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macfreek57
Jun 12, 2002, 03:29 PM
the weirdest thing happened the other day.
now i don't know if this was in some os update that i didn't notice or if it's something i downloaded or what.
when i open an application, instead of doing the usual bouncing in the dock, the icon appears and the black triangle underneath it (the one that tells you if an app is open of just in the dock) appears and starts pulsing untill the app finishes opening and then everything's back to normal.
what's going on? does anyone know?
this seems like an updated feature that apple added later like the dock scale effect to help balance out the function over form factor.
but i never saw the bouncing icon thing as a problem. in fact, if you keep your dock hidden, the bounce would actually function better.



macfreek57
Jun 12, 2002, 03:47 PM
what's the best way to zip a file? can i use the terminal?
i know i can do .z and .gz but what about .zip?

Falleron
Jun 12, 2002, 04:06 PM
The pulsating triangle is an option in the system preferences. If you want it to bounce check the box that says animate opening application. As far as I am aware, this is not a new feature.

As for zipping something up, I use DropZip which is a part of Stuffit Deluxe. Not sure of any other apps that you can use. Sure there are some people that will tell you about others.

macfreek57
Jun 13, 2002, 01:18 AM
wow i feel dumb!
forget it
and
is drop zip pre-installed in os x or do i need to download it?

Falleron
Jun 13, 2002, 03:07 AM
I'm not sure if DropZip is installed on the system. Go to www.versiontracker.com and search for Stuffit StuffIt Lite (shareware). This has the program in.

(Try this link - http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=12012&db=mac)