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Archive for November, 2008

Changing Mac OS Screenshot file format

Posted by charly2 On November - 28 - 2008

By default, Mac OS X saves all screenshots made in PNG picture format.  You can change that to JPG, PDF, and GIF by following the directions below.

Read “How to take screenshots on macs” to learn more about taking screenshots.

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How to take screenshots on macs

Posted by charly2 On November - 24 - 2008

After I switched from Windows to Apple’s Mac OS X almost two years, one of the first things I discovered was how cool the Mac’s were for taking screenshots.

If you want to know how to take screenshots on Macs, this is for you…

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Spotlight search not working properly?

Posted by charly2 On November - 17 - 2008

Every so often, Apple’s Spotlight feature (upper right hand corner of OS X) stops working.

If your Spotlight search is not working properly, it’s most likely because Spotlight has a broken index –this how to fix it:

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Speed up Apple’s Mail for OS X

Posted by charly2 On November - 10 - 2008

If you’ve been using Apple’s Mail for OS X for any length of time, things may be going slower than they should.  

The slowness is common as more and more messages get added into Apple Mail, and can be fixed by doing the following:

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3 keys to put your Mac to sleep

Posted by charly2 On November - 3 - 2008

Almost all of the time, I run my Macbook Pro in closed book mode.   Once I’m done using my Mac, I like to manually put it to sleep — right then and there.

Sure, you can click the Apple in the upper left corner, and then slick Sleep, or you can use this wonderful three key combination…

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This will save you tons of time!

Posted by charly2 On November - 1 - 2008

If I can avoid popping over to the mouse at any time, I’m all for it. ;)   One of the things we all do on our Mac’s is load programs, I’ve found this keyboard shortcut saves tons of time (especially with how fast Leopard is!)

Hold Command and press Space Bar.

Spotlight will appear will in the upper right corner…

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The Mighty Mouse IS a two-button mouse!

Posted by admin On November - 1 - 2008

I’ve seen it happen many times now…

People assume Apple’s Mighty Mouse only has one button.

It’s actually got quite a few, you simply have to enable the right side to be the ’secondary button’, and that’s done in Keyboard & Mouse under System Preferences.

Here’s how you enable it:

  1. Click the Apple in the upper left corner of your screen.
  2. Click System Preferences.
  3. Click Keyboard & Mouse.
  4. Click the Mouse tab.
  5. On the right of the Mighty Mouse, click the box, and…
  6. Select “Secondary Button“.

Here’s what it should look like when you’re done:

Also, while you’re in the Keyboard & Mouse preferences, you might want to change the Keyboard Shortcuts so you can tab through dialog boxes on your Mac, and on the web.