Over at Instructables, Lifehacker reader Matt Lumpkin has posted a detailed guide to how he mounts his laptop on the back of his monitor for an iMac-like all-in-one PC. Obviously this isn’t limited to Macs, but if you want to save some space, declutter your desk, and create a nice, clean monitor-only look, the results speak for themselves. The idea and setup is incredibly simple.
Safari 4 has loads of eye candy and new features—but if moving the tabs above the address bar is too drastic a change for you, you can always change it back—if you’re a Mac user, at least. To move the tabs, simply open up a terminal window and type in the following command: defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4TabBarIsOnTop -bool FALSE
Restart Safari, and your tabs should be back to the same place they were in Safari 3. The full list of secret preferences includes disabling most of the new eye candy, from Cover Flow to Top Sites—just use the commands from the terminal window and restart Safari. We haven’t found a similar method for reverting to the old tab style in Windows, so if you’ve figured it out, let’s hear about it in the comments.
How to revert to the previous Tab style in Safari 4 [Switching to Mac]Microsoft’s Engineering Windows 7 weblog highlights the changes users can expect between Windows 7 Beta and the hotly anticipated Windows 7 Release Candidate. Many are “under the hood,” but you can also expect several visible changes.
Windows Vista only: System tweaking utility Vista Services Optimizer creates multiple profiles for easily toggling system tuning tweaks—useful for tweaking the last bit of memory out of your system without breaking everything. The application works similarly to most tweaking utilities like previously mentioned Ultimate Windows Tweaker—with options to tweak hidden Windows settings and disable unnecessary components, but the interesting feature is the ability to create profiles for disabling or enabling the tuning tweaks. The application could be useful for disabling all unnecessary features before running a video game or other resource-intensive application, and re-enabling them when you are done to prevent breaking other software. Vista Services Optimizer is free and open source, works only on Windows Vista. Just remember during your never-ending quest for speed, be sure to avoid common Windows performance tweaking myths.
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