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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 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