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TechTool Pro Brings OS X Lion to a Crawl

contributed by David Kirk on August 15, 2011 under Apple Mac

Since installing OS X Lion, many users have contacted me with speed issues after the upgrade. It took us a while to find the common thread. It appears that the very common Mac maintenance and repair utility, TechTool Pro, is incompatible with Lion. Users are noticing incredibly slow application openings, spinning beach balls, slow Time Machine saves, and excessive spotlight reloads. Unfortunately, removing this software can be difficult. Here are the steps to do it.

OS X Lion: Create a New Folder Containing Selected Files

contributed by Rob Rogers on August 12, 2011 under Apple Mac

In the past, if you wanted to organize your files, you needed to create a new folder then move your selected files to it. Lion makes this much easier, letting you select all the files you need to and then creating a folder containing these items.

OS X Lion: How to Change Launchpad’s Background (Wallpaper) Effect

contributed by Rob Rogers on August 7, 2011 under Apple Mac

By using a simple keyboard combination, you can change the background effect for Launchpad to make it more to your liking. The effects include either color or black and white versions of normal or blurred.

OS X Lion: Disable the New Window Animation

contributed by Rob Rogers on August 6, 2011 under Apple Mac

Lion’s new window animation is fairly subtle, but still, there are those that dislike it. Basically, the animation grows the new window from a tiny version of itself. Here’s how to go about disabling it.

OS X Lion: Disable Resume for Safari or Chrome to Improve Browser Startup Time

contributed by Rob Rogers on August 3, 2011 under Apple Mac

If like using Resume for your other apps but want to greatly improve the the startup time for your web browser, you can disable Resume for Safari and/or Chrome while keeping it enabled for your other applications.

OS X Lion: How to Easily Open a New Terminal or Terminal Tab at a Folder

contributed by Rob Rogers on August 2, 2011 under Apple Mac

If you use Terminal quite a bit, there’s two services that you should enable. They will make it simple to open Terminal (or a Terminal Tab) at a specific folder instead of having to type out the path in Terminal itself.

OS X Lion: How to Select Multiple Ranges of Files in Finder

contributed by Rob Rogers on July 31, 2011 under Apple Mac

If you need to move or copy a large number of files from a folder to another location, selecting multiple ranges will save you lots of time compared to selecting each individual file.

OS X Lion: How to Disable the Screen Flash in Photo Booth

contributed by Rob Rogers on July 30, 2011 under Apple Mac

If you find that Photo Booth’s screen flash is negatively impacting your photos, you can disable this function without having to rely on the old trick of holding down the Shift key.

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