Menufela Part 2 | 3baid

Guess what, it wasn't that hard after all!
To make it permanent just do the old steps then:-

- [ options + i ] @ is.ninjakitten.menufela.plist

- Change "Ownership & Permissions" to "Read Only".

- Tick on the "Locked" box under "General".

There, you're done!

Menufela seems to be updating that .plist file so I thought if it's possible to force the program not to update that file while it still has access then it won't have any problem so I figured out to manipulate with its Permissions and I tell you, after around 2 hours of experimenting, rebooting and reading further info on changing permissions, it worked!

The funny part is that I was trying so hard to update that file's permissions using chmod command in Terminal by following instructions on my O'Reilly book but then I thought to myself "Wait a sec! I can change it easily using File Info!!". lol.

Ok I admit that was stupid but at least I came up with the solution and that what really counts, right? ;P

Using Oxford Dictionary | Live

If you're using Mac OS X 10.4.* then you can try this with every Cocoa applications such as Safari, Pages, Keynote, OmniGraffle, TextEdit or even iTunes! Mind you, if you right-click (control-click / ctrl-click) over a word, you can check its definition using Oxford Dictionary but this new method will show that word's definition / thesaurus without having to launch Oxford Dictionary application.

Here's how it works:-

Go over any word on any Cocoa application, say Safari.

Click " command + ctrl + D " while you're over that word.

A small pop-up window will show up containing the definition of that word, you can also choose its thesaurus using the small drop-down list under the definition.

To keep getting definitions of every word you hover above just keep holding down " command + ctrl " after you release the "D" and move over other words with your mouse/trackpad.

Here's a video of that tip in action: [link]

Pros: Very easy, very helpful and looks unique.

Cons: Doesn't work on non-Cocoa applications (FireFox, Opera, Terminal..etc.)

* Officially posted on macosxhints.com

Menufela | This one's for 3baid

This post is dedicated to 3baid

Not long ago I had posted about "Menufela being shareware" and ever since it stopped working I was looking everywhere for any -illegal- method to make it work again but I couldn't find any. So out of curiosity I started to mess with the program hoping to come out with something. Ironically, don't know whether anyone else knows about this or not, I did find a decent crack to keep the program running although you'd have to do it every time you restart your Mac but it's not a big deal, right?!

Anyway... Here's how to do it:-

1. Download Pref Setter.


2. Using Spotlight, search for "Menufela".


3. Look for the file:-
   is.ninjakitten.menufela.plist
   (also can be found under /Users/*ur username*/Library/Preferences)


4. Open that file using Pref Setter.


5. Change the "hide menu" option/key by double-clicking on its value "false" to change it to "true".


6. Click "File > Save" on Pref Setter's menubar.

-- The menubar should be hidden when you reach here --

Note that if you restart your Mac or open your System Preferences and click on Menufela pane icon everything you did will be lost therefore you'll have to do it again starting from #2.

Update: To make these changes permanent:-

- [options + i] @ is.ninjakitten.menufela.plist

- Change "Ownership & Permissions" to "Read Only".

- Tick on the "Locked" box under "General".

So there you go, back to minimalistic desktops.

I don't think this qualifies me to be a hacker, no? ;P

Extinct Dodo

Where did she go? [link] =/

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