OS X :: Disabling Font Smoothing System Wide?
May 4, 2010Is this possible yet? I've already done it so that text under 12 px is not smoothed but I wish there was a way to do this system-wide.
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OS X :: Preferred Font Smoothing Style Setting?
Aug 25, 2009If you go into System Preferences>Appearance>Font Smoothing Style, You'll see a drop down menu with different choices. I think the best looking font smoothing type is "Standard - best for CRT". I've tried all the other styles and they don't look good to me. I think the other styles look too sharp, too bold and I don't like colored pixels around the edge of my text.
By the way, in Snow Leopard, there's only 2 options now. It's just a checkbox that says: [ ] LCD Font Smoothing. When checked, it acts like "Medium - best for flat panel" and when unchecked it acts like "Standard - best for CRT". What is your favorite font smoothing style? For changes to take effect, you have to quit and relaunch your apps to see the difference.
OS X :: Font Smoothing Not Working Correctly On External Displays / Changing Display Settings?
Aug 28, 2009Many are having issues with font smoothing not working correctly on external displays with SL 10.6.
I researched this issue and found this blog posting:
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the blog itself discusses the issue, and the fix is found in the comments.
Basically, for now the fix is to open Terminal App and enter:
"defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2″
without the quotes, and hit return.
a log out or restart might be required.
this fix seems to stick even after re-boots and shut-downs.
OS X Server V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Disabling Portable Home Directories? (network Wide)
Mar 26, 2012We're fed up with portable home directories and the constant sync errors they throw up. Can I just turn off PHD to make it function as it did before? How best to go about this?
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Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X Mavericks :: Why Does Font Book Keep Disabling Fonts
Jun 25, 2014I've recently installed Mavericks (10.9.3) and noticed I have the same persistent issue I had in Mountain Lion (10.8.4), and if I remember correctly in Snow Leopard as well. Font book keeps disabling some fonts (mostly .ttf fonts though there are exceptions). I always reenable them, but after a reboot they keep getting disabled. I read somewhere that the font book preferences are easily corrupted but my install is just a few days old? Even so, I have place the plist pref file on my desktop, but to no avail. I have removed duplicate fonts, and Suitcase. I have cleared my font cache, after which some of the "problem fonts" disappeared altogether and some fonts were enabled as they should be. After closing and reopening Font Book all fonts were present but were - again - disabled. They're not some fonts I found on a dodgy site, but Google fonts, as well as some "respectable fonts" such as Futura. And it's not just the entire font family, but a couple of weights.
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Jun 20, 2010Am I correct in the assumption that if I set the view options on the top level (OS-X HDD, for example) and select 'Use as Defaults' any folders below that (i.e. everything) will assume those settings?
If so, it doesn't seem to be doing that for me. I'm constantly coming across folders that I need to set the view options manually...
OS X :: How To Make Text Bigger System Wide
Nov 8, 2010I�m trying to help my mum set up her imac and she has asked me to help make the text bigger on the screen. I�ve shown her how to zoom on word/safari/etc, however ideally I want to make all the text on the computer bigger - eg. menus at top of screen, finder text, etc...
The first thing I tried was adjusting the display resolution from 1920x1080 to 1600x900 or 1280x720, but this seemed to make the screen blurry.
Does anyone know if there is any other way that I can help make the text bigger for all system elements?
OS X :: Lock Screen - System Wide Shortcuts
Nov 24, 2009I have a problem with system wide shortcuts. I have managed to do the following:
A shortcut for Lock Screen in the key chain menu in menubar.
link to picture: http://twitpic.com/qs5wm/full
but that shortcut just wont work?
OS X :: System Wide Language Changes - Way To Add Spell Check
Feb 19, 2010I regularly e-mail/chat back and forth with friends in the Netherlands and Germany, so I was wondering if there was a way for me to do a quick system wide language change that could spell-check for me. So, what are those little flags for on my Menu Bar? I have the Dutch, German, and American flags, but I don't notice any changes when I switch between the three.
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Apr 26, 2010something that really bugs me, all random folders have different View Settings (CMD+J) is there anyway to change EVERY folder on Finder to have the same settings?
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Jul 29, 2010I have a June 2009 Macbook Pro 2.53ghz (9400m gfx card) I am running these programs at once and am experiencing extreme lag in the overall system:
1) Heroes of Newerth
2) Itunes (with music playing)
3) Safari
I feel like my $2k computer should be able to take these tasks on with no problems but i get systemwide lag, even my text cursor is lagging while im typing this. Is it just an incapable computer or am i doing something wrong?
OS X Mavericks :: How To Apply Folder Options As A Default System Wide
Jun 22, 2014How can I set finder's default to be arrange by name instead of arrange by none system wide?
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Jun 18, 2009I inherited a g4 aluminum powerbook from a previous employer. When it crashes I get the wrong date and time and I'm unable to correct b/c of password protection, I'd also like to update the software etc. I thought I saw a thread about disabling the pw protection by holding down a key when starting up. Is this true? or Do I need to do a reinstall of the os? Will I be able to reinstall os even with password protection.
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Apr 29, 2010I added a lot of words to the standard Mac OS X system-wide dictionary on a given machine, and would like to transfer that specific list of words to another machine. Where / in what file(s) is that list of words stored?
View 2 Replies View RelatedSoftware :: Slow Open / Save File Dialog System Wide
Nov 5, 2005When ever I try to open or save a file in any application the spinning wheel is shown and the dialog takes from 5 to 20 seconds to display. Once it is on screen the speed returns to normal. I have a G5 Power Mac 1.6 GHz (Single Processor) 2 GB RAM (crucial) 2 SATA hard-disks (original 80 GB used as a clone for the 160 GB - I use carbon copy cloner) Everything else is as standard with the Mac. This problem started with 10.3 and may have been at the same time as installing the second 160 GB hard-disk, cloning the original to the new one, then changing the SATA cables around to make the new hard-disk on bus A. I then upgraded to Tiger but the problem still persists. I have tried repairing permissions and have used support tools like cocktail etc to check for hard drive issues and clear the cache files.
Also, on installing the second hard-disk, I also tried swap cop to change the swap file to the backup hard-disk. This did not work so I manual modified the files to return them to the original state. I did this while the system was running 10.3. I take it on upgrading to 10.4, the swap file config would have been fixed anyway? Everything else on the system seems fine. If nothing specific is found I may try removing the old hard disk.
OS X :: How Can I Change The Font Across The Whole System
Aug 7, 2009As the title says i have migrated from Vista to OSX and im looking for a way to change all the fonts used by Leopard to one of my choosing.I find all standard fonts on either Windows or OSX too large and ugly and on Vista i used FontSelector to change the font and size across the system. What is the alternative for OSX?
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Apr 26, 2009i downloaded a font last week.. the metallica old bandlogo font, don't ask me why.i tried installing it but it didn't work.this morning when i woke up, my browsers (firefox&safari) suddenly were in the metallica font.. how do i fix this?googling it is really difficult as it's really difficult to read.
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Jul 8, 2009The font in the system has been changed , I didn't play with the font can some body tell me how i can change the font to normal .
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Mar 27, 2012Does any know how to change/darken the font in addressbook? not what we input, but the "Main" or "Homepage" or "Work"
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Any Way To Increase System Font Size?
Jun 22, 2012These old eyes really need bigger fonts on my beautiful MacBook Pro. It is so easy to do in Windows. Why would it not be possible with my MacBook Pro? All the menus, tabs, icon titles, etc. fonts need to be bigger. It is not ergonomically correct to have to sit so close to my MacBook Pro.
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MacBook Pro
IMac :: Any Possibility To Increase Font Size On System?
Dec 29, 2010I'm new to IMac and I did a quick search and found nothing. I got an IMac less than 24hrs ago. With the IMac I find that I struggle to read things even with my glasses on. Is there any possible way of changing the system font so I can make it larger? Trying to read things on the imac is actually giving me a headache because my eyes are straining so much.
I'm using FireFox which is great because once you make the page larger (cmd & +) it remembers so when you go back there the page is still large and readable but things like the toolbar is unreadable. Some sites I've been on even with the page zoomed in some of the writing remains tiny and unreadable. I have the 27" IMac and to have the toolbar font so small on such a big screen seems very silly to me because it's unreadable.
OS X :: How Do I Change System Menu Font Size In Snow Leapord
Dec 26, 2009How do I change system menu font size in Snow Leapord
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Sep 8, 2007Is there a way to increase the system font size and change font type on my Macbook?
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Aug 9, 2009I am new to the "mac world" ... just got my first macbook about a week ago so this question may have a very simple answer or it may not.
The issue I have is that in System Preferences, "Universal Access" has a bigger font size than any other window under S. Preferences. Nothing is affected, everything works well, but it just bothers me, is there any way to fix this?
I am attaching a screen of Universal Access compared with a window of normal font size.
MacBook Pro :: Onscreen Font Very Small Compared To Large Font In Print?
Mar 28, 2012Fonts on screen are much smaller than printed versions. Can't hardly see onscreen & I'm sending resumes!!
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X :: Make Pages Use A Different Font Than Helvetica As Default Start Up Font?
May 10, 2009When I open pages it always uses helvetica as the default font.Can i set it to a different one like times new roman as a default.I mean you can tell it to start up by default to a specific page style, why not a specific font also?
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Aug 1, 2009I just got some internet going again after having moved. I've had my new Octopus for a few weeks tho. So much to my surprise, I open up my gmail account and it's practically unintelligible. Some weird cartoon like font is my default font. As far as I can tell, all the default fonts are activated and all the settings point to the activated fonts, but this is driving me absolutely F__KING bonkers. Has anyone ever had this problem? Now to be fair, I did install some fonts from a semi questionable font disk a week or two ago, so maybe some rogue font has hijacked my web fonts.
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Sep 6, 2009I installed some fonts in font book yesterday, and right after i did, the text in safari is messed up (see photo below) I already reset safari, and that didn't work.
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Oct 25, 2009Both claim to use Times 16, but there's a definite difference. How do I make them the same?
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Apr 13, 2012I have a MAC OS LION and our lawyer uses the font "Garamond". Unfortunately the version which is in my mac does not support some of the "Czech-special characters". How do I make my Mac or Office Word use Arial instead of Garamond so I can read it correctly?
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
