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Weird that you can’t just have the printer do this by default. But if you’ve ever wondered how to print something out double-sided then wonder no longer. Let me show you the way… First you’ll want to have open a document that you hope to print. A MS Word file, spreadsheet, email, website, anything [...] If you ever find call to change your existing login password—and you might—here’s how you can do it: Go to your System Preferences, either from your dock, or through the Apple menu. Click on Accounts, see?…
In the Accounts preferences you can now change your password. The window looks different [...]
Hey Joel, Would it be possible to set up another key (spam) that we can click on and the checked items, or the item we are reading and they go into the spam folder, probably along the top with the, Expunge,Read, etc. Might be a little easier [...]
There is a spam filter on the mail server which detects and marks spam by prepending [JUNK MAIL] to the subject on any emails it thinks might be spam. This rule will watch your inbox for anything with [JUNK MAIL] in the subject and mark it as junk, redirect it to junkmail [Email address: junkmail #AT# peoples.coop - replace #AT# with @ ], and remove it from your inbox, all without you having to do anything. Except set up this one rule. Let’s do it!
Let’s keep this one real basic. I want to point your attention to a helpful post on The Unofficial Apple Weblog about how to master the save dialogue that you see universally across almost all applications on the Mac. The Save dialog in Mac OS X can often [...]
Have you ever opened up a Finder window in column view and found yourself confronted with truncated file names? It’s quite annoying. Here’s a quick fix. At [...] Hopefully we are all familiar with the Finder. Your documents are in the Finder, your Applications, all of it, accessible through the Finder window. The Finder is the filing cabinet for all of your computerological ‘stuff’ on the Mac. But unlike the standard filing cabinet, the Finder has some neat tools to allow you [...]
Invoking the App Switcher Simply hold down the Apple key, now hit Tab once. Voilà. You should see a semi-transparent floating window kinda like the one pictured above, this displays an icon for each of the applications currently running on your computer. While still holding the Apple key tap Tab repeatedly, you will see a box cycle through the active apps, select the one you want and the releases the Apple Key. You are magically whisked off to your desired application. Once open, you can also control the Switcher using the mouse, be aware that the App Switcher will respond to movements of the mouse. The first app selected when you invoke the Switcher is always the one you are working in currently, then they progress starting with the most recently used program moving to the ones you haven’t used in a while. This is really a useful tool for alternating quickly between to applications that you may be working on. You can hit Apple + Tab really quickly to switch to the next app witout even brining up the floating window. Believe it or not but this is just the tip of the iceberg for this little OS X gem, read on for more advanced and insanely useful tips on using the App Switcher. Continue reading Basics: The Application Switcher is your friend. |
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Neil asks:
One added suggestion for improved spam filtering on your inbox. Remember in the previous tutorial where i had you go into your Mail Preferences and edit that junk mail rule? We are going to do something similar to that.
A quick & useful tip for viewing long filenames in the finder courtesy of The Unofficial Apple Weblog: