Problem

Your SnowLeopard sometimes doesn’t respond to F8-F12. You cannot launch Spaces, Expose, and Dashboard via those keyboards.

Solution

I haven’t gone into this problem deeply yet, but the quick solution for this symptom is to type

% killall Dock

on your Terminal.app.

Yes, SnowLeopard is already out. But most of users including me still loves Leopard, right ?

In this small article, I would like to introduce 2 useful extensions for Terminal.app

1. Visor

With Visor, you can always show Terminal by typing one HotKey. Visor makes Terminal.app invisible when you don’t use, and makes it visible when you need. This is a great application if you are one of CUI freaks!

2. TerminalColoreopard

With TerminalColoreopard, you can change your color settings of ANSI colors in Terminal easily via OSX’s default Color dialog. I strongly recommend to use Adobe Kuler or see the entry “Terminal color schemes for .Xdefaults or .Xresources file” to arrange nice color combinations.

Problem

You want to copy the Path of file(s) shown in Finder.

Solution

CopyPath is a grat solution for our problem. After downloading CopyPath.zip, unzip it and copy the app to Application direcotry. Then drag the CopyPath Icon to Finder’s toolbar area. Now, you will see CopyPath button on your Finder.

When the button is clicked, the paths of files selected in Finder will be copied to your clipboard.

Thank you for nice application, David.