How To Disable the Brightness Keys in MacOSX

Author: erics, July 26th, 2012

Download and install the prefpane FunctionFlip. Then set the F1 and F2 keys to default to having Fn pressed, which effectively disables the “Change Brightness” feature… http://kevingessner.com/software/functionflip/

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: apple, Bright, Brightness, Brightness Key, Disable, Flip, Function, Function Flip, FunctionFlip, howto, Keys, macosx, Pane, Preference, Preference Pane, System Preferences, tips | No comments

How To Disable Swap On MacOSX

Author: erics, July 25th, 2012

DON’T DO THIS UNLESS YOU ARE EXPERT LEVEL SYSADMIN!! YMMV… As root: launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist rm /private/var/vm/swapfile* BONUS LINKS: How to move your swapfile: http://superuser.com/questions/28414/moving-the-swapfiles-to-a-dedicated-partition-in-snow-leopard Apple Memory Docs: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Performance/Conceptual/ManagingMemory/Articles/AboutMemory.html

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: apple, Disable, Dynamic, Dynamic Pager, howto, launchctl, macosx, Pager, Swap, Swap File, swapfile, tips, Unload | No comments

How To Disable A Button In A jQuery UI Dialog

Author: erics, May 17th, 2011

Important Note: This solution REQUIRES jQuery UI 1.8 or better and the .button() plugin/widget (contained in the full download):

Original Post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3646408/how-can-i-disable-a-button-on-a-jquery-ui-dialog

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: Button, Dialog, Disable, Enable, howto, JQuery, jQuery UI, tips | No comments