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MAY
15

Activate

Searching around the web, I got this nice feature for your Terminal: you can change focus between Terminal windows with simple mouse over window. Here is the command line :

defaults write com.apple.terminal FocusFollowsMouse -string YES

Of course, big screen Mac user has the advantage here because this feature only move the focus without moving active Terminal window.

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DEC
06

I've written several entries of Terminal commands. I collected all of them inside tags named Terminal; Feel free to look at them. Since I've got brand new Terminal commands inside my collection, I would like to share inside this article.

Desktop : Login Picture

Set Login Picture

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow DesktopPicture "/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/vortex.png"

I use vortex.png for this sample command lines.

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NOV
26

Make Screen Saver as Desktop Background


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

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NOV
18

Dock

Stacks, Activate Mouse Over Gradient


defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -boolean YES
killall Dock

Stacks, Deactivate Mouse Over Gradient


defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -boolean NO
killall Dock

New Stacks Folder, Recent Application


defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'
killall Dock

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NOV
03

Leopard Take A Look - Dock

Posted by Wendy digg delicious su


I'm glad to see that our Leopard Dock got a new look.

The Old and The New

Let's recall what our old Tiger Dock looks like..

And if we contrast it with our brand new 3D Leopard Dock..

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NOV
01

Leopard packs Terminal differently in such a way that it will definitely increase your productivity.

Old Tiger's Terminal

Let's see our Terminal way of saying by our old Tiger, in which I discussed in my other article Styling Terminal

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OCT
17

Styling Terminal

Posted by Wendy digg delicious su


Increasing your productivity and your interest in using Terminal can be started from customizing and styling your Terminal.

Terminal Inspector
Terminal Inspector will be needed to customize your Terminal. To show up Terminal inspector, you can either pressing I when you're inside Terminal or tracing through menu bar File→Show Info.

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