RobNyc Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Lots of goodies =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trav1085 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boeing747 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 is there a way to make the windos key the apple key on apple keyboards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernando Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Simple, from Keyboard & Mouse in System Preferences, on Keyboard tab hit Modifier Keys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boeing747 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 oh right, problem sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.C.Tippins Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezoflip Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 go to terminal type emacs then do x + escape at the same time. type tetris . And there ya go. Tetris in terminal ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloutmacstoday Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 that's pretty cool!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniphreak Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John the Geek Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 ive learned a lot here... now can i call myself a "mac expert"? jejejejeanother 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. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniphreak Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John the Geek Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Oh... Hmm. Don't know if it's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniphreak Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 so that means in reality, os x you cannot fully control the os x without a mouse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniphreak Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniphreak Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 anyone want to answer? it it really not possible? im tracking this thread every hour since 2 ddays but it seems nothings replying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Muchacho Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzeh Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 In dashboard hold option and mouse over widgets. It brings up an X for each widget that is moused over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzeh Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John the Geek Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 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. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Bean Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 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!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansaplast Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vizual.menace Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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