Thanks for your replied guys.
I had 3 "geniuses" stumped at the Apple store today - the 4th guy finally fixed it.
Simply go to Finder->Preferences->Advanced
There's a check box that says "Empty Trash Securely". Little did I know that checking this would completely remove the...
Thanks for the quick response!
I tried to download OnyX but it seems all of the distributions for Snow Leopard are corrupt disk images :(
I've tried several other suggestions to fix this but no luck. I have an appointment with a "Genius" at the Mac Store today anyway so I'll ask them.
I did...
Hi,
I learned a great new trick today thanks to help from guys on this forum - I was looking for a way to start applications from the console, and it seems there is a command for just that... "open". I was browsing OSX books at Borders this afternoon in the hopes of finding some kind of OSX...
Brilliant! Thank you so much guys! "open" will save me so much time and tedium.
FYI - Open Terminal is the Finder Extension I am already using. Highly recommended!asdf
Thanks simbalala,
I can launch Safari with
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
and it starts OK. I tried creating a symbolic link to it from my ~/bin directory using..
~/bin :ln -s /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
~/bin :ls -l
total 184
lrwxr-xr-x 1...
Hi,
Can anyone explain how I can start an application from the console. Often I want to view a file from the current directory and I simply want to start an application to view it. I'd also like to be able to start a Finder window in the current directory. I've added the ability to start a...