Internet

Trick #8

Make any animation execute in slow motion..

Right before you start whatever animation is about to be started, hold down the shift key

For example: minimizing a window or opening a program

Internet

Trick #7

Connect any computer to the internet using your phone..

On iPhone - Go to Settings --> Personal Hotspot --> Turn on Personal Hotspot

Save the Wi-Fi Password listed above as you will need it later..

On Any Computer- Go to Wi-Fi (Internet Connection) --> Click on the connection listed as your name's iPhone

After clicking your iPhone's connection on your computer, enter the password that you saved above from your iPhone. Now you can surf the web or do anything that requires internet on your computer. This simply lets your computer use your iPhone's 3G or 4G network to access the internet. HOWEVER, this only works if the plan you have with your Phone allows you to enable personal hotspots. Not all plans offer this setting, so make sure yours does!

Photos

Trick #6

How to take a screenshot of your screen..

Option 1- Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the whole screen, and save it as a file on the desktop

Option 2- Command-Shift-4 --> select an area: Take a screenshot of an area of your screen and save it as a file on the desktop

Option 3- Command-Shift-4 --> space bar --> click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop

Option 4- Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the whole screen, and save it to the clipboard

Option 5- Command-Control-Shift-4 --> select an area: Take a screenshot of an area of your screen and save it to the clipboard

Option 6- Command-Control-Shift-4 --> space bar --> click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard

Option 7- While preview is opened up... Click on File --> Take Screen Shot --> There is 3 choices given: From Selection- identical to Option 2, From Window- identical to Option 3, From Entire Screen- identical to Option 1 except that a countdown is given until the snapshot is taken

Option 7

This will allow you to take a quick snapshot of your screen for any purpose you find important or useful!

The Dock

Trick #5

Compose an email without opening the mail application..

Right click the mail icon in the dock --> Compose New Message

This will allow you to compose an email without having to go through the hassle of opening the mail app completely. Simply follow these steps and write your message and send it to whoever you'd like!

The Dock

Trick #4

Empty the trash without opening the trash..

Right click the trash can icon in the dock --> Empty Trash

This will allow you to simply empty your whole trash can without opening it up and then clicking on empty trash. This requires less work, and we all know that the less work the better!

The Dock

Trick #3

Open an application right after login..

Right click an icon in the dock --> options --> open at login

This will allow you to automatically have your favorite applications open as soon as you login to your mac computer. For example, if you do this with the app store application, once you login to your mac, the app store will open up automatically without hesitation. You can do this trick with any application in your dock!

The Dock

Trick #2 

  Editing the dock size, magnification, position, and more..

On the upper left hand corner, click the apple logo --> Dock --> Dock Preferences...

From there on, a screen will pop up that should look like this..

From here you can change the following:

Size: changes the size of the icons on the dock

Magnification: causes the icons to enlarge when the cursor is hovered over an icon

Position on screen: changes the position the dock is at on your screen- left, bottom, or right

Minimize windows using: Genie effect- minimizes windows in a slithering manner

                                            Scale effect- minimizes windows in a square like manner

1st check box: causes a window to minimize when it is double clicked on the title bar- in this case, the title bar is the bar with the word "Dock" on it

2nd check box: Minimizes a window into the appropriate application icon. Ex: a safari window will be minimized into the safari application icon, and not off to the side as a separate window

3rd check box: Causes an application in the dock to bounce when clicked on

4th check box: Causes the dock to disappear when the cursor isn't hovered over it, and will reappear when hovered over again

5th check box: Shows little rectangular lights to appear underneath applications in the dock when they are running in the background or open