mac_tips
- ⌃F7 (remember to hold fn on a laptop) to enable tabbing through all control elements (i.e. Mail's from and signature fields).3:20 AM Dec 21st, 2007 from web
- To save Safari's window orientation, i.e. position and size, hold shift and close Safari via the red close gem.6:03 AM Oct 27th, 2007 from web
- To open a folder in a new finder window: hold ⌘ and double click the folder.9:39 AM Sep 28th, 2007 from web
- In Safari 3, restore the previous session from the menu: History -> Reopen All Windows From Last Session9:32 AM Jul 12th, 2007 from web
- In Safari 3, highlight/select the word or phrase you want to search for, press ⌘e then ⌘g to search for that particular term.4:01 AM Jul 5th, 2007 from web
- ⌃[shift]+w to close a window with multiple tabs5:43 PM Jun 29th, 2007 from web
- Holding down ⌘ while dragging icons on your desktop automatically aligns the icon (to other icons) when you drop it.7:36 AM Jun 22nd, 2007 from web
- ⌘⌥⌃< or > to change the contrast (note this is *not* the brightness)11:10 AM Jun 19th, 2007 from web
- # Hold ⌥ within text boxes to switch column select mode.5:34 AM Jun 12th, 2007 from web
- For fast quoting, select the text in the app, say Safari, and drag it down to Mail and it will compose a new mail with the text.10:50 AM Jun 5th, 2007 from web
- To page up and down *and* have the cursor follow: hold down ⌃ while paging up and down.6:37 AM Jun 4th, 2007 from web
- Can't eject a disk: open /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/eject.menu, this will usually force the eject.5:34 AM May 31st, 2007 from web
- ⌘ click the icon in the title bar of any app to see it's full location.8:02 AM May 23rd, 2007 from web
- Address Book: select a name and hold down ⌥ to quickly see which groups they are part of.10:24 AM May 21st, 2007 from web
- Shutdown: ⌘⌥⌃eject6:53 AM May 16th, 2007 from web
- Use the Grab app (in Utilities) for far more options when screen grabbing.4:44 AM May 15th, 2007 from web
- Clean your desktop keyboard: with a bit of pressure the keys just pop right out, and easily snap back in.6:33 AM May 8th, 2007 from web
- Remove unwanted auto-complete email addresses when composing emails, open 'Window' menu, 'Previous Recipients', remove the unwanted address5:57 AM May 3rd, 2007 from web
- If you work on web design, check your gamma matches most other machines: http://tinyurl.com/38cb7v4:04 AM May 1st, 2007 from web
- To create a link in an email, select the text for the link, open the edit menu, and select 'Add Hyperlink...'4:18 AM Apr 26th, 2007 from web
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