Category: 785: Hidden Customization, Why Wasn’t it Covered?, Lion Tips and Tricks

Around the office Lion is loved and, well, not-so-loved depending who’s asked. Some features like Natural Scrolling are pretty universally hated, and luckily that feature can be disabled. A better-received feature is Resume. With Resume , you can quit an app, and come back to it later with all windows right where you left them.…

Apple offers a 1-year warranty on most products, which can be extended to 3 years with the purchase of AppleCare. While Apple strives to ship the highest quality systems available, sometimes electronics fail. Because of this uncertainty, having the AppleCare extended warranty means you don’t have to pay for a costly repair in case your…

There are myriad customization options in Mac OS X–some are in plain sight in System Preferences and elsewhere, while others involve manual editing of plist (property list) files or tricking the system into thinking one file is actually another. One of the most powerful interface tweaks you can make is to the menu bar, and…

Happy Tuesday, Much of Vermont has its first frost behind it already, and mums are starting to replace herbs and more delicate potted flowers everywhere you look. The leaves are just starting to turn, particularly at higher altitudes. I spent some time in the vegetable garden picking the last of the peppers and weeding around…