@apple4us typical "wolf's coming" for the gov has done 2 much evil. Hard 2 believe not related 2 them. Haha.

Shortcut of locking Mac's screen

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

CTRL+SHIFT+EJECT
Works in Snow Leopard.
Note: Before that, check the General tab on the Security System Preferences panel to ensure that the "Require password [some period] after sleep or screen saver begins" box is checked.
Lock screen

Mac OS X:Delete strange file in trash

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Strange File In Trash This file with strange file name has lived in my Trash for over a month. I finally get rid of it today.

It's caused by the FAT32 partition for Windows. I booted Windows and deleted the files in the hidden directory "C:\.Trash" and similar folders. Then the problem is solved.

Enable/Disable Trackpad on New MacBook

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Update Aug 20th, 2011.

In Lion, you can still find it in Universal Access -> Mouse & Trackpad. Just one more click on Trackpad Options... as below.

Enable/Disable Trackpad In Lion

Update Oct 7th, 2009.

The option appears in Universal Access -> Mouse & Trackpad. I remember that I have checked here before 10.6, this must be new in Snow Leopard. Anyway, it's much easier now.

Thanks to Mary pointed this out in comment.

Enable/disable trackpad in snow leopard

TouchPad Setting In New MacBook
I moved the OS X Leopard from the old MacBook to new MacBook and I found that the setting in the Trackpad was missing. I set to "Ignore trackpad when mouse is present" before. After moving the hard disk to new MacBook and reinstall the system without erasing old data, I could not change the setting anymore.

I searched the official MacBook forum and got the solution for that:

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New toy called MacBook

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

MacBook

Yes, it's comfortable, easy to use. When touching the keyboard, it feels so good! Comes with OS X Leopard and fully support of Windows, MacBook is definitely the very notebook for me. No wonder why P is strongly recommending it. VMware Fusion makes it so easy to access Windows in OS X, Boot Camp can help to install a stand alone Windows in a separated partition. In fact, after using OS X, I think Windows can be just a tool, a tool for working, OS X is the one that fits in the life. But in the same time, I like my powerful ThinkPad too. I can not give up any of them. It's really a hard decision to make.