Solidify that Leopard menubar for good

Friday, November 16th, 2007

(Via Infinite Loop.) Many Leopard users are still unhappy with the translucent menubar, and a few dirty fixes have been floating around for some time. But there's a one-line Terminal command that makes the menubar solid for good. No more editing all of your desktop backgrounds!

10.5: Get more from Spotlight with new operators

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

(Via Mac OS X Hints.) In OS X 10.4, there were a few special operators you could use to narrow your results. For instance, kind:pdf or date:tomorrow were acceptable search terms. In 10.5, the number of such operators has been greatly expanded, though there's little to no documentation on what's available.Early ...

Add conditions to Finder searches

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

(Via MacWorld.) See how to make OS X 10.5's Finder searches more useful through the use of a hidden feature.