Dr Wingnut

Tag: Mac

  • Locking my Mac

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    For quite some time, I’ve used Quicksilver to host a trigger that allowed me to lock my Mac with the option-l keystroke, but recently I decided that that wasn’t good enough, so I wrote a little AppleScript that I tied to the trigger that also pauses iTunes.  This way I can lock my machine, and…

  • Why would you use fast user switching on Mac

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    Give presentations: If you give presentations using your Mac, a presentation account is a must-have.  No need to let your audience see your messy desktop, or the contents of your hard drive.  Create a presentation account, and use that account when presenting.  That way you’ll show no messy desktop—only the stock OS X files you…