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it on purpose and not accidentally. In other words, you'll need to flick the
scroll wheel up rather than just rotate it a few clicks.
To activate this hidden feature, open a Terminal window (open Finder, select
the Applications list, and then in the list of applications double-click Terminal
within the
UTILITIES
folder), and type the following:
DEFAULTS WRITE COM.APPLE.DOCK SCROLL-TO-OPEN -BOOL TRUE;KILLALL DOCK
The changes take effect immediately. To deactivate this feature, open a Ter-
minal window, and type the following:
DEFAULTS DELETE COM.APPLE.DOCK SCROLL-TO-OPEN;KILLALL DOCK
Tip 110
Quickly Create a List of Files
Need to quickly create a text list of files and folders contained within a direc-
tory? Open the directory in Finder and select all (
COMMAND
+
A
); then copy to
the clipboard (
COMMAND
+
C
). Then open TextEdit, switch to plain-text mode
(Format→Make Plain Text, or
SHIFT
+
COMMAND
+
T
), and hit
COMMAND
+
V
to paste.
Don't worry—you won't paste the actual files into the document. Instead,
you'll see a text list of the files and folders. This will work in any text-mode
editor as well as in some word processors, such as Microsoft Word.
Tip 111
Supertip: Take Control of Scrolling
Here's a series of tips designed to give you more control over scrolling within
Finder windows or when scrolling through documents and web pages.
Turning Off Inverted Scrolling
Compared to other operating systems, OS X inverts scrolling when you turn
the mouse wheel or use the two-finger scroll gesture on a multitouch trackpad
or Magic Mouse. It's entirely possible to get used to this, and if you have an
