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Getting rid of Stripes in the Finder

If you use the Finder in Leopard in List mode, you'll have noticed that they've added stripes to every other line so that you can read across the line more easily. If you don't like the addition of the stripes, you can get rid of them. Just open a terminal window and enter the following:

defaults write com.apple.finder FXListViewStripes -bool FALSE

You'll then need to restart Finder for the change to take effect. Once you do that, the stripes will be gone. If you want the stripes back, just repeat the command and change FALSE to TRUE.
Rating: 100% positive, 2 total Votes
Categories: Leopard Finder customization
Added: on Dec 11, 2007 at 10:28 am
Added By: an anonymous user
Searches: finder stripe leopard customization rid

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How do you remove the stripes in the File/Save dialog boxes?
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