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Post by beerbum on Sept 2, 2008 14:47:20 GMT
Tip 1
might be a good thread - neat ticks we know.
I just noticed - if you hold down the 'Alt' button and drag a window off the screen (in my case to the right) it pulls all open windows for that app into that other space! Cool!
cheers - BB
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Post by Forum Cat on Sept 2, 2008 15:38:29 GMT
Tip 2 Hide itYou beat me to it. I was going to have an "Uncle Macs Mac Moment" thread for exactly this. Can we perhaps add a subtitle to this thread? How about this for a neat trick? Hold down the alt key and click on the desktop. The top application becomes hidden. Perfect for when you are mooching the British Mac Forum at work and the boss walks in.
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Post by beerbum on Sept 2, 2008 15:58:07 GMT
Nice one! Like that, especially as I share an office with the wife and I don't always want her to see what I'm looking at....
Subtitle away......
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Post by Forum Cat on Sept 3, 2008 9:42:44 GMT
Tip 3 SolarizeOne more from me and then I really want other people to contribute to this thread. Take your left hand and use it to press the three keys on the bottom left of a non laptop keyboard. ctrl alt and command then take your right hand and press 8Repeat to undo the effect. Great for tricky to read text and for playing a trick on your Mac using mates. Forum Cat
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Post by Forum Cat on Sept 24, 2008 10:09:44 GMT
Tip 4 Minimise allCome on guys share your vast knowledge. This should not be a cat only zone. In the meantime here is an uncle Mac moment from the cat. There are many times when you are working with an application and you have more than one window open in that app. To make some space hold down the alt key and double click the title bar for one of the windows. All the windows will be minimised for that application. To restore them hold the alt key whilst clicking on one of the minimised icons in the dock. Forum Cat
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Post by Forum Cat on Oct 2, 2008 15:58:17 GMT
Tip 5 Directory pathsWhen in Safari and you are deep within a web site hold down the command key ( key) and click on the title at the top of the current window. You will see a path showing the directory tree for the website that you are in. This allows you to rapidly go back to any branching point in the website that you are in. The same will trick will also work on any window that you have open on your Mac but this time it shows the relevant directory tree on your Mac. This allows you to rapidly move back up the tree to the branching point of your choice. Cat
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Post by beerbum on Oct 3, 2008 9:06:06 GMT
Mr Puss - Brilliant tip! Thanks and keep up the good work BeerBum
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Post by keith on Oct 4, 2008 22:18:56 GMT
Great for tricky to read text and for playing a trick on your Mac using mates. Not really sure there's anything I can contribute as yet because I'm still learning OS X but I have to say that this is a fantastic tip. I absolutely abhor websites that have light text on a dark background and this makes them much easier to read and better on the old eyeballs. Thanks
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Post by Forum Cat on Oct 9, 2008 23:22:44 GMT
How about this for a neat trick? Hold down the alt key and click on the desktop. The top application becomes hidden. Perfect for when you are mooching the British Mac Forum at work and the boss walks in. Tip 6 Hide allIf you liked this one the I have another similar one that you may also like. Hold down alt and Command () at the same time. Then click on any window. All of the applications will be hidden except for the one that you have clicked on.
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Post by Forum Cat on Oct 22, 2008 6:01:11 GMT
Tip 7
Boolean Spotlight
If you want to search more exactly for stuff in Spotlight you can use Boolean logic. Simply type in CAPITALS the words AND or NOT or OR between your search words to give a more refined result.
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Post by Dr Miles on Oct 22, 2008 8:39:51 GMT
Tip 8
Finder Video Preview
when browsing a folder of video files you can use the scroll function of your mouse/trackpad to search through the Preview of a selected video files rather than using the spacebar and grabbing the slider
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Post by Forum Cat on Oct 23, 2008 9:24:36 GMT
Tip 9
Quick Zoom
Only if you are new to the platform will you not know this, but I use this feature a lot.
Hold down the ctrl button and scroll with the mouse wheel/roller.
This will give you a magnified section of the screen, to return to normal scroll back.
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Post by timark_uk on Oct 24, 2008 11:28:38 GMT
Quick ZoomOnly if you are new to the platform will you not know this, but I use this feature a lot. Hold down the ctrl button and scroll with the mouse wheel/roller. This will give you a magnified section of the screen, to return to normal scroll back. This doesn't work on this Mac using a Microsoft optical wheel mouse. *shrug* Mark
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Post by Forum Cat on Oct 24, 2008 14:28:51 GMT
This doesn't work on this Mac using a Microsoft optical wheel mouse. *shrug* Mark That seems strange, it works on every mouse I have tried and on the trackpads too. I thought that I would slip your tip in here Mark. Tip 10 Jump to end of threadWhen you click on a topic in this forum you can click on the bright blue "new" icon. This will take you to the last post made in that thread instead of the first post which is what you get when you click on the topic title.
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Post by Forum Cat on Oct 28, 2008 9:45:35 GMT
Tip 11
Screen capture
To capture a screen-shot or window there are now two main ways.
1) Use the Grab utility found in Applicatioins/Utilities/Grab
2) Use the shortcuts that have been around for ever but that a new user may not know about.
Screen capture. Command () + Shift + 3
Small section of screen capture. Command () + Shift + 4 then drag
Window capture. Command () + Shift + 4 then Spacebar then mouse to window and Click
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