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One possible cure for a flakey USB wireless mouse If you're having a problem with a wireless USB mouse skipping, double-clicking instead of single-clicking, or otherwise acting weird, and you've tried fooling with the software and the dongle to no avail, consider whether the problem might be with the keyboard...even if the mouse dongle is plugged into the computer, not the keyboard. And even if the keyboard is wired. I had Logitech send me two mice which seemed totally flaky until I happened to unplug my keyboard, and found that the mouse worked like a champ. Now, whenever the mouse seems fritzy, I unplug and replug the keyboard's USB plug and it all gets better. Weird, but there you go.... http://feeds.macosxhints.com/click.phdo?i=d980e221636cf54167b7a6addda39e16 2008-11-20 8:30:14
Use scripts to improve install process for Lotus Notes For those of us who must use Lotus Notes (LN) on Mac OS X, it is the bane of our existence. The installer is basically broken, and it's not configured for multi-user setup. But today, all that changes! I have devised a series of procedures to make LN easier to install, and also to make it "multi-user aware." These notes are known to work with LN 7.0.3, but may work with any R7 flavor, and may be able to be altered for 6.5.6, which is the last 6.5x version for OS X. Some of the problems with the LN installer : Sometimes LN does not ask for authorization Running as a non-admin user does not work correctly Only installs the templates and seed files (referred to as seed files) to the directory of the account that installed it. The third one is really a problem. The installer assumes that the person who is going to use LN is the same person who installed it, and to install it, you need to be an admin. Read on to see how I fixed this mess... A succes... http://feeds.macosxhints.com/click.phdo?i=ed57d417faf88f1cc1b3d159ded29c68 2008-11-20 8:30:0
Empty iPhone Mail app's trash to regain file space I have six mail accounts that I check on with my iPhone, and for months, I've moved read e-mails to the Trash. What I forgot was that the trash needs to be cleared periodically. I regained a couple of hundred megabytes of space by cleaning all the accounts. To empty the Trash you must enter each account, then enter the Trash and tap Edit. You are then given the option to Delete All. Select Delete All, then confirm the Delete All. A simple tip, but one that may free up a fair bit of space on your iPhone. http://feeds.macosxhints.com/click.phdo?i=c6f3bb3b74ae0f4e15f8f30478b78781 2008-11-20 8:30:0
A heads-up on pairing remotes to Macs I just bought a new aluminum MacBook, and discovered that I couldn't get an IR remote control to pair with the notebook. This is optional, but it prevents other remotes from controlling your Mac. If you go to the Security System Preferences panel, you'll find a Pair/Unpair button. Clicking on Pair brings up a message instructing you to press and hold the Menu and Next buttons on the remote until a "paired" icon appears. I tried this several times with no luck. Finally, I found that you have to be running an admin account for this to work -- there is no indication that you can't pair from a non-administrator account. As a matter of fact, the panel is disabled until you click the lock and enter an admin account and password. But even after unlocking, you still can't pair from a standard account. So if you have trouble pairing a new remote, make sure you log into an admin account first. http://feeds.macosxhints.com/click.phdo?i=715e9d708ee91f957c52f400bf80bdee 2008-11-20 8:30:0
A tip for a faster change-app gestures on touchpads It is now well-known the four finger gesture to change apps. You swipe four fingers, right or left, and a bezel with open apps appears, as with Command-Tab. Then if you swipe with two fingers, you will select a different app, which can be switched to by tapping with four fingers. One thing I saw today is that you don't have to release all your fingers after the four-finger swipe and the two-finger swipe. Simply make the first swipe and only release two fingers; the system will recognize correctly the new gesture, and you save a bit of time. A similar thing happens with the zoom gesture in some applications such as Preview: you can zoom-in and zoom-out without release your fingers. Safari behaves a bit differenlyt: you can zoom-in/out without releasing your fingers, but it will only increase/decrease the page size once (Preview performs a continuous zoom). For larger zooms in Safari, you need to release your fingers. On the other hand, a change between zoom and s... http://feeds.macosxhints.com/click.phdo?i=ecd7f01f74e17243fb887b6ba276bef5 2008-11-20 8:30:0
Create arbitrary keyboard shortcuts for bookmarklets One of the things that makes Delicious (formerly del.icio.us) so useful it that it can integrate, to varying degrees, with all broswers via its JavaScript bookmarklets. Many other sites also use these -- for example, I have bookmarklets for Digg, FaceBook, and more. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to activate these from a keyboard shortcut? You can! Add a bookmarklet to your Bookmarks menu, not to your favorites bar. In System Preferences, go to the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel, and add a keyboard shortcut with the exact name of your bookmarklet. You can specify the application as either your chosen browser, or for All Applications if you use multiple browsers. If you choose All Applications, just make sure the bookmarklet has the same name in all browsers. Now I can post to Delicious by pressing the same keyboard shortcut everywhere. Yay! [robg adds: This work... http://feeds.macosxhints.com/click.phdo?i=33469bd6efd100a1a542b68d1f1bec7e 2008-11-19 8:30:0
10.5: Safer sleep during networked Time Machine backups The problem: You have Time Machine set up using a sparsebundle on a network drive, such as a Time Capsule or an AirPort Extreme-connected hard drive. Most of the time, everything works great. Consider this reproducible scenario, however: You are working away at home and a hourly backup starts. Time machine automagically mounts the sparsebundle. You need to leave and put your laptop to sleep, not paying attention to the fact that time machine is working. You move your laptop to work/school and wake it up. The sparsebundle is still mounted, but obviously does not work. Finder and Spotlight grow increasing stuck until you have to reboot your machine. It occurs to you that the image back home was not closed properly and that eventually, this will corrupt your backups! Solution: Install SleepWatche... http://feeds.macosxhints.com/click.phdo?i=a9bd7599420ff99b0bd3f7f2b64f3c92 2008-11-19 8:30:0
Disable Skype's auto-changing of microphone volume Skype always irritated me with its automatic microphone volume changes. The Windows version has the ability to disable this option in the preferences pane, but the Mac version does not. Today, I spent some time trying to solve this problem. After some searching on net, I found a solution for the Windows version which also works on the Mac. Quit Skype and open the folloving file with TextEdit: ~/Library » Application Support » Skype » shared.xml. At the end of the document, you'll see this section: `<VoiceEng> <MicVolume>77</MicVolume></VoiceEng>` Simply change this section to look like this (adding one new line): `<VoiceEng> <AGC>0</AGC> <MicVolume>100</MicVolume></VoiceEng>` AGC means Automatic Gain Control, and setting it to `0` disables this feature. Set it to `1` if you want to enable it again. The `MicVolume` can range from `0` (mute) to ... http://feeds.macosxhints.com/click.phdo?i=6d6cb15aa416973158679b024bd9afe6 2008-11-19 8:30:0
Use Quicksilver for Finder cut and paste For those of us who miss being able to cut and paste in the Finder, I just found a pretty functional way to do it through Quicksilver triggers. Here's how: Invoke Quicksilver (probably by pressing Control-Space) Press Command-, to open its preferences Go to Preferences » Application, and make sure 'Enable advanced features' is checked Go to Catalog » Quicksilver and make sure 'Proxy objects' is checked Go to Triggers and click the plus sign to add a new trigger and select Hotkey Start typing Current Selection, and when the item pops up, press Tab Start typing Move to... and then press Tab In the last box, press Command-X clear the field. It must be completely empty for this to work -- no text, nothing Click Save Click the 'i' at the bottom right of the screen to show the trigger options Under hot key, choose your preferred ke... http://feeds.macosxhints.com/click.phdo?i=43252ede1d30350819e12c54ed7a6682 2008-11-18 8:30:0
Show a one-line weather forecast on the desktop I love Wunderground.com's forecast. You can read all of the numbers, and look at radar all you want, but 95% of the time, it's too much info. Wunderground has a one-line forecast that relates today or tomorrow's temperature to today's. "Today is forecast to be colder than yesterday" is all I need to know. Once you've installed GeekTool, you'll also need Lynx, a popular text web browser. Once GeekTool and lynx are installed, create a new shell entry in GeekTool and enter this code, substituting in your zip code for `12345`: `lynx -dump http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=12345\|awk '/Tomorrow is/ ... http://feeds.macosxhints.com/click.phdo?i=c186d7cdfc13e99375def93e70d0b265 2008-11-18 8:30:0`

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