Apple Mail Snow Leopard Layout
So, here is another general grip from the community of Mac users. In particular Apple Mail 5.1 has decided it knows the best way for me to view my email !
I don’t agree, is there a compromise, can I just turn off the preview – no ??
One last panic switch it seems, is available in the preferences panel – all or nothing partner !!!
Open Apple Mail > Preferences -> Viewing and tick ‘Use classic layout’.
“POP is not supported by iCloud”
Apparently Apple have decided that the rest of the world does not have a need for the POP protocol – according to this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864
Mac enable screen sharing from terminal
If you are looking to enable screen sharing on a remote mac (tested on a snow leopard machine accessing a leopard machine) via the Terminal then there is a simple, tried and tested solution.
Firstly establish an SSH session to the machine you want to enable Screen Sharing on.
Secondly use the following code:
cd /Library/Preferences/
echo -n enabled > com.apple.ScreenSharing.launchd
Note: the file did not exist originally.
You should now be able to access the machine via Screen Sharing
enjoy
Mac Hosts File
In order to change the hosts file settings on a Mac (probably most versions Snow Leopard verified).
Open a Terminal and use the following code:
sudo nano /etc/hosts
et voila
Job jobbed
Creating a Favourites folder on your mac
Mac users, we have Pictures, Music, Videos, Documents, Downloads, etc…
where is our favourites folder?
Here is a simple way to take matters into your own hands !
Go to your home folder > create a new folder – let’s call it Favourites.
Now, i used bbedit to create a text file, but textedit should be fine.
Use the following code and replace where necessary:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN""http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>URL</key>
<string>http://www.your-website-here.com/</string>
</dict>
</plist>
Save the file with something appropriate – like MyLink and add the extension .webloc (which is short for website location (presumably).
We are left with a file in our favourites folder called MyLink.webloc.
Double clicking on this file will open in your default browser.
Job done !
Mac OS X – Show Invisible Files in Finder
So have you tried looking everywhere for a simple option to show/hide invisible files in Mac OS X Finder…..me too !
I found a great way to easily do this, through the Terminal.
So firstly you will have to open the Terminal application, which can be found in the Applications > Utilities folder – search in Spotlight for ‘Terminal’.
Once you are at the command line simply type the following to show invisible files:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
and to reverse the procedure simple type the following:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder
Daily Tip
I was helping a friend rectify some Vista issue the other day – and whilst watching he commented ‘what did you just do ?’ – apparently keyboard shortcuts are not something everyone strives to master ??
So today’s tip is when using Microsoft Outlook.
Press ‘F7′ to get a spell check just before you send an email.
then
Press ‘CTRL’ + ‘Enter’ to send the email straight off.
A great time saving tip if you want to quickly send out an email.
As always, providing support when IT counts.
