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Nov
30th

Fri

Nicolas et Rachida

Petit cheminot

Nov
28th

Wed

In the pursuit of AJAX file uploads, I ran into the pattern of posting a form to a hidden IFRAME returning javascript control back to the parent page to display a progress bar, make visual effects, show a “uploading” graphic or basically do anything than the default blocking of the page until the upload is finished.

— Responds to Parent « Home Made

Nov
19th

Mon

Since Leopard’s Mail.app keeps notes associated with a mailbox, if you associate your Notes to your Gmail IMAP account, the Notes folder will then show up in your Folders on the iPhone.

— macosxhints.com - 10.5: See Mail Notes on the iPhone through Gmail IMAP

Nov
18th

Sun

You can now share searches with a friend, e.g. tell them “Check out the previous mail I sent you at http://mail.google.com/mail/#search/grab+coffee+at+starbucks …”.

— Link to Specific Content in Gmail

Nov
15th

Thu

It happens now and then that when you control-click on a file to use the Open With contextual menu, you’ll see double entries, and even removed applications, in the list of available applicatiopns. A rebuild of the LaunchServices database is then the solution. (This also happened in Tiger.) The path to the lsregister command needed for the rebuild has changed in 10.5. As such, the following command rebuilds the database on Leopard:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

— macosxhints.com - 10.5: Rebuild the launchservices database

Nov
10th

Sat

open Time Machine’s System Preferences panel, click the Options button, then click the plus sign to add a new excluded location. In the file dialog that appears, navigate to ~/Library » FileSync, and click the Exclude button

— macosxhints.com - 10.5: Exclude local iDisk mirror disk from Time Machine

Nov
2nd

Fri

To change the picture behind the login panel in 10.5, one must name the picture of choice DefaultDesktop.jpg, and drop it in to /System » Library » CoreServices. Doing this as the admin user is required for authentication purposes.

— macosxhints.com - 10.5: Change login panel background

Oct
31st

Wed

If you think Time Machine backs up too often (or not often enough) for your liking, navigate into /System » Library » LaunchDaemons. There you’ll find a file named com.apple.backupd-auto.plist. Open it in your favorite text editor, and look for this section:
StartInterval3600

Change the 3600 number to some other time interval in seconds, and you’ll have changed Time Machine’s backup interval.

— macosxhints.com - 10.5: Set the Time Machine backup interval

One of the most popular Leopard hacks removes the glossy eye candy from the re-worked Dock. To go back to the 2-D version, open Terminal and type these two commands:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
killall Dock

— Tweak Mac OS X Leopard’s User Interface / Wired How To’s

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