Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

Applications

• /System/Library/CoreServices/Wi-Fi Diagnostics.app
  • Monitor Wi-Fi with Lion's hidden tool | Macworld
  • Determine which base station you're connected to on a bridged network | Macworld

Issues

• Fine tune volume control – In Snow Leopard volume could be fine tuned with Alt/Option + Shift shortcut. Unfortunally that isn't working anymore with the Lion.
  mac – Is fine volume adjustment possible in OS X Lion? – Apple – Stack Exchange
  Fine Tune Volume in Lion – MacRumors Forums
  Fine Tuned Volume Controls Gone?: Apple Support Communities

Maintainance

• Get a clean start with manual Mac migration

AppleScripts

• Centering Windows

Shortcut Keys

• Show path in Spotlight: Alt + Cmd

Terminal Commands

• Select and copy text within Quick Look previews:
  Enable: defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool TRUE; killall Finder
  Disable: defaults delete com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection; killall Finder
  [Macworld]
• Show Library folder: chflags nohidden ~/Library
  Hide Library folder: chflags hidden ~/Library
• Compact sparse bundle image: hdiutil compact image.sparsebundle
• Flush DNS cache: dscacheutil -flushcache

Spotlight

• How to enable spotlight indexing on a network drive
• Spotlight: How to re-index folders or volumes

Time Machine

• Apple OS X and Time Machine Tips