We last covered Mac Pilot when version 2 dropped several years ago and now Koingo Software is back with a Mac Pilot 3 which adds hundreds of new features bringing the total to over 600. Fully compatible with Leopard, Mac Pilot provides a convenient GUI interface for modifying tons of hidden settings that are generally only available through the terminal.Want to drag a file to another folder and copy it instead of moving it? Press the Option key when you drag that file and it'll be duplicated rather than moved entirely.
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Big John said 11:21AM on 4-28-2008
See, now there is a worthwhile piece of software for $19.95. The authors that charge similar prices (or for that reason, any price over $free.99) for just a few little configuration changes. Thanks for passing this along.
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conigs said 11:33AM on 4-28-2008
Does this provide $19.95 worth of modifications that the recently released Secrets does for free?
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alansky said 11:41AM on 4-28-2008
Computers are, by nature, so complex that anything the user can do to simplify is to his (or her) advantage. In my experience, users who install glitzy add-ons like this one end up with System problems that require professional assistance. Pimp your car, not your computer!
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Big John said 4:34PM on 4-28-2008
This isn't exactly APE we're talking about here. They're terminal tweaks that flip a switch from 'on' to 'off' or the opposite.
Simon Arch said 12:41PM on 4-28-2008
All I need to know is this: Can it turn of the @#$*ing annoying tooltips in the Finder? That's all I want. I'd pay $20 to be able to do that.
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Big John said 4:35PM on 4-28-2008
What tooltips are you talking about?
Simon Arch said 5:09PM on 4-28-2008
The ones which pop up over file names in list view. If a file name is too long, the Finder "helpfully" forces the information on you, even if you didn't WANT it.
Come to think of it, I don't like ANY tooltips, EVER, in any application. I'm not new to this game, Apple. I've been using computers since 1979. I *THINK* I can tell what the eject button in iTunes does. Stop treating your users like you think they're brain-damaged idiots.
Zachary Hinchliffe said 10:04PM on 4-28-2008
yes but not everyone has been using computers since 1979, and that's what they are for. an option to turn them off for seasoned users would be nice, though.
Simon Arch said 11:01PM on 4-28-2008
Yes...I believe that's what I wanted. The system should be configurable by the user. You should be able to choose "Babysit me" mode and "Get the hell out of my way and let me get to work" mode, and probably a couple levels in between for good measure.
Libb said 1:19PM on 4-28-2008
I got Mac Pilot way back when as a heist reward in MacHeist. (I believe it was MH1, I kick it old-school.)
It was a pretty good app, although between it, Onyx (freeware utility that covers much of the same functionality), and Cocktail (got it as part of the MacUpdate/MacHeist SkunkWorks bundle, and they even gave me a free upgrade to the Leopard-compatible version), I think I have enough hidden feature tweakers to go around, unless MP3.0 brings some insanely great feature that I've never seen before.
(I'd like to find a way to recover my original side-screen Dock throbbers, I tried out Leopard Dock skinning back when it involved messing around with the Dock.app/Resources folder, and I lost the active app throbber image for when the Dock is on the side of the screen - now I have no idea what is running... Before you say it - my Time Machine is set to exclude System Files, and I'm too lazy to reinstall Leopard, although given how long I've been running this install I should. Maybe I'll just do an Archive and Install over my current install, worked fine for the upgrade from 10.4 to 10.5...)
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Halopend said 7:24AM on 4-29-2008
The application Dock Library, http://www.dativestudios.com/docklibrary/ has the original images backed-up internally so just open it and you can restore the entire Dock to it's default state. Note that if you just want the indicators back they are in a zip file inside the resources of dock library itself.