How to Turn off the Dock Lights

Apple’s OSX Lion has the option to disable the glowing dock lights that tell you an application is open. I personally like being able to look at my dock, and tell which applications are currently open. However if this is not for you, you’re in luck.   Under System Preferences, click on the dock icon. [...]

Disable Reverse Scrolling

  This feature is either love it or hate it. If you wish to disable the new Reverse Scrolling on OSX Lion: 1) Open System Preferences 2) Select Trackpad 3) Change Scroll direction to “disable” That’s it. You’re done, and you can now enjoy traditional scrolling behavior on your Mac. Tip: You can also disable [...]

See your drives capacity in Finder again

  Miss seeing how much free space you have left, or how large  folder is? By default in OSX Lion, the Status Bar is turned off. To get it back again, select “View” on the File menu, and click “Status Bar”.

Set MobileMe Calendar Syncing

  In OSX Lion, MobileMe Calendar syncing setup has changed locations. It is now found under iCal’s preferences under Accounts, instead of under the MobileMe System Preferences pane.  iCloud is most likely going to render the MobileMe preferences pane obsolete soon, hence this change.

Enable Key Repeat

By default, OSX Lion replaces key repeat with a character picker for accented/foreign characters.   If you deal with foreign languages often, you may like this – but for the vast majority of users, key repeat is the preferred action. To enable key repeat (normal functionality): 1) Open terminal and type “defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool [...]

Add High Quality New Text-to-Speech Voices

To add high quality text to speech voices to OSX Lion: 1) Launch System Preferences 2) Click on “Speech” under the System items, then click on “Text to Speech” 3) Select the System Voice menu and scroll to “Customize” in the pull-down 4) Choose the voice or voices you want to add to Mac OS [...]

Removing Icons from the Sidebar

  I’ve run into a few instances where dragging an icon off the Sidebar doesn’t actually remove it. If this happens, right-click the wayward icon and choose “Remove from Sidebar.” If, like me, you ended up with some Sidebar folders pointing to now nonexistent folders and can’t remove them at all, renaming the com.apple.sidebarlists.plist file in ~\Library\Preferences [...]

Disable the New Window Animation in Mac OS X Lion

  OSX Lion has a new subtle window animation that makes windows appear as if they are growing out of nowhere. Whether you just don’t care for the new animation, or feel as if it slows down your computing experience, here’s how to disable it: Step 1) Open terminal, and type: “defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled [...]

Reveal your Home Library folder

  In OSX Lion, Apple has hidden your Home Library folder by default.  There are two ways you can get to it: Option 1:  Open Finder, open the Go menu, and choose “Go to Folder”. Type in “~/Library/” and hit Enter. This will bring you to your Home Library folder. Option 2: Make your Home [...]