At the September 4th meeting, Bill laid out a number of tips for getting the most out of OS X. When applicable, the information includes a link to its online source.
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Send items directly from the Finder (OSX 10.7 up)
It’s quite easy to send items directly from Preview…. But, if you are using OS X 10.7 or above you will be able to open a Finder window and then select one or more items in a folder or on your Desktop, then use the Share button from the window’s title bar to send those items. Send via Email, iMessage or AirDrop.
Create Custom Signature on Document in Preview
Launch Preview App, Click Preview Preferences > Signatures. Click +, hold signature in front of camera and click “Accept”. To apply, open a document in Preview, Select Preview Preferences, Signature and click on + and hold a signature up in front of the iSight camera above line and click Accept.
Now, open a document in preview, click on the Edit Toolbar > then click on “Sig” and change line color (if other than black is desired), then click on “Sig” and click on the desired signature. Now click someplace in the PDF document and that signature will be applied.
Read More: http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Signature-from-a-Built-in-iSight-in-Mac-OS-X-Lion
Kill Dashboard
It’s been with us for eight whole years and six iterations of OS X, and still Dashboard hangs on. This is what to do if you have no use for it. Open up Terminal and type:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean true
followed by Enter. Relaunch the Dock by typing:
killall Dock
and the deed is done.
Command Key Shortcuts
CMD H – Hide Current Window
SHIFT OPTION CMD V – Paste with no formatting
SHIFT CMD 4 – Screen snapshots specific area of Screen as a file
Shift CTRL CMD 4 – Screen snapshot specific area to clipboard
Save as PDF “CMD P P”: Apple Menu > System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts > “+” > Save as PDF, CMD P.
Read More: http://osxdaily.com/2014/08/19/save-as-pdf-keyboard-shortcut-mac-os-x/
Make a Screencast
OS X has a built-in screen recording facility allowing users to capture everything on the display. This is handy for making instructional videos and can even be useful in compliance situations. To record a video open up QuickTime Player and from the file menu, click on “New Screen Recording”. Then choose the audio source such as the internal mic and whether you want to include mouse clicks.
When ready, hit record and make your video. It’s possible to record the whole screen or a selection. Afterwards, you can edit it and upload it to YouTube.
Read more: http://www.itpro.co.uk/desktop-software/21632/mac-os-x-mavericks-14-tips-and-tricks#ixzz3BpJxig7T
Tags
Click Finder Icon:
- Click Finder, Scroll Down to Tags, Click on
- Click Finder, Click View > Sidebar, Click Unhide Tags, Rt Click to Modify Tags
- Rt. Click on File & Click tag(s), desired
- Add Edit Tag icon to Finder Bar
Read More: http://www.imore.com/how-set-and-start-using-finder-tags-os-x-mavericks
And, from Bob Shayler, how to tag files in iCloud: http://m.imore.com/how-add-finder-tags-file-saved-icloud-os-x-mavericks
Save File Shortcuts to Finder Sidebar
Click Finder; Click View > Sidebar; Click/drag Folder to Sidebar, Do the same for files except use CMD-Click when click/dragging to the sidebar.
MacOSXTips July 5, 2014: http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/
How to Remove Startup Items
Apple Menu > Preferences > Users & Groups > Current User > Login Items
Dropbox
Dropbox lowered price in August 2014 to $10/mo for a Terabyte of DropBox Cloud Storage
Sign up: http://dropbox.com