Posts tagged with ‘Mac’

How to disable spotlight index for specific folder in Mac OS X?

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i just learned how to disable spotlight index for specific folder at my mac machine. While spotlight keep indexing my external harddisk and new folder i just copied from network drive, my Mac machine temperature increase. To prevent this happen again, i found the way to disable spotlight index for specific folder.

Follow the steps below to disable spotlight index for a folder:-

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How to switch window within the same program in Mac OS X

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Just find out how to switch window within the same program in Mac OS X. By default, you press Apple + Tab to switch window for different program (ex: switch from Firefox to Thunder and vise versa).

If you want to switch window within the same program (ex: I have 3 Firefox windows and want to switch among the 3 firefox windows), you can click on Window -> Select the Window name you want.

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How to show hidden files in Finder – Mac OS X

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Mac OS X Finder hide hidden files by default. To show hidden files in Finder, you need to use two commands (AppleShowAllFiles and killall).

Just follow the steps below and your finder will show hidden files:-

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