One of the features I am used to having is a quick way to lock the computer. In Gnome (Linux), it’s typically Ctrl+Alt+L. In Windows, it’s Windows+L. In OS X, it’s… uh… a secret? I thought for sure I could just hit Command+L, but that wasn’t it, so I asked Google. [...]
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Open Images With Preview Not Photoshop
One very frustrating feature of OS X is that saving an image in Photoshop will cause the “open with” action to use Photoshop. In other words, you can double-click an image to open it in Preview, but if it’s been edited in Photoshop, it instead opens in Photoshop. This is really irritating since [...]
Mac OS X Mouse Acceleration
When I first starting using OS X on my work machine a few years ago, the first thing that immediately bothered me was the behavior of the mouse. When quickly moving across the screen from one item to another, the mouse worked fine, but as soon as I started slowing down, the cursor speed practically [...]
Vim “No Identifier Under Cursor” Arrow Keys Problem
Recently, I started to have problems with Vim on my machine at work (a 24″ iMac), running OS X 10.5.7 and SSH’ing into a CentOS Linux server. The arrow keys did not have the correct functionality. Instead they would give errors such as “no identifier under cursor” and the session would freeze momentarily. I noticed [...]