Mac OS X 10.5 Tricks – Quick Look preview content of folder in semi-transparent
Quick Look is a quick preview feature which was introduced in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Quick look allow us to preview the files, multiple page documents and video with opening them. You just have to select the files in the Finder and press the Space bar to preview it.
Today, i will going to show you a trick on Quick look. This trick called X-Ray Folder. This feature is hidden by default. We need to enable it through Terminal. Normally when we Quick Look on folder, it will show the regular folder icon. But if you enable X-Ray Folder feature, the folder icon will be semi-transparent, with previews of the folder’s contents visible in the Quick Look window. Read more
Secure Empty Trash in Mac OS X 10.5
Normal user when they want to delete their files, they will drag their files to Trash and select Empty Trash. But, after you empty the Trash, deleted files can be recovered using data-recovery software. Empty Trash just free the space that occupies by your deleted data and let the Mac OS X to use the free space to write the new files or data.
To delete files so that they cannot be recovered, choose Finder > Secure Empty Trash Read more
Mac OS X Finder tips – Show all files extensions
By default, Mac OS X hire all files extension. If you want to show file extensions, just choose to show extensions for all files.
First, select Preferences from your Finder menu or used the keyboard shortcut <command> + <,> to open Finder Preferences window.
