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[creator2456]

Heres a simple question for you guys (I hope). How do I get my fonts smooth? They're looking quite jagged on screen, all the fonts I've seen here are nice and smooth - any help?

Thanks

Could be under the appearance pref pane for text smoothing (at the bottom). Or it could just be a bad font, unless it is on every one that you try.

See if the jaggies transfer in a screenshot posted here.

 

[AdamA9]

I will try that, but cannot find the option to smooth or are you talking about the actual iMac preferences?

Also, any way to make the time 24hr?

EDIT: This is the desktop. I've tried with various fonts.

 

[MacDawg]

Also, any way to make the time 24hr?

This should give you a 24 hour clock

date +%H:%M

 

[creator2456]

I will try that, but cannot find the option to smooth or are you talking about the actual iMac preferences?

Also, any way to make the time 24hr?

EDIT: This is the desktop. I've tried with various fonts.

The actual system preferences.

System Preferences > Appearance > at the bottom


After looking at the screenshot, I would say try using the Bold version of your font if it is available. I find that to work best at small sizes.

 

[MacDawg]

I find Helvetica Neue works well at the small sizes
And I shadow my text

 

[Scrbzzz]

Hi,

how would you like to get it displayed?
1) 3 days, 10:33 | 3 days, 33 min | 3days, 10 hours
2) 3 days, 10 hours, 33 min

The code underneath returns it like number 1 depending if it has hours or minutes or both. If you prefer number 2 then I'll have to modify it
PS. sorry for those problems but I don't leave my mac powered on for several days

greetz

tell application "Finder"
	set upt to do shell script "uptime" as string
	
	if upt contains "days" then
		set one to ","
		set two to "up "
		set type to ""
		my uptime(one, two, type, upt)
		
	else if upt contains "mins" then
		set one to "mins"
		set two to "up "
		set type to "min"
		my uptime(one, two, type, upt)
		
	else if upt contains "hr" then
		set one to "hr"
		set two to "up "
		set type to "hour"
		my uptime(one, two, type, upt)
		
	else
		set one to ","
		set two to "up "
		set type to ""
		my uptime(one, two, type, upt)
	end if
end tell

on uptime(one, two, type, upt)
	tell application "Finder"
		set hrs to ""
		set AppleScript's text item delimiters to one
		set dys to text item 1 of upt
		if upt contains "days" then
			set hrs to text item 2 of upt
			set dys to dys & ","
		end if
		set AppleScript's text item delimiters to two
		return (text item 2 of dys) & hrs & type
	end tell
end uptime

Heyy don't be sorry obviously all the help is amazing. I really like number 2 but you don't have to change any codes if you don't feel like it. And I try to shut my computer off everyday but I can't always.

 

[AdamA9]

The actual system preferences.

System Preferences > Appearance > at the bottom


After looking at the screenshot, I would say try using the Bold version of your font if it is available. I find that to work best at small sizes.

Thanks, I found that option in the end (very new to OS X). It was already selected, so guess it's the small fonts causing it. I would bold it but it doesn't look as sexy, you know?

I find Helvetica Neue works well at the small sizes
And I shadow my text

Thanks, I will give that a go - I prefer the thin looking fonts - how do you shadow text?

Also, I noticed after a restart my scripts were no longer showing, and I had to go back into GeekTool to refresh and get them working again, am I going to have to do this all the time or is there an option to make them work all the time?

Thanks for all the help and support here

 

[MacDawg]

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Are you using Geektool 2 or Geektool 3?

I don't know if you can do it in GT3
I am still using GT2

 

[AdamA9]

Are you using Geektool 2 or Geektool 3?

Thanks for the reply. I'm using 3 at the moment. Do you know an answer for my other question, after restarting my iMac my scripts no longer show, and I have to go back into GeekTool to refresh and get them working again, am I going to have to do this all the time or is there an option to make them work all the time?

 

[MacDawg]

Thanks for the reply. I'm using 3 at the moment. Do you know an answer for my other question, after restarting my iMac my scripts no longer show, and I have to go back into GeekTool to refresh and get them working again, am I going to have to do this all the time or is there an option to make them work all the time?

Sorry, I don't have an answer for you
I upgraded to GT3 and had issues with it and immediately went back to GT2
I have never had the problem you are having with GT2
Someone with GT3 will probably have to answer you on that one

 

[tzippy]

anyone else using nerdtool?

 

[AdamA9]

Sorry, I don't have an answer for you
I upgraded to GT3 and had issues with it and immediately went back to GT2
I have never had the problem you are having with GT2
Someone with GT3 will probably have to answer you on that one

No worries - anyone else have a theory - I'm also not getting my scripts updating, so the clock and weather stay the same unless I refresh - I'm sure it's a simple n00b error

 

[MacDawg]

anyone else using nerdtool?

I know there are a few around that are using NerdTool
I looked at it, but stayed with GT2
But I understand it does well

 

[AdamA9]

I realised I hadn't set the 'refresh after x seconds' option LOL - it's working now. Just need to test the restart to see if that works

 

[JHVanOphem]

My latest desktop

Thought I’d show off the latest version of my desktop. All Geektool except for the clock, that is the extremely customizable TimeDisc

 

[MacDawg]

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FWIW, your image needs the "TIMG" tag, not the "IMG"

 

[AdamA9]

Can anyone help me getting iCal on my desktop please? What's the cleanest way to do it? I love how JHVanOphem has it

 

[MacDawg]

Can anyone help me getting iCal on my desktop please? What's the cleanest way to do it? I love how JHVanOphem has it

I am assuming you want the iCal events and not just a calendar

Try following these instructions

You will need to install iCalBuddy
Once it is installed, this is the code I use:
/usr/local/bin/icalBuddy -nc -nrd -sd eventsToday+4 | sed -e "s/*/•/" | sed -e "s/!/!!/"

You can change the "4" to the number of days you want displayed

 

[notthewater]

top processes not working in Snow Leopard?

I've seen this asked a few time without much of an answer, and now it's happened to me: Why, when you move to Snow Leopard, do top process scripts stop working in GT 3?

For example,

top -l 2 | awk '/CPU usage/ && NR > 5 {print $12, $13}'

comes up blank no matter what I do.

There have been some individual answers to this type of problem, but not for everyone. Is this something really basic that I'm just missing?
Thanks.

 

[Reao]

Here's my first stab at a geektool'd desktop.

Where can I get your wallpaper?

 

[AdamA9]

I am assuming you want the iCal events and not just a calendar

Try following these instructions

You will need to install iCalBuddy
Once it is installed, this is the code I use:
/usr/local/bin/icalBuddy -nc -nrd -sd eventsToday+4 | sed -e "s/*/•/" | sed -e "s/!/!!/"

You can change the "4" to the number of days you want displayed

Thanks again Dawg. I saw this but was hoping there would be a simple way to do it, but I will give this one a go tonight when I get home

 

[JHVanOphem]

Sorry about the oversized image before

Here is my icalbuddy settings

/usr/local/bin/icalBuddy -nc -sd -b "" -ps "| - |" -ss "" -sed -eep location,notes,url eventsToday+2

No piping through sed required.

I also adjusted the locale file to capitalize the titles.

 

[jck1634]

Thanks to jck1946 for the guide, took a few hours but got up to this result after seeing it only recently.

Any advice is welcome!!

It's jck1634 dammit!! lol It's looks great bud. Glad the guide helped you!

I would suggest one thing. The separators over the time. Make them narrower then you won't have that over hang. Just drag and resize the box.

 

[AdamA9]

Sorry about the oversized image before

Here is my icalbuddy settings

/usr/local/bin/icalBuddy -nc -sd -b "" -ps "| - |" -ss "" -sed -eep location,notes,url eventsToday+2

No piping through sed required.

I also adjusted the locale file to capitalize the titles.

Thanks, how do you close the gap between events? They're pretty spaced out on my desktop.

 

[JHVanOphem]

Thanks, how do you close the gap between events? They're pretty spaced out on my desktop.

That is just the way the output shows up. The font I used is Helvetica Neue, 12pt

I don’t tend to have a lot of events per day so I haven’t seen what would happen on a really busy day