's the new part) if the audio interface comes back it automatically switches back without having to restart any programs. Really handy.

I don't know if this is new but I recall having to restart Itunes/VLC/Quicktime if I didn't have my Audio interface on when I started the program in Tiger. Now I can just turn on the Interface and it'll switch the signal as it loads up. Nice.

[NickElls]

While in the Spaces screen, holding down Shift while dragging a window to a different space will cause it to keep its position on the screen.

[trainguy77]

There's no option for it in Safari, but in Firefox there is... but greyed-out! (Yes I have selected text before clicking the print button)

You quickest option then would be select the text then go safari>services>textedit>new window containing selection then go print. You could probably even make a automator action for that! :rolleyes:

[RemarkabLee]

In Mail, the new mail templates are a bit more flexible than first appear...

If you click on the backgrounds of a template whilst composing, it will cycle through different colour options - you aren't necessarily restricted to the first option that it gives you... A nice find I found by accident...

I can't get this to work.... can you explain in greater detail? Perhaps it's limited to certain templates?

[Doctor Q]

While in the Spaces screen, holding down Shift while dragging a window to a different space will cause it to keep its position on the screen.Note: You have to press shift before you click to drag.

[PG13]

It was clear to me that the new dock design did not work well with my over stuffed (>100 items) dock. I used it as a reason to get organized and I used the new dock's two dimensions (stacks) to do so. The result works so well I though I'd share it.

1. Make a folder called "Applications Aliases" and in it create folders for each application category you would like to set up.

2. Make aliases of all the apps you want on your dock and place the aliases in their respective folders.

3. Add a space to the alias in each folder that you wish to represent that stack. (This will cause it to pop to the top of the alphabetical list and show on the dock.)

-or (for a nicer look)-

3. Create icons for each category and assign them to unused folders. Place the correct "icon folder" in their respectful alias folders with names like " AAA-GraphicIcon" (This again will cause it to pop to the top of the alphabetical list and show on the dock.)

4. Drag the alias folders down to the dock and you will have an uncluttered and organized dock.

[Nukemkb]

Cool!:)

[Kashchei]

Ok i'm having a problem with the Mosaic screensaver... It works but while its on it has the "creating Mosaic database" status bar up and its close to the end but it doesn't move and just stick in the middle of the screen...

Very annoying. Anyone else have this?

I'm sorry to ask this question, but where is the Mosaic screen saver? I've looked in the screen saver control panel and I've done a spotlight search, both with no success. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[adamfishercox]

It is a view option when you set a folder of pictures as a screensaver. There is the regular "Ken Burns Effect," a "Falling Photos" effect, and a "Mosaic" effect.

[Kashchei]

It is a view option when you set a folder of pictures as a screensaver. There is the regular "Ken Burns Effect," a "Falling Photos" effect, and a "Mosaic" effect.

Adamfishercox, thanks for the help. I had taken note of these new icons in the screen saver window, but I hadn't yet experimented with them. Now, thanks to you, I know what they do.

[adamfishercox]

no probs.

[richard.mac]

Time Machine is very nice but i think the UI looks a lot better without the tacky stars flying past. To remove them replace HyperBlueStar.tiff etc and NormalBlueStar.tiff etc in /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources with 8x8 pixel black squares in .tiff format using photoshop or any other image editing app. remember to rename the 8x8 tiffs to the appropriate colours i.e. HyperBlueStar.tiff and HyperRedStar.tiff etc and backup the original files if you want to revert back.

here is the end result. a lot slicker and more professional IMHO.

[adamfishercox]

More professional yes, but the "cool" factor is gone :D

[PG13]

OK, forget this tip! :(
While stickies do stay in their "places" throughout a session, they do not remember their position after logging out or shut down. They all reappear in the place you boot into. Back to the drawing board. . . :)

====================

Until Apple (or a third party) lets us use a different background image on each of our spaces it is easy to lose track of which space you are in. Until then you can use a stickie to mark each space. Since stickies can hold a graphic, I threw half sized places icon image (grabbed with Snapz Pro X and resized in Photoshop) into each stickie.

[QuarterSwede]

Why don't you get rid of the background image while you're at it and make it a black background? Then it'll be perfectly professional. It's in the Finder.app as vortex.png.

[QuarterSwede]

While in the Spaces screen, holding down Shift while dragging a window to a different space will cause it to keep its position on the screen.
This also will drag all of the windows associated with the app (or Finder) you are using to another Space.

Ex. Open at least 2 Finder windows (Cmd+N) and then press shift and drag and it will drag all the Finder windows over.

[Diatribe]

Mail has had the nickname addressee feature since at least 10.3 panther. I'm writing on 10.3 right now, so I'm certain. I click the To: address field, type "da" then it auto recognizes the nickname "Dad," and all I do is hit enter and it fills in the correct address.

That has never worked and I am pretty sure this is new to Leopard.

Just noticed this during a reinstall - if you run the utilities off of the Leopard disk at start-up, there is now a firmware password option that was not available for intel macs on 10.4.
Nice added security feature - and also a really bad one if you forget the password.;)

Just change the memory configuration and restart ;)

[richard.mac]

Why don't you get rid of the background image while you're at it and make it a black background? Then it'll be perfectly professional. It's in the Finder.app as vortex.png.

i know about the vortex.png but i like it there. have you done this?

[QuarterSwede]

i know about the vortex.png but i like it there. have you done this?
Nope, I happen to like all those gaudy special effects :D

[adamfishercox]

Yeah, everyone has been customizing their dock, but no one has really taken advantage of Time machine's easy customizability.

[Cybix]

Seen the "animated gif" functionality in Photobooth?

http://www.leopardtricks.com/?p=122

You can make an animated gif out of a series of burst-shot photos, apparently you can also do it with captured video too, but I've not gotten that to work?

[bluedoggiant]

Just post the things you never knew leopard could do.

Here is my list:

Zooming into an image in QuickLook by Option+Clicking the image in quicklook.

push a window to the side of the screen to move it into the next space.

Drag a tab out of the window to make a new window.

Your turn. I think it will be a great way to show some Hidden leopard features, I have others, but, I think these are the hardest to find, the last one is probably known.

EDIT: There are more, better hidden features mentioned through-out the thread, just keep reading.

Merge?

[Sky Blue]

Zooming into an image in QuickLook by Option+Clicking the image in quicklook.


The others I knew, this one I didn't!

[bluedoggiant]

The others I knew, this one I didn't!

And Shift+Option+Click to zoom out. You can move around, it seems like a useless feature to me, but nice apple included it. Apple does a good job of things. Its like they're the customer, i wanted to send a picture in an email, and wished if i dropped the image over the mail icon it would send. Incidently, it worked!!! Apple puts a lot of work into their OS.

[iCeFuSiOn]

Zooming into an image in QuickLook by Option+Clicking the image in quicklook.
To add to this, you can hold down Option and use the scroll wheel of your mouse or the scrolling on your trackpad to zoom in/out of images in Quick Look as well.

[psychofreak]

To add to this, you can hold down Option and use the scroll wheel of your mouse or the scrolling on your trackpad to zoom in/out of images in Quick Look as well.

And CMD+Option+Y on the file goes straight to fullscreen Quicklook :)

[bluedoggiant]

And CMD+Option+Y on the file goes straight to fullscreen Quicklook :)

Never knew that, I'm learning things!!

[danny_w]

...push a window to the side of the screen to move it into the next space....
I've read that you can do this, but it doesn't seem to work for me. What is the trick?

[pknz]

Incremental volume increase/decrease

Hold Shift+Option+Volume key

[bluedoggiant]

I've read that you can do this, but it doesn't seem to work for me. What is the trick?

for example, you're in safari, drag the window to the dead edge of the screen, and YOU NEED SPACES ENABLED TO DO THIS, after a second, it will move the window into the other space.

Incremental volume increase/decrease

Hold Shift+Option+Volume key

Nifty, the Apple cinema displays are like that for increasing the backlight. I was hoping its the same for my imac, but no, still nice feature, but I dont think I need that much a specific Volume.

[danny_w]

for example, you're in safari, drag the window to the dead edge of the screen, and YOU NEED SPACES ENABLED TO DO THIS, after a second, it will move the window into the other space.
Thanks, I'll try it again when I'm back at the office (the macs at home are still running Tiger), but I thought that was exactly what I did. Maybe I didn't wait long enough.

[bigandy]

not sure if it's a new leopard feature, but alt/opt + clicking the airport icon in the menu bar brings up extra information about the current connection... mac address, channel, rssi, and transmit rate. :)

[bluedoggiant]

not sure if it's a new leopard feature, but clicking the airport icon in the menu bar brings up extra information about the current connection... mac address, channel, rssi, and transmit rate. :)

Not seeing that:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/Picture1-8.png

But network utility does:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/Picture1-9.png

[goodtimes5]

not sure if it's a new leopard feature, but clicking the airport icon in the menu bar brings up extra information about the current connection... mac address, channel, rssi, and transmit rate. :)

Not for me. I only get a list of the available networks.

[Mac OS X Ocelot]

Incremental volume increase/decrease

Hold Shift+Option+Volume key

Shift+Volume key disables the playback sound for volume changes.

And of course, Option+Volume or Option+Brightness opens its respective Preference pane in System Preferences.

[Luis]

When you press enter to rename a file, the extension is not selected. (I would have upgraded to Leopard just for this.)

[bluedoggiant]

Shift+Volume key disables the playback sound for volume changes.

And of course, Option+Volume or Option+Brightness opens its respective Preference pane in System Preferences.

Never knew that, this thread really is turning out what I though it would be!!

When you press enter to rename a file, the extension is not selected. (I would have upgraded to Leopard just for this.)

I LOVE that feature, very convenient. As I've said, Apple puts their feet into the customers shoes, and do a great job of designing the OS

[nemex]

Not seeing that:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/Picture1-8.png

But network utility does:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/Picture1-9.png

You have to Opt-Click the Airport icon:

http://img.skitch.com/20080126-kkwxn971kfwt4mw96718na99a3.png (http://forums.macrumors.com/%5Bimg%5Dhttp://img.skitch.com/20080126-kkwxn971kfwt4mw96718na99a3.png%5B/img%5D)

[bobm]

Just post the things you never knew leopard could do.

Here is my list:


Drag a tab out of the window to make a new window.



can you explain this further, what's a 'tab'?

thx