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10.4: Use Spotlight to identify a program's purpose
Authored by: BrentT on Dec 22, '06 12:33:39PM

Maybe this isn't Kosher but it seems to work for me: I just change the name of the obscure app into something more meaningful (e.g. *censored*tail to *censored*tail System Utility). The name will get changed on updates but at least I know what it is. I can easily change the name again after the update. Just highlight the app name and append text to the name.

If this is bad mojo, please let me know.



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10.4: Use Spotlight to identify a program's purpose
Authored by: macgruder on Dec 22, '06 08:14:37PM

Create an alias would work, and it would continue to work after an update.



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10.4: Use Spotlight to identify a program's purpose
Authored by: BrentT on Dec 24, '06 09:06:30AM

Another solution that wouldn't add icons to the Applications window would be to create a folder with a descriptive name for the oddly named app.

Also, I have created folders based on their specialty such as Sound, Video, Word Processing, Drawing, Photo, etc. This reduces the number of icons in the Applications folder and aids finding that one small app when you need it.



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