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<title>Mac OS X Hints: 10.8</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2014 07:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>10.8: AppleScript to close iCal Alerts</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140129221522629</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2014 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>I'd just installed OS X 10.8, and booted to find the right side of my screen covered in Birthday and Calendar notifications! Since installing I've clicked 'Close' on way too many iCal notification alerts. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here's a script to close them all for you in one fell swoop. Since I still want iCal to popup a Notification alert for event alarms I've set, I don't want to simply disable all the iCal notifications (or set them to temporary banner alerts). &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, it still occurs that sometimes a small pile of alerts have accrued while I was away from the computer, and I really hate hitting 'Close' a bunch of times. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; So, followng is a script to simply close all the piled-up Notification Alerts. The script was put together using these two webpages for inspiration: &lt;a href=&quot;http://macosxautomation.com/mavericks/notifications/01A.html&quot;&gt;http://macosxautomation.com/mavericks/notifications/01A.html&lt;/a&gt; (most of the nice code comes from here) and  ...</description>
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<title>Displaying film-related metadata columns in non-&amp;quot;Movies&amp;quot; folders in the Finder</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130913034629226</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 05:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>You are probably already aware that extra columns of meta data can be added to the Movies folder in the Finder by right-clicking (ctrl-click) on the folder's header row. The following extra columns can be added: Duration; Dimensions; Title; Codecs. These extra columns do not feature in the View&amp;gt;Show View Options menu selection.&lt;br /&gt;
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This hint describes how to obtain the same columns in folders not named &amp;quot;Movies&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is a little pedantic, but in the UK we do not tend to use the term &amp;quot;movie&amp;quot; so much. We don't &amp;quot;Go to the movies&amp;quot; we &amp;quot;Go to watch a film&amp;quot;. In fact the UK version of iTunes recognises this and in the sidebar or pop-up menu we have &amp;quot;Films&amp;quot; instead of &amp;quot;Movies&amp;quot; (and &amp;quot;TV Programmes&amp;quot; rather than &amp;quot;TV Shows&amp;quot; as well).&lt;br /&gt;
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The Finder does not do this and the &amp;quot;Movies&amp;quot; folder is there in your home folder as expected.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the &amp;quot;Movies&amp;quot; folder and any folder created inside it the  ...</description>
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<title>Send iMessages from the Finder</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130823121503958</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>&lt;p&gt;Just as you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130823112707994&quot;&gt;send iMessages from the Contacts app&lt;/a&gt;, you can do so from the Finder too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Right-click on any file or folder, and choose Share from the contextual menu that comes up. You can share files via AirDrop, email, and various social media services, depending upon the filetype. But nearly any file can be shared via iMessage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the Messages option, and a popover appears for you to compose your message. If you really want to send the file, of course, you can go right ahead and do so. But if you're just looking to fire off a quick iMessage without first launching the Messages app, you can delete the file attachment from the message body, compose your message, and send it on its way.&lt;/p&gt;
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<title>Quick Look with a three-finger tap</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2013082312083126</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 07:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>Keyboard junkies know that they can rely on the spacebar to trigger a Quick Look preview of a file, folder, or drive in the Finder. But what about trackpad junkies?&lt;br /&gt;
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The good news is, there's an option for the multitouch mavens, too. Perform a three-finger tap on any Quick Look-able item in the Finder, and a Quick Look preview you shall receive. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repeat the gesture to send the Quick Look preview back into the abyss.&lt;br /&gt;
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<title>Create Smart Collections in Font Book</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130823113108190</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>You remember Font Book, right? That's the built-in app that OS X offers for organizing and previewing fonts. In Mountain Lion, it gained a feature to make organization a little simpler: Smart Collections.&lt;br /&gt;
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They work just like Smart Playlists, Smart Folders, and Smart Mailboxes. Option-click the Plus icon at the lower left, or choose File -&amp;gt; New Smart Collection. &lt;br /&gt;
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Filters in your Smart Collection can include Family Name, Style Name, PostScript name, Languages, and Design Style. That way, you could make a collection that consists of, say, only English, italic, sans-serif fonts. &lt;br /&gt;
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<title>Share contacts from your Mac via iMessage or AirDrop</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130823112707994</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 07:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>OS X's built-in Contacts app has long offered an option to share a contact's details via email. But OS X Mountain Lion added two additional options.&lt;br /&gt;
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With a contact selected, click on the Send To arrow icon at the bottom of the window, and you can choose to send the card not just via email, but also via iMessage and AirDrop.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you select the iMessage option, when the iMessage composition screen pops up, you can also use it as a quick shortcut to iMessaging the email address or phone number of your choosing: Just delete the card attachment inserted in the message body, and write whatever you'd like instead.&lt;br /&gt;
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<title>Rearrange the Finder's sidebar sections via drag and drop</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130823121830556</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>Rearranging the sections in the sidebar of Finder windows used to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110801143846226&quot;&gt;a beast&lt;/a&gt;. That hasn't been the case since the introduction of Mountain Lion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You can drag and drop sections like Favorites, Devices, and Shared to reorder them however you'd like. And when you do so, the change is immediately effective in all Finder windows already open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Even better, of course: The change is reflected in any &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; Finder windows you open, too.
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<title>Set up a Minecraft server</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130821103334157</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>&lt;p&gt;Here’s a recipe for setting up Minecraft server on OS X.  Since I don’t fully trust the server not to have some security hole, I want it to run as user nobody so it doesn’t have a lot of permissions.  And I also want it to restart automatically when I reboot the computer.  Finally I show how to backup the worlds you create.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There’s three parts to this hint.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1) creating the launchDaemon that starts the minecraft server. &lt;br /&gt;2) how to turn it on and off &lt;br /&gt;3) maintaining backups&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The first step is to download the minecraft server jar file from the Mojang website.  Currently that site is https://minecraft.net/download but that might change in the future.  And currently the jar filename is: minecraft_server.1.6.2.jar, but that will change too. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1) Creating a place for it.When you run the jar the first time it’s going to create a lot of files and subdirectories the in the current working directory (CWD) so we want to create a nice place to do  ...&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<title>Add full screen mode support to apps lacking it</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130815122548183</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 07:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>Some applications will never get full screen support. Here's a workaround.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1. Install SIMBL, http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;2. Install Maximizer, http://chpwn.com/apps/maximizer.html.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;3. Optional, but recommended step. Maximizer breaks full screen in some applications that already support it. To add it on a per application-basis edit SIMBLTargetApplications key from '/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/Maximizer.bundle/Contents/Info.plist' by appending entries like explained at http://code.google.com/p/simbl/wiki/Tutorial, no. 3.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Example for TextEdit.&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;key&amp;gt;SIMBLTargetApplications&amp;lt;/key&amp;gt;	&amp;lt;array&amp;gt;		&amp;lt;dict&amp;gt;			&amp;lt;key&amp;gt;BundleIdentifier&amp;lt;/key&amp;gt;			&amp;lt;string&amp;gt;com.apple.TextEdit&amp;lt;/string&amp;gt;			&amp;lt;key&amp;gt;MaxBundleVersion&amp;lt;/key&amp;gt;			&amp;lt;string&amp;gt;*&amp;lt;/string&amp;gt;			&amp;lt;key&amp;gt;MinBundleVersion&amp;lt;/key&amp;gt;			&amp;lt;string&amp;gt;*&amp;lt;/string&amp;gt;		&amp;lt;/dict&amp;gt;	&amp;lt;/array&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; ...&lt;/pre&gt;</description>
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<title>Fix OS X wrongly reporting an application is corrupted (OSStatus error 99999)</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130803041717457</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>OS X stopped letting me install any software not coming from Apple. I wanted to update some software, and instead of seeing the &quot;Quarantine Dialog&quot; box telling that the software was just downloaded from Internet, I got a dialog box telling me that the software was corrupted.&lt;/br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;In fact, it was not corrupted—I could use it on another Mac. The issue wasn't affecting Apple software, only third-party apps. Only by setting the &quot;Anywhere&quot; setting in System Preferences -&gt; Security for installing apps could I install software again. But I didn't want to use that setting. &lt;/br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;Looking in the Console, I saw error 99999 from CoreServiceUIagent when I tried to install software.&lt;/br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;CoreServicesUIAgent[2105]: Error SecAssessmentCreate: L’opération n’a pas pu s’achever. (OSStatus erreur 99999).&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;After some research and help from Apple I found that a specific file's corruption was the source of my woes.&lt;/br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;A way to confirm that y ...</description>
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<title>Disable Caps Lock, or at least get a warning when it's on</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130801191050397</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2013 06:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>Few of us ever REALLY want Caps Lock turned on; when we do hit it, we do so accidentally. There are workarounds.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You can just disable the key entirely, of course. To do so, go to System Preferences, and choose Keyboard. Then click the Modifier Keys button at the lower right of the Keyboard tab. Finally, set Caps Lock to No Action (or, alternatively, have it pull side duty as a bonus Control, Option, or Command key).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That's a great solution for those of us who only ever trigger Caps Lock unintentionally. But what about folks who genuinely want the option to quickly enter a mode for NONSTOP CAPITALIZATION, yet still want to avoid entertaining said mode accidentally? For those troubled typists, the solution is a free utility called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.threemagination.com/capsee/&quot;&gt;CapSee&lt;/a&gt;. It displays an unmissable on-screen indicator when you're in Caps Lock mode. ISN'T THAT GREAT?
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<title>Delete files without emptying the Trash</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20031118092233521&quot;&gt;Long ago&lt;/a&gt;, we detailed a (rather scary) way to delete files without needing a stop in the trash can. A recent thread on &lt;a href=&quot;http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/66369/how-can-i-skip-the-trash-when-deleting-a-file&quot;&gt;StackExchange&lt;/a&gt; brought the issue up again, and some folks there provided other, less scary approaches.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why would you want to delete a file without needing to choose Empty Trash? Here’s one example: You have some files in the Trash on your Mac that you’re not ready to pull the trigger on forever. Now you connect a USB drive and have files on &lt;em&gt;it&lt;/em&gt; that you wish to dispose of. If you drag those files to the Trash, you have to select Empty Trash to do it—which means deleting the files from both the drive and your Mac itself. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most Hints readers know about the &lt;code&gt;rm&lt;/code&gt; Terminal command, which lets you remove files instantly and without a trip to the Trash. Bu ...&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<title>Developers: Prevent GateKeeper 'Damaged application' warning on Java apps</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>If you create an application bundle to start a Java application as a regular Mac app, you will get a message that the application is damaged when you try to run it on Mac OS Mountain Lion with GateKeeper active.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The error is caused by the fact that the Java stub application is signed by Apple, and Apple's signature will not be valid for your application.The codesign tool will give the following message:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;pre&gt;codesign -d MyJavaApplication.appMyJavaApplication.app: invalid signature (code or signature have been modified)&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;br&gt;The best solution is to sign your application with your Apple Developer key, but if you do not have one you can still sign your application with an ad-hoc key, and replace the Apple signature that will cause this message. To do so run codesign with the following options:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;pre&gt;codesign -s - --force MyJavaApplication.app&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;br&gt;The user will still have to allow running the application the first time by using the right-click (Co ...</description>
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<title>How to use Command-Tab to escape screen sharing</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>Since OS X 10.6, when you're screen sharing and looking at a remote Mac's screen, you cannot successfully use Command-Tab to switch out of a screen sharing window, because the command is sent to the remote machine instead. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I recently found a way around this by using Quicksilver.  With Quicksilver installed, the key combination is not sent to the remote machine, but rather to your local Mac instead—once you've summoned Quicksilver. When the Quicksilver window shows up, focus goes to local machine, and Command-Tab is also sent to the local machine.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lex adds:&lt;/strong&gt; And that's just the tip of the iceberg. In his testing, my colleague Dan Moren found the same behavior works with Alfred; he could trigger Alfred's shortcut while screen sharing, and the app would launch on his local Mac, and thus Command-Tab would begin working on the local Mac instead. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I'm a LaunchBar guy, though, and when I tried to trigger LaunchBar on my Mac—which I've set to use ...</description>
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<title>Click the Apple and Notification Center menu items more easily</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>This hint is an oldie but a goodie, and we could only find it mentioned in comments on older hints. If you don't know it, you'll want to; if you already knew it, pay it forward to Mac users who are spending too much time fussing with the mouse.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Apple menu sits at the top left of your menu bar, and the Notification Center icon sits at the top right. For years, though, OS X has made clicking menu items in either position simpler than it might appear. You needn't move the mouse cursor to precisely the slim confines of either icon when you want to click on them. If you slam your mouse all the way to the top left corner of the screen, well beyond the perimeter of the Apple icon, and click—you'll still successfully trigger the Apple menu.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The same trick works with the Notification Center menu at the upper right: Move the mouse all the way to that corner, fretting not about whether your cursor is actually atop the icon, and your click will still register as desired.  ...</description>
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<title>Checking for Mac App Store system updates from a non-Admin account</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>In OS X 10.8.3 and later, Apple seems to have changed the behavior of the Mac App Store: It will no longer automatically check for System Updates if you are running from an account that does not have administrator privileges.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A simple work-around: Select the Updates tab in the Mac App Store. From the Store menu,  select Reload Page (Command-R). The app will now prompt you for an administrator's credentials. Then the app will search and (in my experience) find system updates if any are available. Updates can now also be installed from your non-admin account. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lex adds:&lt;/strong&gt; I haven't tested this one.
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<title>Fix for missing &amp;quot;Assign to...&amp;quot; Mission Control bug in 10.8.x</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>Having originally upgraded to 10.8 from 10.7, all of my applications' desktop assignments in (now) Mission Control were already set. I recently decided to wipe and install a fresh copy of OS X 10.8.3, and discovered that, for many of my apps, the option to &quot;Assign to...&quot; particular desktops or to &lt;i&gt;all&lt;/i&gt; desktops was missing. After roaming through forum after forum I finally found a workaround for this bug.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Thankfully it's relatively simple. If you right-click on the Dock icon of a running application and you find that the &quot;Assign to...&quot; option is missing from the &quot;Options&quot; sub-menu (and of course you have multiple desktops setup in Mission Control first), if you launch the application from LaunchPad, the option to assign the application to a particular desktop will a) magically appear, and b) continue to use that assigned space regardless of how it is launched in the future.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Hope this is helpful. I spent a few good afternoons trying to fix this. Supposedly t ...</description>
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<title>10.8: New Notes App Service</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>I put together a simple Automator action that takes the selected text from any application and creates a new Note. This sort of thing should have been in the Services menu to begin with, but this powerful feature of OS X is often unsung and underused. Hope it helps.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Open Automator and create a new Service. Set the Service to receive selected &lt;i&gt;text&lt;/i&gt; in &lt;i&gt;any application&lt;/i&gt; from the drop down menus.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Drag &lt;i&gt;Copy to Clipboard&lt;/i&gt; from the Utilities library into the workflow. Drag &lt;i&gt;Run AppleScript&lt;/i&gt; from the Utilities library into the workflow.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Paste the below text in place of (* Your script goes here *):&lt;div style=&quot;margin-left: 20px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px; padding: 5px; border:1px solid; width:520px; height:120px; overflow:scroll;white-space:nowrap;resize:both&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;tell application &quot;Notes&quot; to activatetell application &quot;System Events&quot; click menu item &quot;Notes&quot; of ((process &quot;Notes&quot;)'s (menu bar 1)'s ¬  (menu bar item &quot;Window&quot;)'s (me ...&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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<title>10.8: A fix for slow shutdown times</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130407064110603</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>At first my MacBook Air would shut down in one or two seconds. A year or so ago it started taking thirty seconds or more. Annoying but hardly fatal. Anyway, I found a trick that helped me:&lt;ul&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Shut down with &lt;i&gt;Reopen windows when logging back in&lt;/i&gt; CHECKED.&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Turn the computer back on.&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Shut down with &lt;i&gt;Reopen windows when logging back in&lt;/i&gt; UNCHECKED. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;This returned the Mac to an almost instantaneous shutdown.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;[&lt;b&gt;crarko adds:&lt;/b&gt; This makes sense, and if you have a lot of open window states to be saved that would obviously impact the shutdown time. Still, sometimes the obvious is worth pointing out. This tip should probably apply to 10.7 as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hello again, I'm filling in once more this week while Kirk is otherwise occupied -- Craig A.]
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<title>Turn on hidden Siri feature in OS X 10.8.3 Stickies </title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130330123652309</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>System 10.8</dc:subject>
<description>Apparently Apple has included a pre-release version of Siri in 10.8.3. While I've gotten Siri to work in Stickies, it doesn't seem to be accessible from any other OS X apps. This may be a mistake; it may be testing code that was not removed from the final release, and this may explain why 10.8.3 went through so many betas. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; To turn on Siri in Stickies, run the following Terminal command:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;tt&gt;defau1ts write com.apple.stickies personalAssistant -bool true&lt;/tt&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; After you run this command, launch Stickies, and, while pressing the Option key, press the fn key twice. A small popup will appear in the current note with an icon similar to the Siri icon on iOS. Speak into your Mac's microphone - either an internal or external mike - and Siri will do your bidding.
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