Sticky notes for mac mac os x#
Sticky notes for mac movie#
Sticky notes for mac windows#

To set the default font, text size, note size, note colour and translucency, create a new note and customize it to what you want. Simply create a copy of this file somewhere else to make a backup. The file is named StickiesDatabase, and is located inside the Library folder in your user folder. All your Stickies are stored in one file that, as noted above, is fairly small unless you have embedded lots of movies in your notes.

If you use Stickies a lot, or you keep any important information in your Sticky notes, it is worth keeping a backup of the Stickies database in case anything goes wrong. An alias will stop your Stickies database getting too big (especially with movies) and will mean that the contents of the Sticky will automatically be updated if the embedded file is updated. Sometimes Stickies will ask if you want to create an alias rather than a copy of the file within the Sticky. You can do the same for images and PDFs too.

Sticky notes for mac movie#

Dragging a Quicktime movie onto a Sticky note will embed the movie in the note, complete with the usual play/pause controls. Not many people know that the contents of Stickies is not restricted to text. Note that it uses an old version of Interface Builder, so a lot of the screen shots and descriptions are different to the current version. If you want to do more, check out this old article on Modifying Stickies. There are a lot more things you can do to modify Stickies using Interface Builder, but they are beyond the scope of this tip. Next time you open Stickies, long Stickies notes should have scroll bars. Save the file (Command-S) and quit Interface builder. Amongst the options in the inspector, you want to check the checkbox that says 'Show Vertical Scroller' and the checkbox that says 'Automatically Hide Scrollers'. Clicking ONCE on the Stickies window will change the title of the Inspector window to 'Scroll View Attributes'. The title of the Inspector window should be 'Stickies Window Attributes'. Also, open the Inspector by pressing Command-Shift-I or by choosing it from the Tools menu. Double-click on the icon called 'Window' which should open up a mostly empty, white window called 'Stickies'. In this window there are a number of icons with various names including 'File's Owner' and 'First Responder'. A window called StickiesDocument.nib should be open. If you are using Interface Builder for the first time, welcome to the wonderful world of how applications are made. Inside the contents navigate to Resources/English.lproj and double click on StickiesDocument.nib to open it on Interface Builder. Next, right-click (Control-click) on the Stickies icon and choose 'Show Package Contents' from the menu that appears. The way to fix this is to modify the Stickies application by using Interface builder to add scroll bars to the side of long Sticky notes.įirst make sure Stickies isn't running, and make a backup of it by holding the option key and dragging it to another folder (just in case anything goes wrong). One thing that may annoy you is the inability to quickly scroll through long notes, as you have to use the arrow keys to move through the text line by line.

Sticky notes for mac mac os x#

This one might just be for the pros, as it is a bit tricky and requires you to have the Developer Tools installed (find them on your Mac OS X Install Disc). This goes well with the floating window option, as it stops the floating sticky note getting in the way too much. If you look in the Note menu, you will also see an option for a translucent window, with the keyboard shortcut Command-Option-T. If you can't remember this keyboard shortcut, you'll find the command in the Note menu.

Sticky notes for mac windows#

This is great if you are switching between multiple windows and application while writing or referring to a single sticky note. This will cause the Sticky note to appear above all other windows no matter which application you are in. With the note you want to float selected, press Command-Option-F. Here are 10 tips for getting the most out of Stickies. You can write in each of these, and any that you leave open when quitting will still be there next time you open up Stickies. Once opened, it will display a number of differently coloured 'notes'.

If you aren't familiar with Stickies, you'll find it in the Applications folder. The current version looks almost identical to the version that was released in 1994, however it has gained a huge amount of new functionality over the past few years. Stickies is a simple note taking application that has been included on every Mac since 1994.