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Use Prefling and be done with it
Authored by: sjonke on Aug 01, '01 06:40:50PM
Prefling is free, as simple as dragging it to the dock (actually, copy it to your had drive and then drag that copy to the dock, but you get the idea), and much nicer than the do it yourself option suggested. For one thing it is a dockling and the menu pops up instantly (no need to hold control or hit a second mouse button), it shows the correct names for the preference panes (the file names are different from the more user friendly names shown in the System Preferences application) and it correctly goes to the Software Update pane when chosen instead of starting up the updating application itself, which is what happens if you open the file.

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Use Prefling and be done with it
Authored by: robg on Aug 01, '01 10:11:27PM
Ah, but where's the FUN in that? ;-). Prefling does, indeed, do the same thing in a completely easy-to-use manner - here's a link to its home page: http://homepage.mac.com/asagoo/prefling/index.html But I still prefer my homebuilt solutions! ;-). -rob.

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Use Prefling and be done with it
Authored by: marcusha on Aug 13, '01 10:52:19PM

I would use Prefling but it refuses to let itself be dragged into the dock on my machine. I e-mailed the author and received no response.



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