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  1. When renting a movie from iTunes, you can watch the entire movie even if you only have only one minute left on your rental before it expires 12:35 AM Feb 6th from web
  2. You can hide your cursor while browsing in Safari or Firefox simply by pressing the 'esc' key. If you want to get it back? Wiggle the mouse. 10:10 PM Feb 4th from web
  3. Keep your secrets. Choose 'Secure Empty Trash...' from the Finder menu so that your files will not be able to be restored by recovery tools. 9:04 AM May 30th, 2008 from web
  4. Command+Arrows will move you as far as possible in that direction when editing text. Up: Top of doc. Down: bottom. Left: Start of line. etc. 4:01 PM May 22nd, 2008 from web
  5. Got an business card? Need an iPod stand? Make one with some scissors & folding skills. Use the instructions here http://tinyurl.com/3apsr2. 11:05 AM May 20th, 2008 from web
  6. At the bottom of a page in Mobile Safari on your iPhone? Simply tap the title bar near the clock to quickly scroll up to the top of the page 9:28 AM May 16th, 2008 from web
  7. Use Spaces? Want to open a new Safari window but stay in the Space you're in? Just CTRL click the Safari icon in your dock then ‘New Window’ ... 10:02 PM May 13th, 2008 from web
  8. Want to play PC games on your Mac without installing Boot Camp, Windows, Parallels or VMWare? Try CrossOver Games: http://tinyurl.com/2qbyof 9:33 AM May 12th, 2008 from web
  9. When you are absolutely sure, hold down option when selecting restart, shut down, or log out to avoid the "are you sure you want to" message 9:11 PM May 10th, 2008 from web
  10. Nav to/System/Library/Compositions and drag the .qtz files that you can see in Quick Look into the preview of a screen saver in System Pref. 9:53 AM May 9th, 2008 from web
  11. Holding down the option key while iTunes launches will allow you to choose/create iTunes libraries. Good for local vs. external collections. 10:14 PM May 8th, 2008 from web
  12. Holding Command+Control+D and hovering over any word gives you the dictionary definition. Click 'more' to launch the dictionary application. 1:25 PM May 6th, 2008 from web
  13. To get a list of useful Safari shortcuts. Paste this local URL into Safari file:///Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Shortcuts.html 9:08 AM May 5th, 2008 from web
  14. Drag the Applications folder to the right side of the Dock. Control+click and choose list. Now you have your very own Apps menu when clicked 11:49 AM May 4th, 2008 from web
  15. Spotlight. One of the best features of a Mac and best and easiest way to find files on your Mac. Shortcut "Command+Space Bar" and type away. 3:03 AM May 3rd, 2008 from web
  16. Hold down ctrl with command, shift and 4 or 3 to copy screen print image to clipboard, then it's ready to paste in an email or any document. 8:47 AM May 2nd, 2008 from web
  17. If you want to do a simple mathematical equation, type it in the spotlight search field. For example if you type 2+2 you get 4 as the result 9:29 PM May 1st, 2008 from web
  18. When browsing in Safari if you want to see where a link is going to take you before you click, Cmd + / opens the status bar for you to check 9:28 AM May 1st, 2008 from web
  19. Using Spaces, click & hold on to a window. Now press control+arrow to go to a different space. The held window will follow to the new space. 11:24 PM Apr 30th, 2008 from web
  20. Press the command-shift-four buttons to take a screen shot of a selected area of the screen, works great if you don't want the whole screen. 7:29 AM Apr 30th, 2008 from web
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