{"id":137,"date":"2010-08-11T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sedcclint.com\/os-x-power-user-tips-tricks-and-time-saving-s"},"modified":"2010-08-11T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T17:00:00","slug":"os-x-power-user-tips-tricks-and-time-saving-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedcclint.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/11\/os-x-power-user-tips-tricks-and-time-saving-s\/","title":{"rendered":"OS X Power User &#8211; Tips, Tricks, and Time Saving Strategies on the Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"posterous_bookmarklet_entry\">Along with some serious hand&#8217;s on experience today, here&#8217;s a few more resources that you might find of help:<\/div>\n<div class=\"posterous_bookmarklet_entry\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danrodney.com\/mac\/index.html\">Mac Central Keyboard Shortcuts<\/a> &#8211; a MUCH larger and expanded list than what I have below.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/customguide.com\/\">CustomGuide<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.customguide.com\/pdf\/macos-quick-reference-tiger.pdf\">Mac OS X Quick Reference Card<\/a> &#8211; a nice 1-page front and back reference to print and keep nearby (They have <a href=\"http:\/\/customguide.com\/quick_references.htm\">many others like this<\/a> for most programs you probably use).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"posterous_bookmarklet_entry\">We&#8217;ll spend some time today looking at keyboard shortcuts since the goal of today&#8217;s training is to get that left hand out from underneath your chin while working on the computer. Here&#8217;s the name and symbol of all of these &#8216;custom&#8217; keys:<\/div>\n<div class=\"posterous_bookmarklet_entry\">\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clintwp.sedck12.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/media_httpwebmecomtra_kbicb-scaled1000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media_httpwebmecomtra_kbicb\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clintwp.sedck12.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/media_httpwebmecomtra_kbicb-scaled1000.jpg?resize=500%2C135\" width=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"posterous_bookmarklet_entry\">\n<div class=\"posterous_quote_citation\">via <a href=\"http:\/\/web.me.com\/trainerob\/training\/OSX_Power.html\">web.me.com<\/a><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ll use this list as the agenda for the training, and as a reference. We may not get to all of these, but we&#8217;ll give it a shot!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>System Preference Goodies\n<ul>\n<li>Expose &#8211; See everything, or nothing at all&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Spaces &#8211; Set up different work &#8216;areas&#8217; or desktops to group similar tasks<\/li>\n<li>Speech &#8211; Tell your computer what to do, or have it read&nbsp;anything&nbsp;back to you.<\/li>\n<li>Trackpad &#8211; Make your trackpad do more than just move your mouse around &#8211; add right-click and window scrolling with different gestures.<\/li>\n<li>Universal Access &#8211; Built in screen zooming,&nbsp;Zoom (Option Command + &amp; -) Have to turn on first (Option Command 8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Desktop Shortcuts\n<ul>\n<li>QuickLook (Spacebar)<\/li>\n<li>Spring Loaded Folders<\/li>\n<li>Applications Folder (Shift Command A)<\/li>\n<li>Desktop Folder (Shift Command D)<\/li>\n<li>New Finder Window (Command N)<\/li>\n<li>Close Window (Command W)<\/li>\n<li>New Folder (Shift Command N)<\/li>\n<li>Screen Capture (Shift Command 4)<\/li>\n<li>Hide (Command H)<\/li>\n<li>Spotlight (Command Spacbar)<\/li>\n<li>Command-Z will undo the last thing you did&#8230; Anywhere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>TextEdit or other Text Editor like Microsoft Word\n<ul>\n<li>Hidden Keyboard (Option Key)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Thesaurus (Option Esc)<\/li>\n<li>Select All (Command A)<\/li>\n<li>Copy, Paste, Cut (Command C, V, X)<\/li>\n<li>Undo (Command Z)<\/li>\n<li>Bold (Command B)<\/li>\n<li>Italic (Command I)<\/li>\n<li>Underline (Command U)<\/li>\n<li>Save (command S)<\/li>\n<li>to desktop (Command D)<\/li>\n<li>New (Command N)<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t save (Command D)<\/li>\n<li>Quit (Command Q)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Safari\n<ul>\n<li>Jump down a page (Spacebar) or up a page (Shift Spacebar)<\/li>\n<li>Enter a new Web address (Command L, then just type &#8211; no need to delete the blue text)<\/li>\n<li>Switch tabs (Control Tab to go right, Shift Control Tab to go left)<\/li>\n<li>To quickly go to one of your first 9 bookmarks in the Bookmark Bar (Command 1 &#8211; 9)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Finder\n<ul>\n<li>Application Switching (Command Tab)<\/li>\n<li>Window Switching (Command ~)<\/li>\n<li>File\/Folder icon in Open window: Control click to see path, click, hold and drag to copy to a new location.<\/li>\n<li>Click the Finder icon in the doc opens up a new window.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Along with some serious hand&#8217;s on experience today, here&#8217;s a few more resources that you might find of help: Mac Central Keyboard Shortcuts &#8211; a MUCH larger and expanded list than what I have below. 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