Here's a real OS X one. You can see the developer's of Mail.app

1. Go to Applications folder on your Hard Drive
2. Look for Mail
3. ctrl-Click the app and choose "Show package"
4. Look inside for folder Contents - Resources
5. Look for "senders.tiff" and open it with Preview
6. After seconds you can see the other layers to the right of the window. These 8 "people" are the developers of Mail

One feature I use the most is the scroll wheel on you mouse, enable the "middle mouse button" to "all windows" in Dashboard & Expose in System Preferences.

OK newbs, here's some stuff from OS 7.5.

To access the folder structure back to the root (Mac HD) command click on the title bar of a finder window.

in a finder window start typing the name of a file to select it.

or use the arrow keys to select an item in the finder. To open hid Command down. To go back a level hit command up, to do either of these and close the window behind hold the option key. Keeps your fingers on the arrow keys for super fast file navigation.

In list view in a finder window, hit command right to reveal folder contents, command left to close. Command option right reveals all folder contents. This works in dialogue boxes too.
(it used to be in System 7.5 Cmd right and left to cycle disks, and Cmd up and down to open/close)

Command option W closes all finder windows.

Make clippings, rather than copy/paste to the clipboard. Drag a selection onto the desktop and keep it there.

Some cool ones that appeared in OS8

When you drag something onto a folder/disc, hit space to open the folder's window up. Spring loaded baby. It don't work too good in X these days, too much weird tab bar stuff.

Right click! On everything!

Some OSX only useful finder tweaks

Command Shift A selects applications tab
You can also drag icons to the title bar! Put a regularly used navigation item like Adobe Bridge, Firefox or iPhoto next to the forward/back buttons. Then it's conceptually just another form of window. Object Oriented stuff is amazing isn't it.

Say you have a folder open and you want to copy it. Just click and hold on the folder icon on the title bar, it should pull off. You can then put it where you like.

To get rid of the weird windows style tab bar stuff on the side of the Finder window, hit Command option Tab. If you don't have a huge display this means you can see more stuff. Also, like an older finder window, it keeps all the windows you've seen open, rather than having a back button. To stop the screen from filling with finder windows, hold down the option key when opening : option doubleclick, cmd optionO, Cmd option down etc.

You can stick folders on the dock provided that you put them to the right hand side of the line. Right click to get a menu. It's just like the old apple menu. Except more of them. And upside down. Stick your hard disc in it and browse it in submenus. Or your documents folder.

[size=4]Some Essential Photoshop tweaks that nobody knows but everybody should:

Switch off all palettes : TAB
Switch to fullscreen/fullscreen no menus : F

This goes for Illustrator too.

A little known QuarkXpress feature: hold command option shift delete with an object selected. An alien wanders on screen, and zaps your item with a raygun, and it disappears in a tacky orange gradient effect. I'm serious. It works in 3.3. I dunno if it's still there, i've defected to InDesign.

Here's a fun one... (especially if you're running Boot Camp)

Use your remote to choose your OS

- At startup hold the Menu button on your remote. (This is the same as holding Opt)

- You'll see the different OS choices on screen. Now use your remote to select the OS you want.

- Press the Play button on the remote to boot into that system.

i just know ill use the remote sitting a foot away from my keyboard just because i can.

Go under the Help Menu and search for "Human Interface Guidelines"

You'll get a handy dandy list of system shortcuts and all the keyboard shortcuts you should be using when developing applications.

Lots of people quickly stumble upon the fact that Macs have easy-to-access text-to-speech capabilities. If you were paying attention to the Macintosh debut in 1984, you would almost certainly remember the first thing the public HEARD the Mac do (relive the memory).

But the terminal command makes things easier... in Panther and Tiger you can just open up the Terminal and use the "say" command (if you still use an older version, use AppleScript through "man say" if you want help on how to use it. Use SSH or remote login of any sort for much fun to be had while you're away! (Inspired by A Mac OS X Hints "tip" with lots more fun to be had with AppleScript)

i have a question, when im using finder, and if i wanna go back, instead of using the mouse is there any key shortcut? i'm on a powerbook g4. and it's "backscape" with PC

thanks guys

To go back a window in the Finder press Apple [
Similarly you can navigate forward with Apple ]

Once you select a file or app you can open it with Apple O


Now for another hint:

If you open your Keyboard Shortcuts preferences and set Full Keyboard Access to All Controls you can tab between buttons that have a blue glow around them and select them with the spacebar, this works in situations where the default button [ press return key ] is in dark blue, but the other clear buttons will have a blue glow around them. Tab that blue glow around and select with the Spacebar.

The "About this Mac" dialog window has these sort of buttons you can tab with, if you want a quick test to see if it's working.

=)

oh my god i love u. thanks a lot!

if u want go back in finder use backspace

How do I access the usr/bin directory and stuff?

Press Apple Shift G to go to a folder. Type /usr/bin

Or just use the terminal like normal.

I dont know why this doesnt work on the OS X 86, but Liteswitch X is kinda useful. I like the fact that you can set it so when you switch to an application, all other applications hide. You can also get this functionality with ASM. And ASM works with Rosetta. Liteswitch doesnt work on my Hack.

Dear all,
This trick maybe useful for you, when you update to 10.4.7, Dashboard starts 'phoning home' -- it checks for updates on the internet for your widgets on the following two URLs:

http://www.apple.com/widgets/widgetadvisory
http://www.apple.com/widgets/parser.info

For this, it launches a process called dashboardadvisoryd, and checks every day for new widgets. Quite handy, but you probably would like to prevent this.

Here's how to disable it :
Run this in terminal

$ sudo nano /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist

add the following two lines below the line that reads <dict>:
<key>Disabled</key>
<true/>

Save with Ctrl-O then Ctrl-X to quit
Now edit another file :
$ sudo nano

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dashboard.advisory.fetch.plist

after the line that reads <dict>, also add the lines:
<key>Disabled</key>
<true/>
Save it with Ctrl-O then Ctrl-X to quit
Now restart your computer, and this process won't start automatically

Hi, I tried to use backspace but didn't work, I thought it is Command+[

You are correct. Apple+[ will back you up a window in the Finder. Backspace, or Delete, backs you up in Safari.

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Do you know that you can run a widget without permanently installing it?

After downloading and expanding a widget, a double-click launches the widget installer. A dialog then appears with two options: Cancel and Install. Hold Cmd+Option when the dialog is onscreen, the Install button will change to Run, allowing you to only run the widget. Select this, and it opens in the Dashboard layer, but it's not moved to your Widgets folder

"John the Geek:
Here's a fun one... (especially if you're running Boot Camp)

Use your remote to choose your OS

- At startup hold the Menu button on your remote. (This is the same as holding Opt)

- You'll see the different OS choices on screen. Now use your remote to select the OS you want.

- Press the Play button on the remote to boot into that system."


So is there a way to turn on my mac with the remote?

i doubt it, there isnt a way to power down or turn on the computer with the remote.

Holding F12 ejects 1 drive
Holding ALT - F12 ejects the 2nd drive.

In my case I've changed command/Apple-key (?) to the Windows-key
and option-key (?) to the ALT-key. This seems more reasonable to me.

Regards

Hey,

Does anyone knows what the combination is to get the options menu
in a application ? Because When i am in TeamSpeex i want to get the options,
but there is a special combination for this ?

Thanks

Is there a way to refresh a folders' content? Like in XP you press F5. How about on X?

If your mouse is not working for some reason and you need to access the dock, press CTRL+F3 and use the arrow keys to pick your app. To move a icon, press Win+<arrow>.

Nope, once the computer has powered off it is no longer listening for the remote. Sorry.



Usually it's Apple + ,




For me it's Opt (Alt Key) and the arrow to move the icons.

Lots of goodies =]

Click on a open window (the top by the close buttons) and then hold it. Press F12 to activate widgets and you can move that window around the screen until you release it. Don't know what use it has, but it does that.

is there a way to make the windos key the apple key on apple keyboards?

Simple, from Keyboard & Mouse in System Preferences, on Keyboard tab hit Modifier Keys

oh right, problem sorted

Didn't read through all the hints so apologies if this is a dup.

Hold down the Apple/Command Key while clicking and dragging a window in the background allows you to move the window without bringing it to the front.
This also works with many (not all) standard controls. The scroll bar and resize corner for example.

go to terminal

type emacs

then do x + escape at the same time.

type tetris

. And there ya go. Tetris in terminal !

that's pretty cool!!!

ive learned a lot here... now can i call myself a "mac expert"? jejejeje


another question... when im on finder, how can access the sidebar and the toolbar or titlebar without using mouse, just like "tabbing" on windows, how can i do it on mac os x?

You can cycle through active applications by pressing Apple and Tab.

You can also enable tabbing in dialog windows by going to System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts and enabling Full Keyboard Access on All Controls. Then in windows where you have a blue button as default, you can press Tab to move the selection around (a light blue outline around the selection) and choose that button by hitting the spacebar.

Now you are an expert.

=)

yes i can cycle through windows using apple + tab or any... but i still cannot go to the sidebar or toolbar of the opened window on finder.. how can i do that?

Oh... Hmm. Don't know if it's possible.

so that means in reality, os x you cannot fully control the os x without a mouse?

I had to install and set up leo with no mouse support

to lighten up things or explain what im bragging about a it further, heres a photo...

how to access the side panel, toolbar or searchbar without using mouse? like tab does in Windows (i know tabbing can be done in apple but i can do it only in windows & menu panels)

anyone want to answer? it it really not possible? im tracking this thread every hour since 2 ddays but it seems nothings replying...

have a look here and see if there is anything that may do what you want.

Full keyboard access only works with some apps, depends on the api used and finder isnt one of them, works ok in safari though.

sorry i cant be of more help.

In dashboard hold option and mouse over widgets. It brings up an X for each widget that is moused over.

So you know those fancy apps that take pics of individual windows? Useless, IT IS BUILT IN TO OS X! You need to hold SHIFT-APPLE-4 to bring up a picture mode where you select the area where you want to take, then press THE SPACE BAR. You can now select the window you want to take a picture of.

Just found this out (accidentally): Hold option when double clicking a file in finder and the finder window closes when the file or app opens

you can have a key combination for shutting down. go in to system preferences, click on keyboard in keyboard and mouse. click add a new shortcut button. enter "Finder" for application and Shut Down for the item menu. Choose the key combination. it will work in any app.

You don't need to do that, it already exists.

You can press CTRL Option Apple and Eject at the same time to immediately shut down.

Apple Option Eject will immediatly sleep

CTRL Eject prompts with the shutdown choices.

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For ex-Windows users - things they might not expect that us Mac peeps take for granted:

You drag and drop applications to install (generally, drop into Applications (even the shortcut in your finder window))
When alt-tabbing or using expose or doing anything else, you can be dragging items. So click to drag text/folder etc then alt-tab to the window you want and release once you've brought the window to the front.
When dragging a folder item, hold it over folders to delve into them, they'll open as you hover over each.
You can drag the dashboard off the dock and it will still work.
command-Space brings up spotlight.
Command-left/right takes to to End and Home respectively (this I find a little annoying, as I like home and end!)

Some of us know KVM’s. A little box attached to multiple computers so you can share keyboard, mouse, and screen with all those computers. Nice and it works.
If you want to use your keyboard and mouse for multiple computers, each having their own monitor, then Synergy2 might come in handy. I use my maindesktop which has Vista and Mac OS X running, a laptop with Mac OS X (Macbook Pro), a Windows 2000 server, and a Linux box. And with all of them I can share my one and only keyboard and mouse and it works great.

The missing link for the Mac is the GUI, and that’s where you’d like to install SynergyKM. This is all you need for a Mac client or server. Works great!
It’s free: http://software.landryhetu.com/synergy/

I was wondering how to restore the default icon for the terminal after changing it to one of my own, Iwas having a hell of a time. I finally found out that if you open get info and click on the icon in the left top corner and then go to edit / cut it restores the icon.