How to reset OS X Launchpad
To return to my ‘how to disable’ series, here’s something I had to do recently on a mac to fix an issue where Launchpad was not displaying Apps correctly. For those of you who are not sure what Launchpad is,...
How to reset OS X Launchpad
To return to my ‘how to disable’ series, here’s something I had to do recently on a mac to fix an issue where Launchpad was not displaying Apps correctly. For those of you who are not sure what Launchpad is,...
How to configure OS X's Preview app to always start in Single Page mode
On one of my ‘how to disable’ series blogs, a reader asked about this specific issue and so especially for you Peter Bevan, here it is! Have you ever wished that Preview would default to ‘Single Page mode’ instead of...
How to quickly enable OS X Finder's Simple Finder mode
For those of you enjoying my ‘how to disable’ series, here’s another handy tip. The built-in Parental Controls in OS X has a very useful option called ‘Use Simple Finder’ as shown below: Like most user interface features, there is...
How to disable the Finder's extension change warning
To carry on with my ‘how to disable’ series, here’s a simple but useful tip. Do you find that the OS X Finder’s warning dialog to be fairly irritating when you’re deliberately changing file extensions? You know what you want...
How to enable Mission Control to display full size previews
Another blog to add to my ‘how to disable’ defaults-write series… I quite often use Mission Control to help me navigate through my open apps and documents. Now Mission Control groups previews of windows from the same app together which...
How to disable the Finder's 'Connect to Server' option
Here’s another great little snippet to add to my ‘how to disable’ series! The OS X Finder’s ‘Connect to Server’ menubar option allows a user to specify a network address to connect to for services such as file sharing and...
How to Disable the Finder’s Preferences menu option
To add another to my ever growing ‘how to disable’ defaults-write series, here’s another to restrict the Finder. If you want to prevent a user from modifying the Finder’s preferences, one option is to enter a simple command to simply...
How to add the 'Quit' option to the Finder’s application menu
To continue on with my ‘how to disable’ defaults-write series, here’s a great one that I have used in the past. Firstly, I should clearly state that it is VERY rare for a Mac to be poorly, so this should...
Single App Mode: How to automatically hide all but the active application in OS X.
To get back to my ‘how to disable’ defaults-write series, here’s a good one that I use myself whilst performing demos in my training courses. ‘Single App Mode’ is the ability to force the Finder to only display the active...