DMG 2 ISO via Terminal: no need for any tool

If you downloaded a Mac image (.dmg file) and you need to open or burn from a Windows/Linux machine, you can easily convert it to the very common .iso format. Open the terminal and type this command: hdiutil convert /path/to/filename.dmg -format UDTO -o /path/to/savefile.iso Note that this tool appends an extra .cdr extension to the [...]

iTunes small pop-up with song title

Via this post i found a gorgeous trick. I always wanted a pop-up notification displaying the current song title (when changing track, for just a few seconds). I used a Growl plug-in in Snow Leopard, but now it’s possible to enable a similar feature in Lion just with a comman line trick via the Terminal. [...]

Enabling auto play on QuickTime (via Terminal)

When we open a movie associated with QuickTime we’ll see it paused at the first frame. If we want QuickTime to behave as most media players, and automagically playing it we have to open the Terminal and write this command: defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX MGPlayMovieOnOpen 1 For other QuickTime hacks see this post.

Disabling application restore in Lion

A new feature of Lion is the ability to restore your environment. When you open Pages, for instance, you’ll see all the documents you were working on, and this could be a nice thing. For some applications you open and close often this is very annoying. For me QuickTime, Preview and VLC should not behave [...]

Quicktime X preferences

The new version of Quicktime (called X, for 10) has a suprising feature: no features! If you look for a “Preferences…” menu under the QuickTime menu you won’t find anyting. Consider for instance that you want to play a video as you open it – sounds logical, uh? – well, you have to work it [...]