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Finder:
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Show hidden files and folders
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Enables the Finder to show all invisible files and folders. System folders (bin, sbin, private, usr, ...), as well as files and folder beginning with a dot (.Trashes, .DS_Store, .localized, ...), get visible.
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Add "Quit" item to Finder menu
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Adds the "Quit" menu item to the Finders application menu. (The Finder then can also be restarted by clicking the Finder icon in the Dock.)
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Hide Desktop
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Disables the displaying of your Desktop. Only use this to hide your desktop temporarily! (Deactivating the desktop might cause problems with some applications.)
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Use "Simple Finder"
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Reduces the Finder functionality to a minimum, and hides the desktop, open finder windows and volumes.
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Disable "My iDisk"
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Disables the .Mac iDisk access, even if a valid account is set in "System Preferences".
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Show opening effect
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Un-check to disable opening effects when double-clicking an item in the Finder.
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Window zooming effect
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Un-check to disable visual effects when opening or closing Finder windows.
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Animate selecting info panel items
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Un-check to disable visual effects when selecting info panel items.
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Animate snap to grid
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Un-check to disable visual effects when dragging files in the Finder.
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Disabling visual effects increases Finder performance.
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Changes take effect after restarting the Finder.
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Dock:
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Dock shadow (Mac OS X 10.3-10.4)
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Adds a shadow to the Dock.
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Show hidden files and folders
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Enables the Dock to show invisible files and folders when holding down the mouse button on a Dock folder (or control-click it).
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Transparent icons for hidden applications
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Enables the Dock to indicate hidden applications using transparent Dock icons.
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Dock Position
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Change the position of the Dock to left, right, bottom (default) or top.
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Dock Alignment
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Change the alignment of the Dock to start, center (default) or end.
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Minimizing Effect
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Change the minimizing effect of the Dock to Genie (default), Scale or Suck In.
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Disable 3D effect (Mac OS X 10.5)
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If you prefer the "old" two dimensional Dock, you can deactivate the 3D Dock here..
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Dock Color (Mac OS X 10.5)
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Choose a Dock color. Only applicable when the 3D Dock is active.
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Indicator Color (Mac OS X 10.5)
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Change the color of the Dock indicator, which highlights active applications.
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Dock Items (Mac OS X 10.5)
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Add special dock items in order to organize or extend the Dock. After a new dock item has been added (Dock restart required), you can place it anywhere in the Dock as usual. After adding a new "Recent items" dock item, you can define by control-click, what recent items (Application, Documents, ...) get displayed.
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Changes take effect after restarting the Dock.
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Exposé / Dashboard:
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Enable Blob for "Application Windows"
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Enables a always visible blue blob, which executes the Exposé "Application Windows" command by clicking it. Option-Click will execute the "All Windows" command.
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Show active screen corners
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Enabling will mark Exposés active screen corners with semitransparent quarter circles.
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Enable minimizing "Desktop"
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Changes the behavior of Exposés "Desktop" command, so that all windows will shrink to a small box instead of moving sideways. The minimized desktop can be positioned by mouse. (It leaves a "blind" section at the position of the minimized desktop. Items "behind" the position of the minimized desktop will not be clickable.)
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Deactivate Dashboard
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Deactivates the Dashboard so that it won't launch any widgets when clicking the dock icon.
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Enable development mode
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Activates the Dashboard development mode. This enables Dashboard widgets to be available all the time, instead of only when you have activated Dashboard via F12 (or whatever key you've assigned to Dashboard).
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Making a widget always visible:
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Activate Dashboard by pressing F12 (or equivalent). |
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Begin dragging the widget. |
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Press F12 again, before releasing the mouse button. |
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Drop the widget. |
Removing an always visible widget:
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Begin dragging the widget. |
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Activate Dashboard by pressing F12 (or equivalent). |
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Drop the widget inside the Dashboard. |
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Changes take effect after restarting the Dock.
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Global:
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Screen Capture
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Define the image file type and customize the default file name for screenshots.
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Permissions
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Define the default permissions when the Finder or other applications are creating new files and folders.
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Scroll arrows
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Define the standard position of the scroll arrows for all windows.
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Crash reporter
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Define the "Crash Reporter" action when an applications crashes.
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Changes take effect after re-login or after restarting the computer.
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Login:
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Users
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Define the list of users that should be available in the login window.
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Options
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Disable the password hint, power buttons or the console login for the login window. Enabling the "kiosk mode" disables all standard power functions system widely.
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Login Text
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Define a greeting text that appears in the login window.
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Changes take effect when the "Automatic Login" is disabled.
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Startup:
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Startup mode
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Define the standard startup mode for your system. The "Verbose" mode shows diagnostic messages during startup. The "Safe Mode" forces the computer to start without system extensions. The "Single User" mode prevents the system to startup regularly, and leads to a command line access only. This is very useful for troubleshooting, but needs some knowledge about UNIX command lines. To leave the single user mode, type the word "exit" and press enter.
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Options (recommended for developers only)
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Enabling "Write kernel panic to screen" forces the system to display kernel panic messages when the kernel crashes. The "Use power buttons as programmer's switch" options defines the standard power button as programmer's switch (NMI), and should be applied by developers only. Enabling "Use single processor only" forces multi processor systems only to use the first processor (CPU).
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Memory (recommended for developers only)
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Specify the maximal accessible memory size of the built-in main memory.
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Changes take effect after restarting the computer.
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Disk:
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File System Journaling
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Enabling disk journaling increases file system security. Disabling disk journaling increases disk performance, but decreases file system security. Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 automatically enables disk journaling during the boot process.
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Disk Spindown Time
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Set a separate spindown time for your hard disks. Battery power settings are only applicable on portable macs (iBook, PowerBook, MacBook).
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Changes take effect immediately.
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Extras:
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Hidden application preferences
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Several applications provide hidden features that can't be activated through the application user interface. Choose an application from the popup menu to get an ouverview of the available extra feautes.
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Changes take effect after restarting the respective application.
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