The Finder in OSX uses a sidebar to present frequently used shortcuts as well as quick access to devices. The default Finder sidebar shortcuts are reasonable for most people however, placing a shortcut to iDisk, a paid service seems more like a marketing ploy than a benefit to users.
In this video tutorial, we show you how to configure the sidebar and remove the iDisk device. As an added bonus we show you how to open your Finder windows in a new window when clicked.
The recent version of Safari 4 contains a feature called Top Sites which allows you to see thumbnail images of favorite sites. Apple includes pages that it thinks are top sites by default. This video tutorial from Mac Gadget Review shows you how to customize the page.
If you are interested in making Top Sites your home page this tutorial shows you how to do that as well.
The Mac application launcher or the Dock lives at the bottom of your screen but it doesn’t have to stay there. In this video tutorial, we’ll show you how to put the Dock where you want it.
photo credit: zoovrooWhen a new user is created in OSX, the Dock is prepopulated with a set of icons. Dragging the icons off the dock removes them. You are free to customize the Dock by placing your frequently used icons there.
There may be an occasion where you need to restore the Dock to it’s default set of application icons. This is pretty easy with a bit of Terminal-fu.
Open the Terminal application by Navigating through Go->Utilities->Terminal
When the terminal window opens type
cd ~/Library/Preferences
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
This will delete the configuration file for the dock. Log out and back in and the Dock should look the way it did when you first created your user account.
If you have any other interesting Mac tricks, let us know
It’s easy to customize the background on your Mac. It’s handled through the System Preferences. You can pick some default backgrounds or use images from your iPhoto library. In this very brief video, we show you how to do it.
