Based on this article here - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629 you can configure your mac to stop writing the .DS_Store files on you network mounts. This is especially useful when interacting with MS Windows environments.
To disable open a terminal and enter this command:
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true
To enable open a terminal and enter this command:
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores false
A restart is needed for this to take effect ...
Posted on Aug 18, 2008
Stack are pretty useful, you can create aliases and then drop them all into a folder to create a user stack. Sometimes if you have large stacks it can be helpful to have a highlight on the item you are presently hovering over to give a little feedback.
To enable hover highlights open a terminal and enter this command:
defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -boolean yes
To make it take effect ...
Posted on Jul 12, 2008
Screen sharing is very useful so is the curtain feature of ARD which is a licensed product from Apple. You can apply a couple of setting to:
Show a browser of available machines
Display the ARD like tool bar to enable some more features in screen sharing
With the above two settings enabled when loading the screen sharing application you will be presented with a browser screen of the available ...
Posted on Apr 29, 2008
