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Leopard Configuration IV

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Technology: Saturday April 26, 2008

  1. Map the Caps Lock key to a second Control key via System Preferences.
  2. To be Continued …

The full configuration list can be viewed at my MacBook Configuration Log.


Leopard Configuration III

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Technology: Sunday March 16, 2008

  1. Configure Apple Mail to properly share folders with FastMail
    1. Start Mail
    2. Select the appropriate IMAP folder
    3. From the Mail menu, select Mailbox → Use This Mailbox For →
  2. Clean some of the unused cruft from my Finder Sidebar. Select the Sidebar in the Finder Preferences and clear:
    1. Devices → iDisk
    2. Shared → Connected Servers
    3. Places → Documents
  3. Set the display to a 2.2 gamma
  4. Change my default shell to /bin/zsh:
    chsh -s /bin/zsh
  5. To be continued …

The full configuration list may be viewed at my MacBook Configuration Log

26 Apr: Leopard Configuration part IV


Leopard Configuration II

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Technology: Saturday March 8, 2008

  1. Pick a new desktop background via System Preferences
  2. Change the Login Window background image:
    sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow DesktopPicture /Users/dwight/Documents/Wallpaper/Balto.jpg
    A picture of Balto in Central Park during the Gates.
  3. Keep the dock from sliding around as icons are added:
    defaults write $HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock pinning start
  4. To be continued …

The full configuration list can be viewed at my MacBook Configuration Log.

16 Mar: Leopard Configuration part 3


Leopard!

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Technology: Saturday March 1, 2008

Well, enough dilly-dallying about. It was finally time to upgrade to Leopard. Rather than upgrade in place, I decided that this was my excuse to update my hardware a bit – I upgraded from the stock 1G Ram/80G disk to 4G RAM/120G disk (3G addressable/7200 rpm).

With my new hard disk in place, I started the clean install. After defining a new primary user and importing user settings, I was back in business. Now it was time to start the configuration process:

  1. Name the computer: sudo hostname -s truckasaurus
    sudo scutil ––set ComputerName truckasaurus
    sudo scutil ––set LocalHostName truckasaurus
  2. Remove the hard disk icon from my desktop via Finder Preferences
  3. to be continued …

8 Mar: The hostname command only affects the LocalHostName – and that only temporarily. Use scutil instead.
8 Mar: Leopard Configuration part 2