Terminal Tips: Part 6

Continuing the series of posts I started last week, here are a few more Terminal tips. [16] uptime Shows the current time, how long your computer has been running, as well as the average load. [17] top Much like Activity Monitor, the top command displays a list of all running processes on your system. [18]…

iPhone World Domination

Here’s a complete list (as of 5/17/08) of all the countries the iPhone is currently sold in/soon to be sold in. Pretty impressive. Australia Austria Belgium Canada Czech Republic Dominican Republic Egypt France Germany Greece Ireland India Italy Jordan Mexico New Zealand Phillippins Poland Portugal Romania Singapore Slovakia South Africa Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United…

Terminal Tips: Part 5

[13] defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES This command lets you see the current path of the Finder window you are in. Quite handy if you’re working with a ton of finder windows. [14] defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool YES Enables Quit in Finder. killall Finder command is required to take effect. [15] telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl…

Terminal Tips: Part 4

[10] defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES Leopard only. Replaces the 3D dock with a 2D one. Requires killall Dock to take effect. [11] defaults write -g NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool TRUE This sets the save dialogue to the expanded view as default. Requires restart. Replace TRUE with FALSE to disable. [12] sudo chmod 0 /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app This…

Apple Mini-Tablet?

Intel Germany CEO Hannes Schwaderer announced that Apple would be using the relatively new Intel Atom processor in a future iPhone release. The new model reportedly would feature a larger display, correlating with past rumors about a mini-tablet (720×480) device to be coming from Apple. English translation: As part of an Intel event for the…