Archive for the ‘MAC Tip’ Category


MAC Tip of the Month: Opening and Closing Applications

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

For an easy way to see what applications are currently open, press Command and Tab.
If you wish to quickly open an application, press Command and the Tab key and then hit the Tab key until you have selected that particular application.
To easily quit an application, press Command and Tab and tab over to the application [...]

MAC Tip of the Month: Dictionary

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Did you know that a Dictionary was part of Mac OS X (10.4) and there is a really cool feature that not too many Mac users know about.
When you’re in a Mac native application (Safari, Mail, and iWork), if you hover your mouse over the word, and press Ctrl-Command-D on your keyboard, you will see [...]

MAC Tip of the Month: Annotating PDFs in Preview

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Did you know that you can annotate PDFs using Preview on Mac OS X Leopard? It’s a fast and efficient way to share comments when collaborating on group projects.
Under Preview’s Tools menu, you’ll find the options Mark Up and Annotate. To use the Mark Up feature, choose Text tool from Preview’s toolbar then select the [...]

Where’s the Right Click?

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

MAC Tip of the Month: Where’s the Right Click?

You just purchased your first MAC and you are now having a panic attack because you just realized you don’t have the standard two-button mouse -so where is the right click?
Don’t despair, the “right click” function still exists. The default is to hold Control while [...]

MAC Application of the Month: ilovephotos.com

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

MAC Application of the Month: ilovephotos.com
What would you do if, as soon as you uploaded photos from your camera, they were immediately organized, labeled, and emailed to friends and family or your favorite on-line photo-sharing site?
This cool new beta site uses facial detection and an intelligent platform to make managing your photos easy as pie.
Thank [...]

MAC Tip of the Month: Drag-n-Drop Your Way to a New Mail Message

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

MAC Tip of the Month: Drag-n-Drop Your Way to a New Mail Message

Do you find yourself constantly copying/pasting text from other applications into a new Mail message? If you do, then you’ll enjoy this tip.
Instead of copying and pasting, just highlight the text you want to insert into a new Mail message. Drag and drop [...]

MAC Tip of the Month: Contact Actions in Mail.app

Monday, October 13th, 2008

If you scroll over a contact in Mail, a little arrow will appear in the bottom-right corner. If you click the arrow, you can perform a number of actions using the contact such as “Search in Spotlight.”
One of the more useful features is the ability to create a smart mailbox that automatically collects all the [...]

MAC Tip of the Month: Screen Shots

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Automated Screen Shots – this just could not get any easier – just press Command, Shift 4, and the mouse pointer turns into a set of crosshairs that you can drag over the area you want to capture. When you release the mouse button, a screen shot is created and the file will appear on [...]