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[aufa333]

i wanted to share some stuff i use/have (scripts and such) for everyone to use which i believe will make things much easier for you with your MAC and hopefully it will help you get things faster and better.

 

*As am a windows user in the 1st place so having a key combination for everything is a must so most of what you will find here is a try to have the same approach but this time on MAC.

(btw all the infos here are a personal preference which means you can use them or use any equivalent to them or even not using them at all ,its up to you).

 

 

1-The Apps.

*you need to get some apps which will make your life much easier because MAC is so lame when it comes to keyboard shortcuts and you have to be using your mouse pretty much in everything ,most of you already knows them but i will state them just in case >

(Apptivate "for the shortcuts keys" / QuickSilver "also for some key combinations + much much more" / Boom "for boosting the sound specially if you are using a laptop” / QuickPick "works same way as quick-luncher on Lion" / Neu “to make new text files - very very useful" / HyperDock "to have a prev of the open apps at the dock - same as on windows").

 

2-The Scripts.

 

*because i use the Volume up/down a lot ,i had to find something else than using the lame volume bar every time i want to turn the Vol up “i know Mac KB have that already AM a HACKINTOSHER ppl = nothing is easy for us” ,anyway i found a couple of volume scripts for that purpose and they work so well ,they will turn the volume up or down by 10% or you can change it to your likeness (i added the normal volume increment too + mute just in case u dont like the 10% thing). http://cl.ly/021C2k2i1h1Z2h1i0i2R

 

*Mac don’t have a global option like on windows to show the file extensions nor to hide them ,so again i found those 2 scripts + add some minor changes to them ,all you have to do is just drag and drop your folders/files over the script and you are done. http://cl.ly/1o252P1l410j0o2w262q

 

*changing the wallpaper on MAC is a real pain ,not like windows where you have it in your context menu ,so i had to find a solution for that and gladly i did and what it does is it changes 1 pic every time you execute the script ,very very handy script when you have lots of wallpapers ,2 thing to be sure of > is you have to put your pictures in (/Library/Desktop Pictures) or the script wont work beside having your walls in there have many advantages & Enable Change Picture+Rondom Order in System Prefs ,in the package you will have 2 files (>1 for osx and 1 for Lion because using the same script on Lion made it go in infinite loop). http://cl.ly/1U2N1p3r042u3N2T3K1Z

 

*for the ppl who are using “Silverscreen_by_bogo-d” which is a Finder sidebar icon mod for Lion & you are using TotalFinder like myself ,because TF work automatically on the login and you cant do anything about that unless you manually quite it and reopened it again you cant have this mod working ,so i made a script that do that for you ,all you need to do is to assign it as a login item. http://cl.ly/3b0I2K2m3v1C3C3r3q2n

 

3-The Shortcuts.

>if you use the MAC keyboard then you don’t need the volume shortcuts but if not then use those.

>the shortcuts mentioned below are the ones am using ,you are free to use any other.

 

*install QuickPick and F1 will be automatically assigned to it ,add all your regular apps to it ,its faster this way than opening your chaotic applications folder everytime you need something.

 

*install Apptivate and assign the Volume up to something like F2 and Volume down to F3 as you wont be using them anyway.

>assign the Finder app to (Win Logo Key+E) < this way its the same as opening explorer window on windows .

 

*install Boom and assign F7 for Boosting up and F8 for down.

 

*install QuickSilver and get this plugin DeMinimizer Module http://qs0.qsapp.com...gIn&version=139 and install it @ (/Users/xxx/Library/Application\ Support/Quicksilver/PlugIns) ,then open QS and assign ,Minimize all Windows to (Win Logo Key+D) < this way it also works as on windows & assign Restore all Minizied windows to F6.

 

*you can assign the Dashboard to F9 / Expose all windows to F10 / Expose DeskTop to F11.

 

*for the (shutdown/restart/Logoff) i use something call Dockables which is a punch of very useful scripts , assign everyone of them with Apptivate and use the (Print Scr,Scroll Lock ,Pause) they don’t work on Mac anyway.

 

*install Neu and assign create & open keys to (Win Logo Key+Pad plus key).

 

*assign the Wallpaper Script to F5.

 

*Finally assign the ActivityMonitor to (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) < as it works same as task mngr on windows.

 

 

>>>hopefully i post it in the right place .