Red's Ramblings v.2

Macworld | Mac OS X Hints | Add more power to 10.5′s screen sharing I was looking for a some XP remote desktop style privacy when screen sharing and found this excellent tip. Just open terminal (close screen sharing if you have a session open) and type: defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing \ ‘NSToolbar Configuration ControlToolbar’ -dict-add [...]

I’m still finding new things in Leopard. The most recent is the new Help search. I don’t often use the Help menu but I was looking up another new feature in Mail when I found a cool new action. If your search string flags up possible matching menu items they are listed and if you [...]

The networking in Leopard is particularly good with any available devices automatically being listed in the finder. I didn’t give it a thought until a Vaio I had on the network showed up on the side of the finder under “Shared” devices. What isn’t instantly obvious though is its icon that you can only really [...]

You may have noticed that on Friday I collected a copy of Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard. I arrived at the Trafford Centre with an hour to spare before the 6pm re-opening and by that time there was already a queue of around 60-70 people. Some free water, coffee and the efforts of the Apple Store [...]

Today has been mapped out with meticulous detail to ensure that I am in a specific place and at a specific time, the Apple Store at 6pm. Up to now all is going to plan and I aim to keep it that way so for those of you who may have aspirations of interacting with [...]

Macworld: Editors’ Notes: Has Time Machine’s AirPort Disk use been grounded? This is a bit worrying considering my comments of yesterday. If the feature has been removed I would find it hard to believe that its down to network performance as the use of “another Mac running Leopard with Personal File Sharing.” would also be [...]