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BRMUG Meeting Notes February 2009 - Leopard Indepth Ideas Dock Stacks Stacks only work on bottom dock Stacks to big for screen become grids Stacks can now default to Stack, Grid or List (old hierarchical folder view) adding/removing items from dock You can add Applications to the top/left part of the Dock by dragging the Application onto the Dock You can add folders or documents to the bottom/right side of the Dock by dragging them to the Dock You can remove non-running items from the dock by dragging them off customization (resize, location, adding folders/stcks/lists/recent) I recommend using Tinker Tool to choose customize dock location and size (it provides more options) A folder on the Dock is a Stack. You can ctrl-click on the folder on the Dock and choose Stack or Folder. Utilities Screen Shot/capture To capture the entire screen, you can simply press Command-Shift-3 To capture a region of the screen, press Command-Shift-4, then click and drag the cursor to mark the area you want to capture To take a picture of a window, a menu, the menu bar, or the Dock, Press Command-Shift-4, then press the Space bar Grab Utility - Built-in application that offers more screen capture option Font Book printable disable fonts delete fonts export fonts terminal shift-cmd-k -- server book transparency and background moved - configure screens through Inspector tabs - move between tabxls with command brace (like Safari) screen? Finder Finder Sidebar Finder Path Bar (path at bottom of finder window) Finder Toolbar Spring loaded folders icon/list/column/Coverflow Setting file/folder/desktop options Quick Look command click for path at top Icon Preview ctrl-click compression get info duplicate trash Expose Which Keys (F9)All Windows (shows all non-minimized windows minituarized) (F10)Application Windows (shows all non-minimized windows for the current application) (F11)Desktop (clear away all windows and show you the Desktop) Front Row Full Aperture Support iPhoto Music TV Movies Podcasts PhotoBooth Camera Light Take a still Picture Take four quick Pictures Take a Movie Clip Custom Background Movie effect Network Utility Info (TCP/IP info per interface) Netstat AppleTalk Ping Lookup Traceroute Whois Finger Port Scan System Preferences Desktop and Screensavers (set Desktop to change) autolock computer Spotlight (WS) Spotlight Preferences (Search Results/Privacy) Dictionary Lookups Numerical calculations Fast user switcher iCal Address book (ctrl-click address) iChat Video Backdrops Showcase Screen Sharing Audio/Video chatting record feature iTunes Play Ogg Vorbis and others Preview Merge PDFs Extract iCons from App Select the APP in Finder copy (command C) Open Preview Choose Menu: File-New From Clipboard Now you have the icon in multiple sizes that you can copy or save Spaces (IWT) Safari Tabs Find Resize text boxes Turn any page into a Dashboard Widget Make all new "windows" open in a tab (WS) History -- almost complete history of every page you have visited recently Private Browsing (great way to wander around and research something without filling up history) Page Snapback Window-Activity - shows elements of a web page Enable Develop - check out Web Inspector Dictionary - Click on Spotlight and type in word Dashboard - Widgets, Web Clips - enable in Safari Toolbars Universal Access Seeing (Enable Zoom, grayscale) Hearing (Flash) Time Machine Services Interesting Links Mac OS X Hints - Best OS X 10.5 Hints contest winners revealed! OS X Leopard Tips MacTips.org Mac OS Help and Tips hints sample The Essential Apple: System Preferences part 1 part 2 part 3 part4 Keystroke cheat sheets MacDev Center - Screenshot Hacks for Mac OS X