mac basics
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Mac Basics
“I’m sure there is cool stuff I would use and love about my MAC, but I feel really stupid when I have to call to ask how to get a CD
out”
- Anonymous (Melissa Tidmore about a year ago)
Features of a Mac
• Ease of use
• Text clipping
• Picture taking
• Speech Commands
– Apple
– System preferences
– speech
Fundamentals
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgb_M
NqB3mI
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlT_U7g
ZYh0&NR=1
Mac HD
• Allows you access to everything on your
computer, including programs. Great
place to look if something magically
disappears (never happens to me…right)
Spotlight
• Top right corner of your screen
• Allows you to search your entire Mac
easily for any matches
• A quicker way to find something if you
know the name or certain parts of the
name
Trash
Can throw items away and retrieve them
later
– Great for student computers
– Can check for them later IF you have not
emptied the trash
Creating and Editing Folders
• Can easily create folders on a Mac
– Drag and drop app to add to a folder
– Can color code for importance
Dock
• Quick access to all applications
• Open or running files have a glowing dot
below them
• Size adjuster
• Can add and remove items or folders
(stacks) to your dock
– Stack-gives you fast access to a folder
Expose’
• Allows you to view all windows at one time, without toggling
• F3
• Shift will maximize windows without having to click on them
• Command-F3 hides all windows
• Cool feature- when in Expose’ you can set things to automatically open as you log in
– First Class
Applications
• Can add an application to the Dock through the HD or the Spotlight feature.
– Great when you or a student accidentally poofs something!
– If you want to remove an application from your doc without poofing, hold command
• Anything that runs a program
– Word, PowerPoint, First Class, etc.
Dashboard
• Coolest thing ever
• Widget manager
– provides widgets
– Little mini-apps that let you do simple tasks
– Adding widgets
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4iw9QJpzQQ
• http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/
iCal
• An interactive calendar that you can use to
create appointments, upload to your
phone, and even send to others.
– Negative, no document upload at this time.
Shortcuts Favorites
• Shift Command 3
– Picture of whole screen
• Shift Command 4
– Take a picture
• Hold down shift for a cool trick
More Shortcuts
• Control Alt Command Eject shuts down the computer
• Control Command Eject restarts
• Holding Shift alt while changing volume
– Changes it in ¼ ths
• Command Tilde
– Multiple applications toggling
Handy Tools
• Lining up icons
– Hold command
• Sticky Notes
– Command Shift Y• Does not work in firefox
• Text Clipping
– Select text and drag it to desktop • no copy and paste
Things your kids will like to do…
• Slow motion
– Hold down shift when you minimize or
maximize a screen
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K2sU-
0_jw0&feature=related