Leopard has a new unwelcome (for most) feature, a shadow around whole-window screenshots (ie, Command-Shift-4, Space). Fortunately this can be disabled from Terminal with these commands:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true killall SystemUIServer
To add the shadow effect back in:
defaults delete com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow
killall SystemUIServer
Since 2.0.2 there's a frustrating bug the iPhone doesn't remember the WiFi password. But there is a fix for jailbroken iPhones: Connect via ssh to your iphone and enter the following command:
chmod 777 -R /private/var/Keychanins/
On the iPhone select Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings
The iPhone will reboot itself and the problem is fixed.
I found it very inefficient to mod your local keyboard files in order to disable auto-correction, because you lose the ability to enable auto-correction quickly. A better way is to mod a language file which you'll never use, like Swedish, which doesn't even have a dictionary. I've modded the Swedish plist file, to match the English strings. How to use it:
- Copy this plist file to
/System/Library/Frameworks/UIKit.framework
- Remove the Swedish dictionary (TextInput_sv.bundle) in
/System/Library/Textinput
- Enable the Swedish keyboard in Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> International Keyboards
- Enable the keyboard for example in a text message, click on the globe icon on the left side untill you see 'None', which actually stands for: No Dictionary
- Done! Enjoy faster text input, without losing your local keyboard dictionary.
While this process is a precaution against possibly installing/using corrupt files, sometimes it is completely unnecessary. To stop disk image verification forever, open Terminal and type:
defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify TRUE
If you want verification enabled again, type the same command, replacing the "TRUE" with "FALSE".
So you're running iPhone firmware 2.0.1, having the Cydia package manager installed and you're running SSH. You are also aware of the fact Cydia is slowing down your phone with it's "Base Structure" updates and you want to get rid of it but keeping SSH and still having the possibility to re-install Cydia again ? Here you go:
To re-install Cydia, enter
install in stead of
removeTo skip the backup proces of iPhones running 2.0 (or higher ?) but leaving a backup option in the iPhone contextual menu to manually backup your device, enter the following commands in your terminal after you quit iTunes:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes AutomaticDeviceBackupsDisabled -bool truedefaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true
To re-enable backups:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool false
Keep in mind your applications, text messages and your email and calendar stuff aren't backed up anymore,
but if you use MobileME, and you keep a local copy of your text messages (/var/private/mobile/library/SMS/sms.db), your quiet safe..