Mac OS X Leopard users have been looking for a way to make the Leopard sidebar icons larger. We’ve seen quite a few emails asking us if there is a way. However, there is no current way to make the Sidebar icons bigger. We urge you to let your Leopard desires be known to Apple.
Enable or disable Mac OS X: Leopard from prompting for a password after waking up from a screen saver or sleep.
1. Open System Preferences.
2. Open Security under the Personal section.
3. Click the System button.
4. To disable the password prompt, uncheck the box for Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver. To enable it, place a check in the box.
How to enable or disable the built in Mac OS X: Leopard firewall.
1. Open System Preferences.
2. Open Security under the Personal section.
3. Click the Firewall button.
4. Do one of the following:
5. Close System Preferences when you’re finished.
Make RSS feed headlines into a screen saver in Mac OS X: Leopard.
1. Open System Preferences…
2. Open Desktop & Screen Saver.
3. Click the Screen Saver tab.
4. In the left-hand pane, choose RSS Visualizer.
5. Click the Options… button to choose your a feed. Close the pane when you are finished.
How to add a BlueTooth device in Mac OS X: Leopard.
1. Open System Preferences > Bluetooth.
2. Ensure Bluetooth Power and Discoverable is turned on.
3. Click the + button.
4. Click the kind of device you have, and click Continue.
5. Click the name of the device you are adding, and click Continue.
6. You may get a prompt to enter a password. Enter the password for the device you are adding. The password should be either on the BlueTooth device or in the manual. Follow prompts on the device if necessary.
By default, Time Machine performs a backup every 3600 seconds. You can change this setting with Terminal commands. This example sets it to 9600 seconds.
1. Launch Terminal from the Utilities folder.
2. Type the following and press Return or Enter on your keyboard.
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto StartInterval -int 9600
Now Time Machine will backup your items every 9600 seconds. You can change the 9600 value to whatever you like.
How to change the workgroup name in Mac OS X: Leopard.
1. Open System Preferences from the Apple menu.
2. Open the Network icon in the Internet & Network area.
3. Select the network connection you use to connect to the Windows network.
4. Click Advanced.
5. Click WINS.
6. Type the name of the Windows workgroup in the Workgroup field.
7. Click OK and then click Apply.
In Mac OS X: Leopard, the System Profiler can be used to find technical specs on your mac such as the processor type and speed, type of cache, and the file system. For you Windows users, it’s basically the same as the System Information application. There are many ways to open the System Profiler:
A problem can sometimes occur where iCal doesn’t open. The screen flashes briefly, but never opens. Try the following steps to fix this problem.
1. Navigate to Home/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache.
2. Trash all of the files in the Calendar Cache directory.
Now try iCal, it should work fine.
You have a problem opening the Keyboard & Mouse Preferences. It just stays at Loading Keyboard & Mouse.
To fix this problem, try the following:
1. Navigate to User/Library/Preferences.
2. Delete the com.apple.systempreferences.plist file.
Now you should be able to access the Keyboard & Mouse Preferences. This will also fix any problems you may experience with function keys on your keyboard such as F1 through F12 not working.
How to make Leopard show or don’t show desktop icons for CD’s, DVD’s or iPod.
1. While in the Finder windows, select Finder > Preferences.
2. Select General at the top.
3. Under Show these items on the Desktop, check or uncheck the box next to CDs, DVDs, and iPod
When you start Max OS X Leopard, the Setup Assistant appears. After filling it out and clicking Done, it still remains on your screen and won’t go away. Attempts to Force Quit the application doesn’t work either.
To solve this issue, you will need to restart your Mac in Safe Mode by holding down the Shift key while it starts. Once you are in under Safe Mode, go to the Setup Assistant menu and quit.
Restart the computer and it shouldn’t bother you anymore.
How to enable FTP file sharing in Max OS X Leopard.
1. Open System Preferences.
2. Open Sharing under Internet & Network.
3. Click once on File Sharing on the left pane.
4. Click the Options button.
5. Click the check box next to Share files and folders using FTP.
6. Click Done.
7. Check the box next to File Sharing. File Sharing services will then start. You can use the Shared Folders and Users areas on the Sharing pane to set which users have access to which resources.
Now people can connect to your Mac using FTP by using ftp://youripaddress
How to set the IP address manualy in Mac OS X Leopard.
1. Open System Preferences.
2. Open Network under the Internet & Network section.
3. Select Ethernet on the left pane.
4. Select Manually in the Configure drop-down menu.
5. Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, DNS, and Search Domains information.
6. Click Apply, and you’re done.
How to enable Bluetooth Sharing in Mac OS X Leopard.
1. Open System Preferences.
2. Open Sharing under the Internet & Network area.
3. Under the Services area, check the box for Printer Sharing.
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