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The latter can be switched off via a hidden setting. 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 NO-BOUNCING -BOOL TRUE;KILLALL DOCK
The changes will take effect straightaway.
To reactivate Dock icon bouncing, repeat the previous steps with System
Preferences, open a Terminal window, and type the following:
DEFAULTS DELETE COM.APPLE.DOCK NO-BOUNCING
Tip 177
Spawn New Finder Windows
This is an obvious and simple tip yet is one that eluded me and several people
I know until recently. If you want to open a new, additional Finder window—
perhaps to drag a file from one Finder window to another—you can hold down
COMMAND
while double-clicking a folder on the desktop or within a Finder
window.
If you don't hold down
COMMAND
, the default action when double-clicking a
folder is to “reuse” the same Finder window.
To close all Finder windows at the same time, just hold down
OPTION
while
clicking the Close button at the top left. (This works for all apps, not just
Finder.)
Tip 178
Pool Printers for Quick Printing
This is a tip for anybody who uses a Mac on a network and prints to network
printers or perhaps has several printers connected to the Mac via USB.
One of the biggest issues with using a shared printer is that it might be busy
or just switched off. To overcome this, Macs let you pool printers. Once a pool
