how to speed up tool tips ( hints ) ??

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how to speed up tool tips ( hints ) ??

hi folks

does any one know how to speed up tool tips in mac ??
if u go to any tool in any application in mac and hold your mouse on it for a second , a tip will be showen telling you something on this tool

in mac i have to wait 2 - 3 second so i can see the tips
why ??

hope to find answer

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7), 2.88 core 2 due , 4 gb rams , 512 Nvidia 9600 GT

Posted on Aug 5, 2009 4:14 AM

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Francine Schwieder

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Aug 5, 2009 9:36 AM in response to kinan.safi

I believe the default time for Cocoa apps is 2 seconds in Leopard. You can speed this up with a Terminal command. Launch Terminal, then copy and paste this command and press the Return key:

defaults write -g NSInitialToolTipDelay -int 100

That final number is milliseconds, so that should be rather speedy. It will also speed up the display of the location when you mouse over your Spotlight results. You may have to restart to see the change. Don't know what, if anything, you can do for Carbon apps.
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sig

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Aug 5, 2009 6:09 AM in response to kinan.safi

What applications? Be specific.

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