DailyApps » dock http://dailyapps.net One of the leading Technology Blogs in India. Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:12:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Leopard – Tips and Tricks http://dailyapps.net/2007/10/leopard-tips-and-tricks/ http://dailyapps.net/2007/10/leopard-tips-and-tricks/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:30:20 +0000 Karthik Kastury http://dailyapps.net/2007/10/leopard-tips-and-tricks/ Read The Rest →]]> Well the hackers are at it again, this time undoing the User Interface mess that Apple created with OS X Leopard. If you are one of the old time Mac Users, I am sure you have gotten used to an Opaque Finder, A Dock that is simple and has Triangular icons.. Well with Leopard Apple has removed all this and given us something that is flashy.. Well here are some tips that will restore your Dock and Finder to a state that you will love it even more.

Tip 1 : Get Rid of the 3D Dock

Well if you don’t like the 3D Dock and you want to get rid of it altogether then Open Terminal.app and execute the following commands,

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall Dock

This will get you the standard Dock that you have got used to. Well here is a screenshot of the dock that you will get after this hack.

 

Tip 2 : Get those Triangular Indicators back on the Dock

If you are a Mac Oldie, I am sure you have got accustomed to the tiny triangular indicators on the Dock and now that Leopard has done away with them, you want it back. Well this isn’t too hard at all. All you need to do is follow this well written tutorial from Mike.

Read : Leopard Dock with black triangle

Turns out that you need to just replace 3 files in the System, so it isn’t super hard to do..

 

Tip 3 : Get rid of the Menu Bar Transparency

Well this has to be the easiest of all. Just Download this file and install it on your Mac. When you run it choose Toggle Level to set the transparency to what ever you want. Sweet! isn’t it!

So I hope you enjoyed reading these small but helpful tips. Is there anything else about Leopard that you don’t like. then drop us a comment!

]]> http://dailyapps.net/2007/10/leopard-tips-and-tricks/feed/ 11 AWN – The Super Sexy Dock for Linux http://dailyapps.net/2007/10/awn-the-super-sexy-dock-for-linux/ http://dailyapps.net/2007/10/awn-the-super-sexy-dock-for-linux/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:00:28 +0000 Karthik Kastury http://dailyapps.net/2007/10/awn-the-super-sexy-dock-for-linux/ Read The Rest →]]> awn-weather-applet If you are a Mac OSX fan, I am sure you love the dock functionality of OS X. We have docks for Windows like Object Dock etc. but so far none of them have come up to terms with the OS X Dock. Well finally Linux has a dock, that I believe is a lot more better than the dock in OSX. I am not a Linux user, and I still use Windows XP as my default OS, but with every passing day, i am itching to try out Ubuntu.

I Have been building replacement software for everything that I use in Windows, and I can say that AWN(Awant Window Manager) is definitely a better Alternative to Objectdock. Just a couple of days ago, we saw the release of AWN 0.2 and here is what is new :

  • Icon Effects
    You can choose weather you want to have the dock icons bounce, spin or have a spotlight cast on them, when you click or hover over it.

  • AWN Manager
    A Unified interface to tweak all the settings and options that AWN has to offer.
  • Applets
    Applets are coming soon, You will be able to have Weather Docklets, Clock, System info, and OS X look alike Stacks.

Well if you aren’t impressed enough, then have a look at this video. The video demonstrates some of the effects that are possible with AWN.

So if you are a Linux user, go ahead and try out, AWN today.

Thanks Cybernet News

]]> http://dailyapps.net/2007/10/awn-the-super-sexy-dock-for-linux/feed/ 0 Trampoline – The Quickest Route to the Tools you Need http://dailyapps.net/2007/09/trampoline-the-quickest-route-to-the-tools-you-need/ http://dailyapps.net/2007/09/trampoline-the-quickest-route-to-the-tools-you-need/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:46:50 +0000 Karthik Kastury http://dailyapps.net/2007/09/trampoline-the-quickest-route-to-the-tools-you-need/ Read The Rest →]]> Trampoline Quick… what do you do most with your computer?

If you are like many of the Mac Users worldwide, then you are sure to have as many apps open as the Hardware permits. Maybe it’s Photoshop. Maybe it’s your favorite website. Maybe it’s Quickbooks. Maybe it’s iChatting with your grandson.

If you are like me, having atleast 5-6 apps open at a time, ofcourse the only difference would be that I’m on a PC and you on a Mac.

Chances are, though, that there are somewhere between 7 and 12 things you use your Mac for constantly.
…several times a day.
…over and over.
…often at the same time.
In fact, how many of them are running right now?

Trampoline Dock

2,3,4.. 5.

7,8,.. 10

You’ve just identified your core set of Mac tools. Yes, your computer may have dozens, or even hundreds of installed apps, and you use each of them when they’re necessary. Still, there’s a core set, a few select apps, documents, or web apps that you use all the time. You almost never close them. You move back and forth between them all day long. You want to get to them fast.

This is what Trampoline is for.
DOWNLOAD A FREE TRIAL COPY

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