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Mac 101: Use Archive Utility preferences for control over archives

by TJ Luoma (Oct 21st, 2010)

Most users know that you can easily create .zip files in OS X by selecting a file in Finder and choosing File » Compress "FileNameHere" or by control+clicking the file and choosing the same option from the context menu. You can open .zip (and other archive formats such as gzip, tar, and ...

StartupSound.prefPane

by Scott McNulty (Dec 28th, 2006)

This one is for all you folks who hate the OS X startup sound. StartupSound.prefPane allows you to control the volume of the startup chime on any Mac running OS X 10.4 or later. This little prefPane is in beta, and the developer recommends that you back up your important data before you install it ...