Since Apollo’s initial setup, I’ve made a few preference changes and additions including WindowShade X and a mouse.

WindowShade X

For a long time, WindowShade was one of my favorite utilities. But somewhere along the way WindowShade fell off the OS update train with me. What made me look it up again? Minimization.

I’m not so fond of Snow Leopard’s Expose grid. I’ve gotten used to it. But Spaces and minimized windows have never played well together. Then I thought of WindowShade. It’s Minimize-In-Place in place feature is much cooler than the lame old dock.

• System Preferences
  • WindowShade X
    • Minimize-In-Place
      • Minimized Window Size: Large
      • Minimized Window Opacity: Opaque
      • ✗ Minimized Windows Always Float On Top
      • ✓ Single Click Maximizes Minimized Window
      • ✓ Show Animation When Window Is Minimized/Maximized: Scale
      • ✗ Hide MIP’ed Windows While using Expose — Disable otherwise the minimized windows will follow you from space to space.
      • ✓ Display Application Icon In The Minimized Window: Medium Size
      • ✓ When Mouse Hovers Over Minimized Window, Show: Window Title
      • ✗ Arrange Minimized Windows Along: Left Edge Starting At Top

Logitech Corded Mouse M500

If I’m going to play StarCraft, I might as well do it right. The M500 is serviceable. Not too fancy. I set the two thumb buttons to Select Previous Tab (⇧⌘[) and Select Next Tab (⇧⌘]); though for everyday usage, I’m happy with the trackpad. Especially with new three finger dragging gesture.

• System Preferences
  • Trackpad
    • Three Fingers: Dragging
  • Appearance
    • Click in scroll bar to Jump to the spot that’s clicked — If I want to scroll, I’ll use two fingers.

.profile Addition

Using Subversion again. I’m surprised I didn’t have something like this defined previously:

# revert recursively from the current directory
svnrevert() {
    svn revert --depth infinity .
}

Utility Apps

• Capture Me provides a quick and easy screen recording. No good for screen casting, but okay for basic Core Animation debugging.
• DoubleTake is a quick and easy image stitcher.

Fix iTunes 10

Vertical window buttons? I don’t think so:

> defaults write com.apple.iTunes full-window -1