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Changing iCal’s Default Alert Sound (Mac OS X Lion)

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  1. Download and install Xcode from Apple.
  2. Quit iCal if it is running, and open your user Preferences folder. (Easiest way to open it is to use Finder’s Go menu; press and hold the Option key and you will see Library folder; click and open it; the Preferences folder is in there.)
  3. Open the file named com.apple.iCal.plist with Xcode.
  4. Right click (or Control+click) anywhere in the window, and select “Add Row”
  5. Edit the created row as follows: Key=Default alarm sound, Type=String, Value=Glass (the last value can be changed with the default sound of your choice)
    Adding the preference for the default alert sound for iCal

    Adding the preference for the default alert sound for iCal

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Joining Wireless Network with Airport Express

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I have an existing wireless network with a 3rd party router. I tried to connect Airport Express; everything worked fine using the Airport Utility, except that after updating the configuration and Airport Express restarted, it could not be detected anymore.

Solution:

  1. Plug in Airport Express to a power source.
  2. Reset Airport Express by pressing the reset button. (We have to wait until the LED light flashes.)
  3. Connect Airport Express to the router with via ethernet.
  4. Connect to the wireless network provided by Airport Express. (The network name looks like “Airport Base Station …”)
  5. Using Airport Utility, set up Airport Express so that it joins the wireless network we already had.
  6. Wait until Airport Utility reports that the update was successful.
  7. Disconnect the ethernet cable from Airport Express. We’re done.

Snow Leopard and Quicksilver

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Yes, I am one of those guys who ordered Snow Leopard to arrive at my door step this morning. (It was free shipping by the way.) I think it is well worth the upgrade money. The upgrade actually gave an extra 10 Gbytes of free space.

Snow Leopard officially launched today.

Snow Leopard officially launched today. Seamless upgrade; it simply "works".

After installing Snow Leopard, I found that Quicksilver that I installed in the past did not function properly (the Preference would not load). This problem was solved by deleting the folder “~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver” and installing version B56a7.

Update:

  • The Services Menu Module crashes with Snow Leopard. So don’t install that.
  • The trigger “Select (null) in command window” will not work in Snow Leopard. But one can always use Command+G (⌘+G) for that purpose after opening the Quicksilver command window.