How To: Disable MacDefender and MacProtector MacDefender and MacProtector are the latest in “anti-virus” protections that are actually malicious themselves. These are targeted towards Macs specifically, but are NOT virus. These are trojans, and can be picked up by visiting malicious sites. To disable: As an admin user (most are by default) Open up Terminal [...]

How To: Disable Dashboard in OS X Dashboard in Leopard is a love it or hate it application. There are several useful applications that can make life easier. On the other hand, it’s easy to hit the activation buttons on Mighty Mouse by accident. Other people may begrudge Dashboard’s use of memory. It’s not much, [...]

1.) Finder – My biggest issue with finder is that I like to have column view. Finder does not reliably track that preference. When closing the active window it sometimes switches back to another view, especially if you’ve not opened it in a while. This is even worse when working with network shares that multiple [...]