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Making Gmail your default mail application Share Gmail Blogger Buzz Orkut Google Reader Bookmarks » More Comment You can designate Gmail as your default mailto handler. This means that when you click on any hyperlinked email address, a Gmail compose window will open so you can send a message to that address from Gmail. To do so in Windows: Download the Gmail Notifier. Right-click the Notifier icon in your system tray, and select Options. Check the box next to Use Gmail for internet mailto: links. Click OK. If you decide later that you don't want to use Gmail as your default email application, simply uncheck the box. And, if you're using a Mac, you can set your default mailto handler by following these steps: Download the Google Notifier. Open the Notifier. Click the Mail icon on the Menu bar and go to Preferences... Select the Gmail tab and choose Gmail as the program from the Compose mail in drop-down menu.

To turn on Activation-only Mode on Mac OS X: Make sure iTunes isn’t running and then open Terminal. In Terminal, enter a command: To turn activation-only mode on: defaults write com.apple.iTunes StoreActivationMode -integer 1 To turn activation-only mode off: defaults delete com.apple.iTunes StoreActivationMode To turn on Activation-only Mode on Windows: Make sure iTunes isn’t running, and then open a Command Prompt window. Enter a command: To turn activation-only mode on: "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe" /setPrefInt StoreActivationMode 1 To turn activation-only mode off: "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe" /setPrefInt StoreActivationMode 0

Enter the following commands in the Terminal application.To disable automated updates:view plainprint?$ defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 0  $ defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 0Change the 0 to a 1 to re-enable updates.To set the update frequency:view plainprint?$ defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval <frequency>  $ defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval <frequency>