Don't
like the weather? Change it in your Dashboard. Open the weather widget, then
OPT+COM click on the forecast icon. Repeat to cycle through all weather. Read
more.
K9
Screen Cleaner - prevents
bacteria buildup between display glass and circuitry of your Mac. (Note:
if nothing plays, you may need the Perian
plug-in for QuickTime).
Under
the Blue Apple - select About
This Mac - then click on the OS version to reveal OS Version > Build
Number > Serial Number - even more data is hidden in Log-in Window. Click
'More Info...' to reveal technical data about your Mac.
Key Board Secrets
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hold SHIFT down to slow genie action when shrinking a window to Dock with
Yellow Ball ----- COM+DELETE sends
a selected file directly to trash in one swell foop.
------------ SHIFT+COM+DELETE
empties the Trash (select Finder/Desktop) ----- CNTRL+COM+D - then hover
over a word will pop-up Dictionary meaning 3x------- TRIPLE CLICK to select
a whole sentence or URL address to copy and paste.
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OPTION+SHIFT+K (in any text document) - see more hidden symbols
and accents
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CNTRL+OPT+COM+8 creates an x-ray negative of your Mac display.
------------ COM CLICK on any saved
document title in Finder window to show the proxy
path to original file - this is handy if you forgot where you saved your
file.
Safari Secrets
-----
Select some text in your browser window - then drag and drop it onto desktop
- creates a 'clipping' of your text - then drag the clipping into a new text
document to edit.
------------ Summarize - If you're
on a website or have a long document open, basically anything with text,
highlight the text, then from the browser menu choose Services > Summarize
(i.e. Safari
> Services > Summarize)
iPhone
Secrets- Did
you know that your iPhone keeps a record of everywhere you go? Both a geographical
location and a time stamp are recorded and stored in your iPhone and
computer backup. And the feature cannot be turned off or deleted. (Read
more). An application called iPhone Tracker (for viewing iPhone's secret
backup files) can be found here.
Some updated clarification of this issue (or non-issue) here.
Creepy / Strange
Griffin
RocketFM - last summer these discontinued transmitters were easily
found on eBay for $15-25 (used). Now these devices cannot be found anywhere
except at Amazon for
no less than $100-200!
The
Book of Mozilla? - type about:mozilla into the URL window
of FireFox. More info here.
Software and Hardware
iPad Printing with older,
non-wireless USB printers
Printopia
for Mac - Ecamm- free trial download - $9.95 (not in App Store) - read how
to use Printopia with your iPad.
PrintCentral -
iPad App Store -$9.99 - works great - extra controls
How to install OS 10.5 on
older Macs
Faking
Out the Leopard Installer w/ Open Firmware allows you to install Leopard10.5
on older macs w/ less than required 867mhz processor - basically fools
the machine temporarily via firmware changes (see commands in article) - or
use the free app Leopard
Assist v. 2.3.3 to do it for you
Thunderbolt
- new data transfer technology at 10GB per second! (12x faster than FireWire
800, 20x faster than USB 2.0). Read
more at AppleInsider.