A few random shortcuts I use on a daily basis…1 You can specify a unix path with the go to folder command in Finder? ⌘-⇧-G Using ⌘-1 through 9 in Safari will take you to your Bookmarks Bar bookmarks. Folders will be ignored in the numbering If you’re in a file selection dialog you can [...]

MacVim comes with a clever script called mvim which allows you to open files in MacVim via the command line (much like mate for TextMate). This is a wonderful tool, but does possess some idiosyncrasies. It creates a new window (rather than a new tab) when you invoke it and it also won’t take stdin [...]

Update: A version of NTFS-3G with native 64-bit PrefPane support has been released. The instructions below have been left for archival purposes, but are no longer required. I use NTFS-3G + MacFUSE to write to NTFS disks on occasion, but I hate restarting System Preferences just to run a 32-bit PrefPane when I want to [...]

When my work laptop was originally set up the short name was set to “paul kehrer”. This space tends to cause issues with poorly written applications, especially on the command line, so I set out to change it. Prior to Leopard this was a difficult task best accomplished with ChangeShortName, but with Leopard you can [...]

This one is pretty basic, but nonetheless very important. As OS X laptops become more prevalent among less technical users I’ve noticed that there are quite a few people who aren’t aware that right click is available on their laptop. To enable this in Leopard (10.5)1, open system preferences, select the trackpad prefpane and check [...]

A coworker got a Macbook Pro for work today and he immediately noticed that by default you can’t tab through all controls in OS X. Enter Full Keyboard Access! To enable this incredibly useful feature open System Preferences, select Keyboard & Mouse, and then choose Keyboard Shortcuts. At the bottom of the window you’ll notice [...]