The Tips - Mac Kung Fu - page 129

the desktop, and then activate Dashboard and release the mouse button.
However, it will be impossible to move any new widgets to the desktop.

Don't forget to reactivate Mission Control's management of the Dashboard,
as described earlier.

Tip 118

Discover Software Version Numbers

If you want to check the version of an application, you can start it up and
click the application's menu; then click About. Another, quicker way is to
select the application in the Applications list in Finder and hit COMMAND + I o
bring up the info window. It will be listed under the Version heading, which
will be under the General heading.

Tip 119

Use a Screensaver as a Desktop Background

This is a fun hack that lets you use the currently selected screensaver as a
desktop backdrop in place of the regular wallpaper.

Setting Up
To give it a try, follow these steps:

1. 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 carefully type the following line of code, replacing XX with the
name of the screensaver you noted earlier—if the screensaver name
includes a space, type a backslash before the space (that is, SLIDING PANELS
would be typed as SLIDING\PANELS ):

NOHUP /SYSTEM/LIBRARY/FRAMEWORKS/SCREENSAVER.FRAMEWORK/RESOURCES/
SCREENSAVERENGINE.APP/CONTENTS/MACOS/SCREENSAVERENGINE -BACKGROUND &

You'll see the screensaver start to play in the background.