The Tips - Mac Kung Fu - page 109

Any ripped files are usually stored in the MUSIC/ITUNES/ITUNES MEDIA/MUSIC folder,
within a series of folders named first after the artist (i.e., THEBEATLES ) and then
after the name of the album (i.e., REVOLVER ). If you look at the files, however,
you'll notice a slight problem—each file is named after the song but has the
track number inserted before it in the filename. I'd prefer that this didn't
happen because track numbers are meaningless to my car stereo and seeing
01LOVEMEDO scroll past on the stereo's display can be confusing!
The solution is to issue a command to deactivate track numbering within
files. Quit iTunes, open a Terminal window, and type the following:
DEFAULTS WRITE COM.APPLE.ITUNES CREATE-FILENAMES-WITH-TRACKNUMBER -BOOL FALSE
Then restart iTunes. Any tracks you rip from CD will now be named after the
song and will contain no other information. Sadly, this trick won't go through
already ripped tracks and remove the track numbers from filenames.
Note that you can still view the files in track order within a Finder window;
just select View→Arrange by→Date Created.
Should you decide to reverse the procedure and reintroduce track numbering,
again quit iTunes before opening a Terminal window and typing the following:
DEFAULTS DELETE COM.APPLE.ITUNES CREATE-FILENAMES-WITH-TRACKNUMBER
Tip 105
Switch Desktop Space Ultra-Quickly
Here are two tips to speed up how you use desktop spaces.
Nudging from Space to Space Instantly
If you use more than one desktop space, you might already know that if you
click and drag program windows to the far right (or left) side of a screen, you
can “nudge” the window into the next desktop space. To do this, drag the
window so that the mouse cursor cannot move any further against the screen
edge.
There's a one- or two-second delay before OS X switches to the neighboring
desktop space, and you can speed this up using a hidden setting, as follows:
DEFAULTS WRITE COM.APPLE.DOCK WORKSPACES-EDGE-DELAY -FLOAT 0;KILLALL DOCK