Mac OS X Hints posted 3 new OS X tips:

- 10.6: Screen sharing/app switching compromise
- Cleaning up a messy font installation
- Force fsck on headless servers and remote macs



10.6: Screen sharing/app switching compromise

Here is a way to switch between a remotely shared screen and a local machine without losing the newly added remote control with Command keys, specifically, Command-Tab.

I just finished reading a post on how to bypass (and users weighing in on) the new Screen Sharing feature where commands are passed to the remote machine. I'm split; I do like the increased control over the remote machine with one exception: switching applications, specifically back to the Finder. Command-Tab is now sent to the remote machine, but that is how I used to switch from the shared screen to my local machine. I want both; remote commands but local switching.

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Cleaning up a messy font installation

Recently I installed several hundred fonts in one fell swoop. This was a mistake, because all my apps slowed down (especially Microsoft Office). While the fonts are useful, and I needed to keep them, I needed them only for DTP. My mistake was to install them to the computer, rather than just the user account I use for DTP.

I tried using various font management apps to move them across to the user account but I wasn't sure which fonts were the new ones, compared to the old or System fonts.

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Force fsck on headless servers and remote macs

Following a system crash I had a server which was failing 'Verify Disk' in Disk Utility on the boot drive. Read on for how to use Safe Boot mode to repair a boot drive over ssh.
I administer a network of Mac clients and OSX server for a small business. I'm usually remote from the office so I look for ways of doing system admin tasks via ssh wherever possible. The main production OSX server, an ageing PowerMac G5 running headless, had crashed recently requiring a forced reboot (getting someone in the office to hold down the power button).

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