10.6:Use newly-found hidden prefs hacks in Snow Leopard

Apr 01, '10 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: robg

Snow Leopard only hintAs you may know, finding hidden defau1ts write preference hacks is much tougher in Snow Leopard than it was in previous OS X releases. That's why there are only 15 such hints here (versus 43 for 10.5). To help fix this situation, a while back I put out a call on Twitter for macosxhints' readers to dig deep within 10.6 to help me find new hidden defau1ts write commands. While the response wasn't exactly overwhelming in size, a few readers did manage to find some hidden gems. Read on to see what's been uncovered....

Before we begin, it's very important that if you're going to try to these, you must copy and paste the defau1ts write commands. If you make a typo while trying to hand-type these, the results could be disastrous!

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Allow Safari to use Firefox plug-ins Force Apple to reply to your emails Show Beatles music in iTunes Store Use Time Machine to restore files from the future Full credit for all of today's hidden tips really should go to zpjet, who found the Time Machine future-looking mode, and inspired the rest of the 'submissions.'

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