Mac Quick Tips

If you find yourself accidentally launching your screen saver by moving your cursor to an active screen corner, we’ll show you how to avoid it by customizing a setting in System Preferences.

In this tip, we’ll show you how to turn on and set up Junk Mail filtering in Mail.

Quick Look not only allows you to preview files without opening the associated application, you can also use it to view a fullscreen slideshow of images.

Mac OS X can automatically check your spelling as you type. If you’d like to train the built-in dictionary with proper names or company names, we’ll show you how in this tip.

It’s easy to customize the items in your dock, just drag and drop them. In this tip, we’ll show you how to keep an app in your dock that’s currently running.

If you have a series of applications that you launch at the start of your workday, you may wish to have them launch when you log on to your Mac. In this tip, we’ll show you how.

In Finder windows, longer filenames are shortened to preserve the formatting of the view on your screen.  If you'd like to view the entire filename, we'll show you some tricks to allow you to see the file names in their entirety, helping to distinguish files from one another.

If you receive a link to a movie file in an email massage, when you click to view it Safari may open up and start playing the movie for you. If you’d like to download the movie instead, we’ll show you how to do just that in this tip.

Instead of copying a pasting a URL from your browser to Mail to send to a colleague, in this tip we’ll show you how to send the information right from within your browser.

If you’d like to conserve energy by putting your display to sleep, in this tip we’ll show you how you can quickly achieve that using an active screen corner.

Here are a series of tips to help you make sure your Mac is secure.

If you’d like to access the Get Info panel for multiple files, we’ll show an easy way to view this information, without launching a window for each file.

Have you ever tried to open a file that was located in the Trash? Chances are you’ve seen the prompt which asks you to move the file out of the trash first. In this tip, we’ll show you how to quickly view the contents of fles in your trash, without restoring them.

Save yourself some time in filing your email by setting up some rules in Mail to do the sorting for you.

In this tip, we’ll show you to do an advanced search in a Finder window.

When you download an application from the internet, Mac OS X tags the application and informs you the first time it is launched. We’ll show you how to make sure you know the application source, helping to keep your Mac secure.

When doing a Spotlight search, you may wish to find the location of an item of interest, rather than opening it from the search results. In this tip, we’ll show you how.

Need to know the path to a file or folder? We’ll show you a few ways to display this information right in the FInder window.

Throughout your workday you’re likely opening several applications, each with several windows. In this tip, we’ll show a few ways to manage all these windows.

Find yourself using a command often, perhaps a command for which there is no keyboard shortcut? In this tip, we’ll show you how to create your very own custom keyboard shortcut.

Do you have confidential data in a PDF that you would like to secure before forwarding it to your colleagues? This tip demonstrates how to password-protect your PDFs using Preview.

The Mighty Mouse is a powerful mouse which has several customization options that allow you to more easily navigate through your workday.

If you’re checking multiple email accounts, there’s no need to manage multiple applications, or even a need to open a web browser ... you can check and manage your email from multiple accounts in Mail.

When sending an email message, you may wish to Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) some individuals. It’s easy to do in Mail.

Selecting an entire email conversation one message at a time? In this tip, we’ll show you how to select and group entire email conversations.

When using Safari to browse the web, you may be opening multiple tabs to view a collection of websites. In this tip, we’ll show you how to bookmark a collection of open tabs.

Spaces allows you to create and manage multiple workspaces in Mac OS X. In this tip, we’ll demonstrate how you can easily move individual and related windows between spaces.

We often need to type special characters into documents, characters such as the copyright or trademark symbols. In this tip, we’ll show you how to quickly access and insert them.

In this tip, we’ll show you a few different ways to manipulate your Mac’s volume output.

When searching for information using the Help menu item, you can literally be pointed in the right direction.

With a Guest account on your computer, you can allow friends and colleagues to use your system without fear of their tracks being left behind.

Often you’ll hear about a cool keyboard shortcut, but you’re not sure which keys to use. In this tip, we’ll define the common keys to use these shortcuts.

Spotlight is a great tool to help you find information on your computer. In this tip, we’ll show you how to perform an advanced Spotlight search.

Mail allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds and read them in your inbox. In this tip, we’ll show you how to organize your RSS feeds into folders.

In this tip, we’ll show you how to recall where a file was downloaded from, whether it be from the internet or via an iChat file transfer.

You’re likely working with several applications at once for most of your workday. Keeping track of all your open windows can be a task all on its own. We’ll show you how to stay organized using Spaces.

We’ll show you to create copies and aliases of files by using modifier keys while dragging and dropping.

Many documents you create are valuable enough that you want to make sure they aren’t accidentally modified or deleted. In this tip, we’ll show you how to secure your documents.

With your own custom search criteria, you can create some meaningful Smart folders that you can access quickly in any Finder window.

Preview is a powerful application included with Mac OS X. In this tip, we’ll show you how to use Preview to make quick adjustments to images.

In this tip, we’ll show you how to burn to a CD-R multiple times.

In this tip, we’ll show you how to create a numbered or bulleted list when composing an email message.

In this tip, we’ll show you how to adjust the settings on your portable computer to get the most out of your battery.

In this tip, we’ll show you how to restrict Spotlight from indexing selected folders or files, so that your search results are more meaningful to you.

Does your morning routine involve reading the same collection of websites? In this tip, we’ll show you how to organizing your bookmarks in Safari to launch multiple tabs with a single click.

The task of backing up your system is virtually effortless with Time Machine. We’ll show you how to restrict Time Machine from backing up selected folders or files, saving space and time.

Preview is a powerful application, allowing you to manipulate PDFs in many ways. In this tip, we’ll show you how to merge the contents of two separate PDF files.

Getting rid of sensitive data in a secure manner - these days we all have to do it. We’ll show you how to delete items securely from your Trash and from an external drive.

Learning and accessing "special" or international characters is simple with the Keyboard Viewer built into Mac OS X.

While browsing the web, you may find yourself ending up with multiple browser windows, each with multiple tabs. Let us show you how easy it is to manage all of those open webpages using Safari.