Parental Controls in OS X were introduced in version 10.5 (Leopard) and provide settings to restrict the actions of certain users. One common consideration for parents is limiting the amount of time their children use the computer. We know as adults that what starts as ordering a stapler ends up three hour later with 15 new browser tabs open.. the internet is so compelling and vast. This Tech-Recipe will describe the options of time limits in OS X.
I am not exactly sure why Apple included a Japanese dictionary in OSX 10.5. If you would like to see it, here is how you enable it. By using these directions you can also add or remove the wikipedia and apple sections from the dictionary as well.
One of the new features of Mail 3.0 is the ability to use stationery. Adding a pretty theme or background to an outgoing messages is now painfully easy. I’m not sure that I like the idea of email stationery… cough, outlook, cough. However, in certain circumstances, it works well. Here how to add and remove stationery from your email messages.
Mac OS X Leopard includes new Parental Controls to help protect your children from computers (or help protect your computer from your children). In Apple’s way, this process is simple, but there are some options to consider. This recipe describes adding a new user account that will be under Parental Control and discusses some related concepts.
With the new version of address box in OS X 10.5, you are just one click away from mapping any address into Google Maps. Here is how easy it is…
Terminal junkies rejoice! Tabs are here, tabs are here! Like with the new iChat, OS X 10.5 finally allows terminal windows to be stacked in tabs. Taming all the multiple ongoing terminal sessions as never been easier…
In OS X 10.5 Apple has brought the iPod/iPhone style Cover Flow navigation system to Finder. When flipping through pictures, documents, or tunes, this can be a highly efficient way to navigate through a series of files.
Sometimes MightyQ needs to be online and chatting with fellow programmers without being visible to everybody. Why? Because if I see him online, I am chatting with him and slowly him down. In the Leopard version of iChat, you now can be online but invisible to our those on your buddy list.
In OS X 10.5, if you drag an file over an application icon and hit the space bar, the app will open for you. This makes drag-and-drop super easy. Here are a few screenshots to show how easy it is to use Leopard’s Spring Loaded Dock.
Included in Leopard’s Dictionary and Thesaurus is now the ability to search the wikipedia online database and through Apple terminology. Here are some examples.
By default, Mac OS X skips certain form fields when using the tab key. For example, when entering an address in a web form, the country field may be a pull-down menu. Heavy-duty tab users will have a rough time with this since tabbing through a form bypasses the use of pointing devices and makes life easier. However, if you know where to look in the system preferences, this is an easy setting to change.
Breadcrumb Navigation is a navigation technique used within an interface to give the user a sense of where they are located in a structure. Within a file navigation system, breadcrumbs give the user direct feedback into where the current working location is. This tutorial shows how to enable and use this navigation tool.
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