Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Configure iCal to open events in separate windows

Configure iCal to open events in their own window when you double-click on them via iCal>Prefs>Advanced>Open events in separate windows.

Quickly duplicate items in the GarageBand timeline

In GarageBand, press the Option key while dragging any item in your project to automatically duplicate the item within the project’s timeline.

Hide your video display in iChat

During an iChat video chat session, to turn off the small display of yourself seen in the corner of the chat window, do Video>Hide Local Video.

Preview a Pages template before opening it

In the Template Chooser in Pages '09, hover your mouse over the thumbnail of a multi-page template to preview all of the pages contained within it.

Show detailed photo info in iPhoto

In iPhoto '09, to show more details about a selected photo such as exposure settings or camera model, do Photos>Show Extended Photo Info.

Send a Safari web page as a Mail message

To send the entire layout of a Safari web page (including all images, links, etc.) as a message in Mail, do File>Mail Contents of This Page, in Safari.

Do "Get Info" on multiple items simultaneously

In the Finder, to show a “Get Info” summary of all selected items, vs. each item individually, press Option and do File>Show Inspector.