First, a little refresher on how to grab a screenshot in Mac OS X. Press: Command + Shift + 3 to grab a screenshot of the whole screen. Press: Command + Shift + 4 to grab a screenshot of a portion of the screen by dragging a crosshair marker (that displays screen coordinates), and drawing…
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Scroll Inactive Windows When You Hover Over Them
SCENARIO You have two application windows open in Windows 10. In one window you are doing data entry. In another window you have multiple pages of information you are referencing, requiring frequent scrolling. You can only have one active window at a time, but you would like to keep the “data entry” window active while…
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Auto Update Copyright Year In Website Footer
Every year I have to go through my various WordPress blogs and update the copyright year in the footer. For example, Raving Roo started in 2013, so I display the copyright as “2013 – current year”. Well, why do something manually when a piece of code can do it for you? Simply replace the text…
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How To Auto Hide Menu Bar In Mac OS X El Capitan
Would you like just a little bit more screen real estate for your applications? Well, if you are running Mac OS X El Capitan you can now auto hide the menu bar. It works just like auto hide for the Dock, remaining hidden until you move your mouse to the edge of the screen. To…
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Show Hidden Files In Mac OS X Finder With This Command
By default, hidden files are, well, hidden in Finder on Mac OS X, and there is no method to enable viewing hidden files within the Preferences menu for Finder. But, there is a Terminal command you can use to enable viewing hidden files in Finder. In Terminal, type this command: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true After…
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How To: Transparent Terminal Window In Mac OS X
Two days ago, I showed you how to make a Windows 10 command prompt window transparent. Now I’ll show you how to make the Terminal window transparent in Mac OS X. 1. Open Terminal. 2. Click Preferences in the Terminal menu. 3. Click Profiles. 4. Click the + button on the bottom left to create…
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How To: Transparent Command Prompt In Windows 10
Say you have limited screen real estate, and you would prefer not to toggle between a command prompt and (for example) a browser tab. Maybe you are referencing command line instructions on a website and you would simply like to stay in the command prompt window and have it overlay the website. This can be…
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Finally, Apple Brings Mute and Pin Tabs To Safari
My browser of choice is Google Chrome. I like the cross-platform uniformity since I work on both Windows and Mac. However, Chrome is not exactly known to be miserly when it comes to battery consumption. So, a while back I experimented with using Safari instead of Chrome on my MacBook Air, and it did seem…
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