Mar 2010
Reveal the Finder location of an item in your Dock
03/31/2010 | Category: Mac OS X
To reveal the location on your hard drive of an item in your Dock, Command-click on the icon to jump directly to its location in the Finder.
Adjust the playback speed of a QuickTime movie
03/30/2010 | Category: QuickTime
While playing a movie in QuickTime Player, click the forward or reverse arrows to play it at 2X, 4X or 8X speed. To resume normal speed, click the Play button.
Quickly jump to the first or last photo in Photo Booth
03/29/2010 | Category: Photo Booth
In Photo Booth, click a thumbnail photo then hit Command+left arrow to jump to the first photo taken or Command+right arrow to jump to the last.
Change a scheduled event to an all-day event in iCal
03/28/2010 | Category: iCal
To change an event scheduled for a specific time in iCal to an all-day event, Control-click it and choose "Make All-Day Event" from the pop-up menu.
Minimize windows into their Dock application icon
03/27/2010 | Category: Mac OS X
In Snow Leopard, to minimize windows into the Dock application icon that made them, do System Preferences> Dock> Minimize windows into application icon.
Quickly create a new tab in Safari
03/26/2010 | Category: Safari
When loading web pages using tabs in Safari, to quickly create a new tab, simply double-click in any empty region of the Safari Tab Bar.
Quickly hide a running Keynote presentation
03/25/2010 | Category: Keynote
When presenting with Keynote, hit "h" to hide your presentation and switch to the last app used. To resume your show, click the Keynote icon in your dock.
Print sheet music from GarageBand
03/24/2010 | Category: GarageBand
To print sheet music notation from a Software Instrument track in GarageBand, view the track in the Track Editor, click the Score button, then print.
Preview an entire photo in Faces in iPhoto '09
03/23/2010 | Category: iPhoto
When passing the mouse over a face in the Faces corkboard of iPhoto '09, press the Option key to preview the entire photo in the thumbnail.
Show info about a Pages '09 document
03/22/2010 | Category: Pages
To show the number of words, pages, lines, paragraphs, etc. in an open Pages '09 document, click the "Info" tab in the Inspector>Document inspector.
Quickly see what iTunes playlist a song is in
03/21/2010 | Category: iTunes
When browsing songs in your main iTunes Library, to see which playlist(s) a song is in, Control-click the song and select "Show in Playlist" from the pop-up.
Extract pages from multi-page PDF files in Preview
03/20/2010 | Category: Preview
In Preview, click and drag a page thumbnail from the sidebar of a multi-page PDF to your desktop, to make that page into its own separate PDF file.
Arrange thumbnail windows in Exposé
03/19/2010 | Category: Exposé
In Snow Leopard, when using Exposé to show thumbnails of all windows, press Command-1 to arrange them by name or Command-2, by application.
See when messages were transmitted during an iChat
03/18/2010 | Category: iChat
Hover your mouse over any text balloon in an iChat chat session to show the exact date and time that text passage was sent or received during the chat.
Easily extract audio from an iMovie movie clip
03/17/2010 | Category: iMovie
To separate the audio from video in a movie clip in iMovie '09, Control-click the clip and choose "Detach Audio" from the pop-up menu.
Create a PDF with text that cannot be copied
03/16/2010 | Category: Mac OS X
To create a PDF with text that cannot be copied, do Print> PDF> Save as PDF> Security Options, then check on "Require Password to Copy Text".
Set a Keynote presentation to automatically start playing
03/15/2010 | Category: Keynote
To set a Keynote presentation to automatically start playing when it is opened, do Inspector > Document > Automatically play upon open.
Configure iCal to open events in separate windows
03/14/2010 | Category: iCal
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
03/13/2010 | Category: GarageBand
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
03/12/2010 | Category: 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
03/11/2010 | Category: Pages
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
03/10/2010 | Category: 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
03/09/2010 | Category: Safari
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
03/08/2010 | Category: Mac OS X
In the Finder, to show a “Get Info” summary of all selected items, vs. each item individually, press Option and do File>Show Inspector.
Hide or show the Apple the logo watermark in iDVD
03/07/2010 | Category: iDVD
To hide or show the Apple logo watermark in an iDVD project, do iDVD > Prefs > General and check on or off ”Show Apple logo watermark".
Split regions of tracks in GarageBand
03/06/2010 | Category: GarageBand
In GarageBand, to split a region of a track, click on the track to select it, slide the playhead to where you want the split to occur and then do Edit>Split.
Add attachments to Mail messages via the Dock
03/05/2010 | Category: Mail
Drop any files (or folders) onto the Mail icon in your Dock to automatically add them as an attachment to a new, outgoing email message.
Jump to the beginning or end of a movie in QuickTime Player
03/04/2010 | Category: QuickTime
When playing a movie with QuickTime Player in Snow Leopard, hit Option-Left or Option-Right Arrow on your keyboard to quickly jump to the beginning or end.
Customize the iMovie Font Panel
03/03/2010 | Category: iMovie
In iMovie '09, customize the default fonts and font colors displayed in the iMovie Font Panel by changing the settings in iMovie>Preferences>Fonts.
Use your keyboard to move an object in Keynote
03/02/2010 | Category: Keynote
To move an object (text, image, etc.) in Keynote by 1 pixel, select it, then press an arrow key on your keyboard. To move it by 10 pixels, do Shift + arrow.
Launch System Profiler from the Apple menu
03/01/2010 | Category: Mac OS X
To quickly launch System Profiler, hold the Option key and click the Apple menu. The first item, “About This Mac”, turns into “System Profiler”. Select it to launch.