Mac OS X

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A personal list of software, configuration and tweaks to make Mac OS X even better.

Configuration

Screen Sharing

Screen Sharing is normally hidden in the library folder, so I like to drag it to the Dock for easy access. Use the Finder's Go To command to go to /System/Library/CoreServices and drag Screen Sharing to the Dock, or create an alias to it and put it in Applications.

Also, Screen Sharing has some hidden features that come it quite handy (thanks to this Macworld hint):

Enable a network browser for machines offering Screen Sharing session:

defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing ShowBonjourBrowser_Debug 1

Enable a toolbar with additional functions:

defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing \
'NSToolbar Configuration ControlToolbar' -dict-add 'TB Item Identifiers' \
'(Scale,Control,Share,Curtain,Capture,FullScreen,GetClipboard,SendClipboard,Quality)

Additional Software

Things I like to add:

  • Perian - Additional QuickTime codecs for common formats
  • XQuartz - development version of the X11 package included in 10.5, updated by the main Apple developer