Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
a different login screen technology is used, although they will see it if they
log out while using their Mac.
Altering a secret setting allows you to add a little extra functionality so that
when the time display is clicked, the info display will switch to showing the
computer's IP address, then the name of the computer, and then the build
version number of the operating system.
To make the change, which affects all users of the system, 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 fol-
lowing (note there is a space between
ADMINHOSTINFO
and
1
). You'll be prompted
to enter your login password afterward, so do so:
SUDO DEFAULTS WRITE /LIBRARY/PREFERENCES/COM.APPLE.LOGINWINDOW ADMINHOSTINFO
1
Then log out to test it. Click the time display to cycle through the information
displays.
To revert to the default display showing only the time, open a Terminal window,
and type the following:
SUDO DEFAULTS DELETE /LIBRARY/PREFERENCES/COM.APPLE.LOGINWINDOW ADMINHOSTINFO
Tip 205
Send Somebody a Listing of your Forthcoming Events
Ever wanted to send somebody a text listing of the things you're doing over
the coming week/month so they can work out when best to schedule a
meeting with you?
It's easily done. Just open Calendar, switch to week/month view (and navigate
to the relevant date, of course), hit
CTRL
+
A
to select all the events, and press
CTRL
+
C
to copy them to the clipboard. You'll be warned in the case of recurring
events that you're only copying the events that fall in that week/month, but
this is fine. Then start a new email, document, or IM conversation and hit
CTRL
+
V
to paste a listing of all the appointments that you viewed within Calen-
dar, neatly sorted by date and time, and with complete descriptions.
