Keyboard Scrolling in Lion Application Windows

December 14, 2011 Leave a Comment

Workaround for Having No Scrollbar Arrows in Mac OS X Lion

Although you can set scrollbars to always display in windows, there is no option to show the actual scrollbar arrows anymore in Mac OS X Lion. A simple workaround to get used to this is to start using the keyboards up and down arrow keys instead.

(via: OS X Daily)

Also note that while you hold down the Option key and type the up or down arrow you’re able to scroll by an entire page as it’s displayed on screen. And when you add the Command key to the mix you’re able scroll all the way to the top or bottom of a page.

I’m pretty sure this method of scrolling has worked in earlier versions of OS X — at least 10.6 that I’m sure of, and probably all the way back to 10.3, if not before that.

Still, it’s a handy trick to learn if you like to navigate using the keyboard.

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Easy Keyboard Access to the OS X User Library Folder

December 12, 2011 Leave a Comment

There are many different ways to make your User Library folder visible in OS X Lion, from Terminal.app to utilities that change the settings for you. If you’re looking for an easy way to make the folder visible when you need it, but keep it hidden when you don’t, and all without system hacks, here’s how I do it.

This method doesn’t require opening Terminal or using any special app. All you need is to add a quick setting to your Keyboard System Preferences. [Read more...]

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MacBook Pro Intermittent Black Screen or Loss of Video

October 13, 2011 19 Comments
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MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010): Intermittent black screen or loss of video

Apple has determined that a small number of MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) computers may intermittently stop displaying video on the built-in display or on an external display connected to the MacBook Pro. In this situation, you may also see a restart warning message before the video is lost or the display turns black or gray. Affected computers were manufactured between April 2010 and February 2011.

Via Apple Support

Update: This issue has been addressed with the release of MacBook Pro Video Update 1.0 — but it’s only good if you’re running Lion (10.7.2+). If you choose to remain on Snow Leopard, you should make a Genius Bar appointment at your favorite Apple store to have the problem addressed. Chances are you’ll get a new motherboard out of it. See the support article for more information.

It seems the MacBook Pro/Lion Black Screen of Death™ has not been solved yet has been addressed. The good thing is Apple acknowledges it really is a problem.

I updated my Lion partition to 10.7.2 yesterday, and it seemed more stable than it was before – though I didn’t get much of a chance to really push the system. I was planning to update my production system this evening, but I think I might hold off a little longer until there’s more info from Apple in the article.

Has this bug caused you grief? How have you dealt with it?

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Mailplane Clean CSS Updated to v2.0.4

August 16, 2011 Leave a Comment

If you’re a Mailplane Clean CSS user, I’ve updated the stylesheet for those of you who’ve enabled the preview pane lab feature. This will make the message body fill the entire space where the people widget was. I’ve also cleaned up some of the code in the file to make it more user friendly.

I’ve started hosting the project on Github, so you can download it directly from there now: https://github.com/jimmitchell/mailplane_css/. Just click on the “Download” button/link on that page.

Questions or bugs, note them in the comments.

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AppleScript to Add Empty Files in Finder Quickly

August 12, 2011 Leave a Comment

Today I had the need to add a bunch of named text files to a folder in the Finder on my Mac. I found it a major pain that I had to open up BBEdit, make a new document, then save it to where I wanted it, and then manually copy & rename the files back in the Finder. A lot of effort to get 7 or 8 empty files with different names. [Read more...]

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