Comments on: OS X Tweaks: Free Downloads I Can't Live Without

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:04:01 +0000

I have Mac OS X 10.2.4 on my iBook. Is there a place I can download 10.3 for free? (I am not knowledgeable. I need at least 10.3 to get my printer to work.) Thank you! Julie

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Nice points…

By: David

David — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:57:51 +0000

The three apps I find most useful to have icons for in my Finder toolbar:
1. Terminal
2. Activity Monitor
3. Disk Utility

I have found from experience that when I’m working in Finder I will frequently want to use one of those apps to do something or other–kill a recalcitrant app that Force Quit won’t, check to see what processes are running or stuck, eject a disk image that the Leopard disk eject bug won’t let me eject (hey, Apple! Fix this!)… they come in handy quite a bit.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:56:49 +0000

Ted

Good up the good work.

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By: Neil T.

Neil T. — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:38:06 +0000

Sometimes useful as well: arrow through your “active apps” pop-up box with applekey-tab or applekey-shift-tab!

By: Brian Sorli

Brian Sorli — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:43:07 +0000

I actually found this by mistake…kind of…I was basically doing the usual drag and drop to the desktop and WOW the interface changed…that’s neat.

Glad you liked it and it may have just came available with a new Mac OS update…not sure really. Either way, I think it is great.

AppCleaner sounds like a winner and I need to give QuickSilver a try and see what it has to offer.

BTW, someone mentioned my article being slanted to users who have both Mac and Windows in their lives. Well to be honest, this is true, but that is who I am. In no way would I give a thumbs up to Microsoft and products like Windows Vista and that is why most of my clients are making the switch to Mac. I’m presently building a Windows Vista Ultimate system (7″ touchscreen case, Blu-Ray, loaded to the hilt) for a client costing over $4000 and guess what…I keep hitting bumps in the road.

Nothing is perfect, but Macs are pretty close.

By: Oyvind R

Oyvind R — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:54:42 +0000

Thanks so much for this great advice!! Haven’t discovered this toolbar trick until now, and I’m a mac user since 1989!
Used a few minutes before I figured it out though: You have to have a _second_ Finder window open to drag the apps from, it doesn’t work from the main window where the drop-down is.
Time saver? You bet – I used to drag docs all the way to the dock on the right hand side of a broad screen…

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:39:06 +0000

In the finder:

Menu -> View -> Customize Toolbar

While the rolldown dialog is active, drag whatever folder or application that you
want to that finder window toolbar.

To remove it, just drag it off.

No extensions or third party app required.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:59:54 +0000

These are good finds, thanks. Though they seem more like “make the switch between mac and windows more easy,” apps instead of inherently value OS X additions.

By: Jarod

Jarod — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:04:59 +0000

I just added Speed Download to my favorite list. Its an absolute dream download manager for the Mac. Does FTP and webDAV super fast too!!

By: MXB

MXB — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 06:30:23 +0000

You can use the (AppleKey) arrow to jump beginning and end of text I believe its OS standard, you can use the (optionKey) arrows to jump a word left or right, hold down the shift key on either of those and it highlights the text.

Others are good, esp the refresh finder can come in handy.

By: Techslacker

Techslacker — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:27:54 +0000

For those users of QuickSilver you can also drag QS to the Finder toolbar and from there you can drag and drop files onto it’s icon to manipulate them with QS.

By: plaz

plaz — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:33:31 +0000

try clicking in a text field and pressing the up or down arow key. OOooo cool.

By: John

John — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:14:59 +0000

I’ve tried tab with no avail. But i’ll try shift+tab though.

Thanks Miles.

By: Miles Evans

Miles Evans — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:25:31 +0000

@Gahndu: Brilliant! I just added AppZapper, Stuffit and TextMate to my Finder. I’m a bit embarrassed to say I had no idea you could do this :/

@Brian: Great tips…I thought that I was doomed to Apple-Shift-left/right arrow to select a line of text until today – awesome.

@John: Tab/Shift-Tab moves through dialogue boxes if that’s what you mean.

By: John

John — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:19:56 +0000

So i would really like an app that allows me to arrow through text pop up boxes like I could on my windoze machines.

By: Gahndu

Gahndu — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:21:57 +0000

One application that I put in the finder toolbar is AppCleaner (http://www.freemacsoft.net/AppCleaner/index.php). Just drag unwanted apps to icon and it gets rid of preference files aswell as the app itself. This works with appzapper too, but I’m a cheap bastard.