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Leopard: Stop Application Icons from Bouncing on the Dock When Launched

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 28, 2008 under Mac OS X Leopard

When you launch an application, its dock icon will bounce until the application appears. If you find this annoying, you can easily get rid of it and be done with this distraction.

OS X Activity Monitor: Monitoring CPU, Network, Disk or Memory Usage from the Dock

contributed by Rob Rogers on November 18, 2008 under Mac OS X Leopard

The Activity Monitor is quite useful for pulling up the CPU, System Memory, and Network activity as well as Disk Activity and Disk Usage. The dock icon can be a useful tool all on its own, without having to keep the Activity Monitor window up and running. You can view CPU History as well as CPU, Disk, Memory, or Network Usage.

OS X: Quick Pop-Up Dictionary

contributed by David Kirk on October 27, 2008 under Mac OS X Leopard

OS X now contains a very helpful, pop-up dictionary. It works in textedit, safari, and terminal.

Leopard: Using Preview to Make Screenshots

contributed by Rob Rogers on October 8, 2008 under Mac OS X Leopard

By using Preview’s Grab utility, you can easily make screenshots of your Mac desktop and application windows. While you can use various keyboard shortcuts to take screenshots, it is sometimes easier to use mouseclicks instead of the keyboard. Another advantage is that Preview gives you the option of taking timed screenshots that allow you 10 seconds to set up your shot before it snaps the screenshot.

Leopard: Force Ejection of a DVD or CD

contributed by Rob Rogers on September 15, 2008 under Mac OS X Leopard

If you have the misfortune of having a DVD or CD stuck in your drive, here’s a tip that will work in most cases.

Leopard: How to Relaunch Finder

contributed by Rob Rogers on September 12, 2008 under Mac OS X Leopard

If Finder is misbehaving you probably think you need to restart your computer. Usually you can fix the problem by relaunching Finder itself. This saves a lot of time since the relaunch only takes seconds to do.

Mail.app: Have Your Email Read to You

contributed by Rob Rogers on under Mac OS X Leopard

At times, it would be nice to have your email read to you while you do other things. Leopard’s Mail.app will read aloud any email(s) you select from your Inbox.

Mail.app: How to Bounce a Message to the Sender

contributed by Rob Rogers on September 1, 2008 under Mac OS X Leopard

If you receive an email from someone that you really wish didn’t have your email address, you can make them think that they don’t. By using the Bounce functionality that is included in the OS X mail client to fool the pest into thinking that their email did not reach the intended goal. The sender will receive a notification that the email was not delivered because the addresses had permanent fatal errors and the user is unknown.

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