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Changing the look of Stacks
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Now I have read a lot of complaints on stacks and such. I myself don't really have too much of a problem . The only issue I see is that stacks show what was placed last into the folder. I would just like to see an "Applications" Folder, or "Downloads" Folder, etc.
Well if you're feeling the same way as I do, I have found a cool article. It doesn't necessarily change the way stacks show on the dock, but more or less places the whole stack in a cool bin.
Stacks Overlay
I have yet to try this, but I am going to as soon as I get time. I just wanted to share the article with you guys who are feeling the same way about stacks.
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all we were, and are we have done- just zeros and ones.
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Thank You Sooooooooooo Much!
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Clever!
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In this code for the Terminal, I get the 20200101, but what is the 0101.01? Are those hours, minutes and seconds?
touch -mt 202001010101.01
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Originally Posted by Curiosity
In this code for the Terminal, I get the 20200101, but what is the 0101.01? Are those hours, minutes and seconds?
touch -mt 202001010101.01
Entering "man touch" will bring up the manual for the touch utility:
Originally Posted by touch manpage
-t The argument should be in the
form ``[[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]'' where each pair of letters represents the following:
CC The first two digits of the year (the century).
YY The second two digits of the year. If ``YY'' is specified, but ``CC'' is not, a
value for ``YY'' between 69 and 99 results in a ``CC'' value of 19. Otherwise, a
``CC'' value of 20 is used.
MM The month of the year, from 1 to 12.
DD the day of the month, from 1 to 31.
hh The hour of the day, from 0 to 23.
mm The minute of the hour, from 0 to 59.
SS The second of the minute, from 0 to 61.
Fields in square brackets are optional and can be omitted.
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step by step guide please? I'm not afraid of Terminal but I really want to know how to do this.
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Anybody successfully change their stacks yet? I have been doing homework all weekend. I'm hoping to get a chance at this Tuesday.
Originally Posted by I WAS the One
step by step guide please? I'm not afraid of Terminal but I really want to know how to do this.
Even though I've used terminal quite a bit in Linux, it still makes me a little nervous putting in commands that I don't know, so I know how you feel. I have had some pretty terrible experiences lol.
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but the idea looks very Apple don't you think? It's something so cool that I don't know why Apple doesn't come with it first... it's like finishing the stacks feature... I'm desperate to add this hack on my new iMac!
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Is there any way to 'touch' the files to modify the "date added" date? The whole thing that makes stacks useful for downloads (for me) is that it puts the last download at the top. Simply changing to 'date modified' doesn't always do that because different files you download have different modification dates.
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Saw this yesterday at DaringFireball. It's a clever solution.
I didn't both with the "touch" stuff. I just named them + and threw each into the relevant stack.
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nice idea, overall.
i named my folders with a space, so no text.
still, adds an extra folder to each stack...
hope apple gets stacks together soon...
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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Thanks, entrox.
That was what I thought.
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The easiest way to implement these is to place the icon in the folder you use in your dock and rename the icon file "0.app". Thats a zero. it will always be the front of your stacks. Be sure to sort by "name".
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Or put a space before the name. That works better than 0 I think. The space will always come before 0.
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I LOVE IT!!! check it out how it looks! I wonder if someone can do a hack that the icon keeps in the dock and all of the stuff fan out!
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yo can do that just replace the stacks icon with the folder bucket icon.
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they would all look the same, but anyhoo
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When I get Leopard, I will do this. I'll just use the blank bins, so it will look the same.
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Originally Posted by adamfishercox
When I get Leopard, I will do this. I'll just use the blank bins, so it will look the same.
What are you waiting for?
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For it to arrive in the mail .
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Originally Posted by adamfishercox
For it to arrive in the mail .
snail mail I take it
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Priority. i bought it here friday. I'm a bargain hunter. I never planned to pay $129.
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Originally Posted by adamfishercox
Priority. i bought it here friday. I'm a bargain hunter. I never planned to pay $129.
Is it brand new or did someone already installed it and sold it? It's not like Apple knows if it has the OS is already installed on one machine because you don't have to register to complete the installation of the OS.
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What's with the sig? It's misleading, you haven't installed Leopard yet.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
Or put a space before the name. That works better than 0 I think. The space will always come before 0.
I went with space 0 just to mega sure
And I love these icons. They actually make sense! I hope Apple steals them soon.
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