Welcome to the MacNN Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

You are here: MacNN Forums > Software - Troubleshooting and Discussion > macOS > Terminal

Terminal
Thread Tools
Matt OS X
Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2003
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Nov 20, 2003, 04:24 PM
 
I was reading "Expose Hidden Feature " in this forum. I find this is very cool. And was wondering if there's more nifty things that I could learn about using Terminal ?

Thanks

PS- and one more thing- how can I type Expose with small line above of 'e' at the end of Expose word?

"Unfortunately, no one can be told what Mac OS X is... you must see it for yourself."
     
Turias
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Minnesota
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Nov 20, 2003, 04:28 PM
 
Originally posted by Matt OS X:
PS- and one more thing- how can I type Expose with small line above of 'e' at the end of Expose word?
Option-e followed by an e
     
dagaz
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Nov 20, 2003, 05:50 PM
 
With the Terminal you can unlock a whole heap of "hidden" features of OS X. Two really good introductions to using Unix in OS X are:
1)http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/
2)http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/ma...ions/unix.html

Once you get started with these, the sky's no limit.
Not compatible with Windows
     
Turias
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Minnesota
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Nov 20, 2003, 05:55 PM
 
There's also MacOSXHints, which has a huge archive of cool things you can do, both with the terminal and without. Just start browsing the archives.

My favorite one from there is the following, which adds a cool transparency effect to hidden apps in the dock:

Code:
defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -bool true
Then, login and logout or force the dock to restart!

If you don't like it, run the same command with "false" instead of "true" to get the Dock back to normal.
     
Matt OS X  (op)
Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2003
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Nov 20, 2003, 07:34 PM
 
Excellent.. I'm getting there.

"Unfortunately, no one can be told what Mac OS X is... you must see it for yourself."
     
Matt OS X  (op)
Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2003
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Nov 20, 2003, 10:29 PM
 
These links are helpful and I'm wondering if there's more quick short hints like the dock I just learned?

Thanks in advance.

"Unfortunately, no one can be told what Mac OS X is... you must see it for yourself."
     
   
 
Forum Links
Forum Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Top
Privacy Policy
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:15 AM.
All contents of these forums © 1995-2017 MacNN. All rights reserved.
Branding + Design: www.gesamtbild.com
vBulletin v.3.8.8 © 2000-2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.,