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Beef up Leopard’s Quick Look with file plugins & droplet viewer

Quick Look, a feature Apple introduced in Mac OS X Leopard, is convenient for previewing files without opening any applications. With free add-ons you can add even more functionality. To put it mildly, Quick Look is one of my favorite new…

Beef up Leopard\'s Quick Look with file plugins & droplet viewer
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Modify the default clock in OS X’s menu bar to show the full date

If you’re forgetful like me and often have no idea what time, day, or even month it is, then you’ve probably been let down time after time when you look to the clock on your Mac’s menu bar and only get some of the information you’re in search of…

Modify the default clock in OS X\'s menu bar to show the full date
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Adding a slick white mouse over effect to Stacks in Leopard

One of Mac OS X Leopard’s most touted and obvious new features is Stacks, which allows users to easily see their files and folders from the Dock with a touch of eye candy. If a single Stack has more than 9 items in it, grid view is…

Adding a slick white mouse over effect to Stacks in Leopard
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Prevent accidental wake-ups when an Apple laptop’s lid is opened

A while back my precious Macbook Pro was the victim of a couple unfortunate “incidents” shall we say, which led to one of the two hooks on the top lid being broken off. Aside from being devastated that it was no longer in pristine condition…

Prevent accidental wake-ups when an Apple laptop\'s lid is opened
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