This is a neat little trick. Like quite a few things on your Mac the cool features are hidden away. Although this tricks is rather simple it is fun to do. As well as this there is quite a lot of detail to be had by looking through the files (which I think are written in some form of C).
The first step is to open up Terminal. No hidden feature would be without good old Terminal.
Terminal, the wonder app, can do pretty much anything. This post is going to show you how you can unzip files using Terminal. I will also show you how you can can combine commands to download and unzip files really quickly. Its really simple to complete. You may want to use Terminal since you can access extra options which you may normally be hidden away from you.
A while ago I mentioned about finding help pages in Terminal. Where by using the “man” command plus the name of the Terminal program you want to find out about you can view its information. What actually happens is Terminal goes onto theInternet and finds the help page online. Since it is going online why don’t you surf the site directly?
This tip was submitted by Sam. If you have any tips you want to share please contact me and I would be happy to talk to you. This tip is designed to automatically change your dock design every so often, automatically. I have posted before about changing your dock design. This post is designed so your dock will change automatically.
A while ago I mentioned about a method of hiding folders by making a folder into a dot folder. Dot folders are by default hidden on a Mac, since they are usually represented by being system files and folders. Making the directories and then moving files and folders is a bit difficult and long winded. Especially if you have a folder with hundreds of files inside of it. This method is going to use the actual method used by your system. It involved changing the folder and file flags.
This post sort of follows on from the previous post. If you have ever tried to take a picture of the screen saver you may find it quite hard. Every time you press the key commands your screensaver or other application may change and disappear. Although you could use grab for this, thats boring to use. This trick will use a small Terminal command that can take timed screenshots.
