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Mac n00b tips!

  • 18-07-2007 7:06pm
    #1
    triple h
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭


    I like this thread. But i want to try something out here, if NEW PEOPLE TO MAC like it, great, i would love to talk easy talk to them and i would like easy talk to me too. I know the pro's will not find it handy. In fact pro mac users can stop reading. Now.
    When you are new to mac it is next to impossible to know what buttons are called and you have other things on your mind besides learning new tricks.

    The trick i am about to tell you, well,I know 440Hz told us above, but to a new person, if they are anyway like the way i was when i first joined the mac world, well, lets just say it looks difficult to do. Here goes

    NEW PEOPLE TO MAC
    If you like the f9 button ( this is when you have loads of apps opened and you press f9 to jump from app to app.) you will like this one. Again you have loads of apps opened,---- hold down the button that has the apple logo ( its beside the spacebar) ---press The button with the arrow ( its beside the Q button) --- now you can jump to apps this way too by mouse or pressing that arrow button, keep your finger on the apple button at all times
    but the beat part here is when you want to quit the app.
    hold down the apple button --- press the arrow button again --- keep your finger on the apple button and go to the app you want to quit ( by pressing the arrow button or by using the mouse) --- when you see the app you want to quit press the Q button , app closed---- i love this.


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  • #2
    440Hz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,424 ✭✭✭440Hz


    Tips from the recent converts for n00bs, and some from the old Mac-heads thrown in for good measure. For more detailed tips see the Mac reference sticky!

    Note

    Please use the stickies just to post information/tips etc. If you would like to ask a question or find out how something is done please either start a new thread or post to the quick query (http://www.boards.ie./vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055123051). It just makes the reference threads easier to read as they grow bigger. Thanks!


  • #3
    Narcissus
    Registered Users Posts: 776 ✭✭✭Narcissus


    440Hz wrote:
    Anyone fancy starting a Mac n00b thread and i'll sticky it. I reckon my Mac days are too long in the tooth to be thinking about it from a n00bie point of view now. I'm good for "tips and tricks" but I'm sure I'd miss loads of the basic things a brand spanking new user would want to know.

    Anyone wanna kick it off? Triple h... wanna continue from your sticky post?

    I'm new to to mac. I just got a macbook about two weeks ago.

    I guess one that springs to my mind straight away (after using windows for years) is the ability to right click. On macbook it can de done by simply pressing on the touchpad with two fingers.

    Also scrolling with two fingers pressed on the touchpad. So awesome :)


  • #4
    Sajan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 495 ✭✭Sajan


    Apapaia wrote:
    I'm new to to mac. I just got a macbook about two weeks ago.

    I guess one that springs to my mind straight away (after using windows for years) is the ability to right click. On macbook it can de done by simply pressing on the touchpad with two fingers.

    Also scrolling with two fingers pressed on the touchpad. So awesome :)

    Is this a setting that needs to be enabled? The right click function as opposed to the scrolling.


  • #5
    big_moe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭big_moe


    yeah go into sys prefs and then into keyboard and mouse. for non-notebook users, its a ctrl-click to right click.


  • #6
    Narcissus
    Registered Users Posts: 776 ✭✭✭Narcissus


    Yes, in system preferences go to keyboard and mouse then make sure you are on the trackpad tab then select the box that says "tap trackpad with two fingers for secondary click".


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  • #7
    IRLConor
    Subscribers Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭IRLConor


    Bear in mind that the two-finger-tap-to-right-click behaviour is not available on all Apple laptops. My old and much loved 12" PowerBook G4 did not support this. AFAIK all the Intel Macs do though.


  • #8
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    IRLConor wrote:
    Bear in mind that the two-finger-tap-to-right-click behaviour is not available on all Apple laptops. My old and much loved 12" PowerBook G4 did not support this. AFAIK all the Intel Macs do though.

    It did support it. This feature was a software upgrade. It wasn't available on Intel Macs until they released a patch. They then included this patch in subsequent updates.


  • #9
    IRLConor
    Subscribers Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭IRLConor


    Oriel wrote:
    It did support it. This feature was a software upgrade. It wasn't available on Intel Macs until they released a patch. They then included this patch in subsequent updates.

    I patched the old PB up to 10.4.9. The keyboard & mouse preferences pane does not contain the checkbox to turn that behaviour on. I'll double check (and get you a screenshot if you don't believe me ;)) when I'm next in my parents house where it lives now. Perhaps bringing it to 10.4.10 will do it. My MacBook has always had it and I got it with < 10.4.10.


  • #10
    triple h
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭triple h


    ZOOM----If you want to zoom in and out of any web page hold down the ctrl button ( bottom left) and use the little scroll ball on your mighty mouse to zoom.

    DICTIONARY
    If you are reading something on the internet and you come across a word you want to look up.
    highlight the word with your mouse ( it turns blue)
    now hold down the ctrl button and press the mouse ---- you will see options and ' look up dictionary ' is one of those options.


  • #11
    triple h
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭triple h


    I know as a new mac user you really do not want to be told to many tricks all in one go, so here is one more. I will do another trick in a few days time ( maybe a week) --- this trick was on the mac pro sticky thread and 440Hz told us this one, but i will make it simple for new users to mac.

    OPEN APPLICATIONS FOLDER --- this only seems to work if the screen is blank ( well, no other apps opened at all) ---- hold down ( same time) the apple button and the big button with the up arrow ( it is beside the ?/ button) then press A. Now your applications window is opened.

    you can also drag your apps folder to your dock if you want. I did not bother doing this by the way. But i will talk about application tricks the next day, for the new new user to mac.

    Your right Oriel ( message below) i meant to stress that, i forgot, thanks.


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  • #12
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    triple h wrote:
    DICTIONARY
    If you are reading something on the internet and you come across a word you want to look up.
    highlight the word with your mouse ( it turns blue)
    now hold down the ctrl button and press the mouse ---- you will see options and ' look up dictionary ' is one of those options.

    That is a feature of Safari only.


  • #13
    Simon201
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Simon201


    Apapaia wrote:
    On macbook it can de done by simply pressing on the touchpad with two fingers.

    Ah! brilliant - I'm no noob and I didn't know my Macbook could do this one!

    By the way anyone know how I get this, plus two finger scrolling, double tap lock and dragging etc to work when I've booted up XP?? (in separate partition)


  • #14
    440Hz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,424 ✭✭✭440Hz


    Yeah I have a script installed on my XP Mac partition, not 100% on which one i used, it was a while back but here are some scripts for right clicking etc under XP (bootcamp)

    Apple Mouse Utility will let you use Control-click to right click. Simply place it in your Startup folder, and call it with /s, so that it launches silently on startup.
    here: http://www.geocities.com/pronto4u/applemouse.html

    KeyTweak will allow you to remap your Windows keyboard, useful for reassigning modifiers like Control-C to the Mac’s Command-C, etc.
    here: http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/


  • #15
    Miguel_Sanchez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,417 ✭✭✭Miguel_Sanchez


    triple h wrote:
    NEW PEOPLE TO MAC
    If you like the f9 button ( this is when you have loads of apps opened and you press f9 to jump from app to app.) you will like this one. Again you have loads of apps opened,---- hold down the button that has the apple logo ( its beside the spacebar) ---press The button with the arrow ( its beside the Q button) --- now you can jump to apps this way too by mouse or pressing that arrow button, keep your finger on the apple button at all times

    Ok. Is it just me or can't you do this on all modern computers, both Mac and PCs?


  • #16
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Jeff_Lebowski wrote:
    Ok. Is it just me or can't you do this on all modern computers, both Mac and PCs?

    You can. I don't know why it's in here.


  • #17
    the evil lime
    Registered Users Posts: 356 ✭✭the evil lime


    triple h wrote:
    OPEN APPLICATIONS FOLDER --- this only seems to work if the screen is blank ( well, no other apps opened at all)

    It works so long as you're in finder and not another app as far as I can tell.


  • #18
    cornbb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭cornbb


    This one is just for fun :)

    Hold down command (the "apple" key) + alt + ctrl + 8 and see what happens

    (use the same command to switch it back...)


  • #19
    440Hz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,424 ✭✭✭440Hz


    cornbb wrote:
    This one is just for fun :)

    Hold down command (the "apple" key) + alt + ctrl + 8 and see what happens

    (use the same command to switch it back...)

    :D You shouldn't have included how to turn it back heehee!!


  • #20
    Narcissus
    Registered Users Posts: 776 ✭✭✭Narcissus


    cornbb wrote:
    This one is just for fun :)

    Hold down command (the "apple" key) + alt + ctrl + 8 and see what happens

    (use the same command to switch it back...)

    that is savage! :D


  • #21
    Simon201
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Simon201


    cornbb wrote:
    Hold down command (the "apple" key) + alt + ctrl + 8 and see what happens

    ah great now I can have hours of fun pretending to be a dalek exterminating!

    Ok here's one from a while back -

    when you've a window open in the finder, minimize it (yellow dot or double click at the top) with the shift button down. (with genie effect works best)


    erm this thread is gonna be renamed 'wasting time on your mac' soon!!


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  • #22
    triple h
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭triple h


    Jeff_Lebowski wrote:
    Ok. Is it just me or can't you do this on all modern computers, both Mac and PCs?

    Maybe, i guess, don't care, great. BUT the reason i wanted a thread for 'THE NEW MAC USER THAT LEFT WINDOWS' was because i know what it's like to jump to a new system and maybe i can see things in the eyes of a new mac user more so than an old seasoned mac user and i just wanted to say " hold on, the thread 440Hz started ( which i love by the way) might be a bit too much for a new user". I did want to keep messages for NEW USER EXPLAINED IN MORE DETAIL, in the other thread with a warning so old mac users would not read it.

    Anyway

    APPLICATIONS IN THE DOCK --- FOR THE NEW USER

    As a new user you might find yourself using something like 'stickies' more so than 'garage band' --- that is an example.
    So bring your mouse down to the dock and click on garage band, don't let go and drag it off the dock. Watch it go up in smoke.
    Open your app folder and click on stickies ( you will see garage band is still in the apps folder) , don't let go and drag it into the dock.
    Put apps you use all the time into the dock. it's way handier.


  • #23
    triple h
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭triple h


    Pressing the Esc button (while typing in most apps) pops up a list of suggested completions of the word you are typing.


  • #24
    triple h
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭triple h


    In any mac application, for example garage band, iweb, pages and so on, if you make a mistake, like, you put a picture in a box (and reckon you want it out) or you want to get rid of what you just did ---- press the apple button and the Z button----


  • #25
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    That zooming in and out on web pages - didn't work for me. I'm using a PowerBook...?

    Command-tab to switch apps is the equivalent of ctrl-tab on PCs, all right - except for one thing. With the Mac, you can command-tab to show the list of apps, then use the mouse to highlight and click into the one you want. It doesn't sound much, but it means you don't have to keep clicking from one to another the way you do on a PC.

    Oh, and screengrabs on a Mac are command-shift-3 (and you get a nice camera click sound).

    And you can enable your Mac to speak text for you, which is handy if, say, you want to listen to papers from work when you're cooking. Search for Speech in Spotlight (the magnifying glass yoke on the top right of the screen) and set it to On. Then just highlight any text and it'll read it out. This has been a Mac feature going right back to the first Macs; haven't used it for ages, but there used to be a selection of more or less computer-sounding voices. As far as I remember, Hal in 2001 was a Mac voice.


  • #26
    triple h
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭triple h


    I like that mac speak.

    Anyway- sometimes when you are on a site and scrolling down all the way to Ireland can be a pain in the blank, well fear not. just click on the country area and just type I or Ir and it brings you to ireland or the I countries.

    Not a real mac trick, but more so a web trick, but i like it. it is handy.


  • #27
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    You can also speak certain commands - to open apps (as Mac types call programs), to save and so on - if you set them up in that Speech control panel.


  • #28
    440Hz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,424 ✭✭✭440Hz


    Handy little thing for new Mac users to keep an eye on for fast, easy and mostly smart ways of speeding up your workflow on your Mac

    http://www.apple.com/business/videotips/


  • #29
    Rojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Rojo


    I'm gonna sound like a thick because it's probably really obvious... Ok, I've downloaded a load of apps and I have them in my dock, but if I shut down the macbook they disappear from the dock when I turn it back on... What am I doing wrong??


  • #30
    Huggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,408 ✭✭✭Huggles


    Ok, when you start up the apps, the icon will appear in the dock, click and hold on the icon and select 'keep in dock'

    :D


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  • #31
    steveland?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭steveland?


    cornbb wrote:
    This one is just for fun :)

    Hold down command (the "apple" key) + alt + ctrl + 8 and see what happens

    (use the same command to switch it back...)
    I actually really like this look. It makes reading websites a lot easier on the eye if your eyes are tired and the ability to switch between the viewing options with the keyboard shortcut is deadly.

    Ok, my tips... Basic ones that confused me after switching from Windows:
    1. A "Shortcut" in Windows is an "Alias" in OSX. To create a shortcut/alias rightclick on the thing you want to make a shortcut of and click "Make Alias"
    2. That outlined up arrow in the shortcuts thing is the Shift key. My iBook G4 just says Shift, doesn't have the arrow on it so took me a little while to figure out why pressing up wasn't working... The little squigly icon that looks like a Z cut off at the ends with some extra lines is the alt/option key (also not labelled on my iBook with the symbol).

    Oh and one other thing. If you're looking to do any web design on it and want to install PHP, Apache is pre-installed in OSX. To activate it go to System Preferences>Sharing and enable "Personal Web Sharing". You can now access your Apache server from http://localhost/

    I could figure that out, get PHP and MySQL installed and configured but I couldn't figure out the Alt or Shift keys...


  • #32
    Turnip2000
    Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭Turnip2000


    Absolute noob here. Just made the change yesterday with a spiffing new macbook 2.2Ghz and have to say I'm very impressed. But i really thought the change over would be a little less difficult.

    Im figuring most things out myself through trial and error and reading older threads etc. but I'm about to crack over one or two minor issues.

    1. I have no downloads or documents folder in the dock and any effort to put them in fails miserably with either a big black question mark appearing on the folder or the folder(in dock) not updating with the actual folder itself?

    2. After downloading new apps such as messenger and Firefox I'm left with "a disk" on the desktop. After restarting my computer they disappear and i must then re-download the apps. Is there any way of moving these disks to a set location or "ejecting" them without deleting the software required to run the program.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


  • #33
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,680 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Turnip2000 wrote: »
    1. I have no downloads or documents folder in the dock and any effort to put them in fails miserably with either a big black question mark appearing on the folder or the folder(in dock) not updating with the actual folder itself?
    You need to place them on the right side of the divider, next to the trash icon.
    2. After downloading new apps such as messenger and Firefox I'm left with "a disk" on the desktop. After restarting my computer they disappear and i must then re-download the apps. Is there any way of moving these disks to a set location or "ejecting" them without deleting the software required to run the program.
    You need to drag and drop those apps from the disk image to your applications folder. The disks images are just temporary for installation, you can eject them after copying over. Don't run the app from within the disk image.


  • #34
    jtsuited
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,401 ✭✭✭jtsuited


    Simon201 wrote: »


    erm this thread is gonna be renamed 'wasting time on your mac' soon!!

    hopefully:D

    loving that ctrl+alt+command+8 thingy. Had no idea that you could do this. and i've been wasting time on my mac for two years now!


  • #35
    triple h
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭triple h


    Here are two good tricks. Safari only.

    1) -- If you are on a web page and you want to email the page to someone --- hold down the apple key ( command key) and press the letter i. Your mail opens up and it's ready to send the page to whoever....

    2) -- Click view ( 4th word from the apple logo top of your screen) --- go to customize toolbar --- a box opens up and you can add stuff to your toolbar and it will appear under the red, yellow and green dots in your web page anymore.
    One feature you could add is font size. If for example your dad is looking at your computer and he cant read the text too well, he can click the font button and it will make the text bigger. Add whatever tricks you want.


  • #36
    Turnip2000
    Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭Turnip2000


    Thanks very much prof. They worked a treat. Really getting the hang of it now. :D


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  • #37
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    I have a question!

    In safari, is it possible to set it up so that just a normal click will open a link in a new tab? Any time I click on a link it opens a new window and the only way to open it in a new tab is either right click and select new tab or hold command and click. I'm too lazy for both, so is there a way to solve my plight!


  • #38
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    is there a keyboard shortcut for menu bar apple logo >> shutdown/restart?


  • #39
    Breezer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,228 ✭✭✭Breezer


    @Zapp: No. Although there's plugin called Saft that might do this. I've never tried because that behaviour would annoy me, but Saft does a lot so possibly.

    @Cremo: Apple menu is Ctrl + F2. Shut down is Ctrl + Option + Command + Eject.


  • #40
    Simon201
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Simon201


    Zapp Brannigan wrote: »
    I have a question!

    In safari, is it possible to set it up so that just a normal click will open a link in a new tab? Any time I click on a link it opens a new window and the only way to open it in a new tab is either right click and select new tab or hold command and click. I'm too lazy for both, so is there a way to solve my plight!

    Well if your mighty mouse is configured so that the scroll wheel is 'Button 3', pressing down on it when you're on a link in safari will do exactly what you're looking for, (with tabs activated in Safari prefs) and then you can choose, also in Safari prefs, whether you want the clicked and tabbed page to show in front or behind your present page.


  • #41
    Breezer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,228 ✭✭✭Breezer


    Simon201 wrote: »
    Well if your mighty mouse is configured so that the scroll wheel is 'Button 3', pressing down on it when you're on a link in safari will do exactly what you're looking for, (with tabs activated in Safari prefs) and then you can choose, also in Safari prefs, whether you want the clicked and tabbed page to show in front or behind your present page.

    Woops - forgot those things existed! Only got a trackpad here. My bad, sorry!


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  • #42
    Simon201
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Simon201


    Well Breezer knowledge has been shared tonight cos I didn't know that 'control/option/command/eject thingy for shutting down. Brill!


  • #43
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    I don't have a mighty mouse just ye olde trackpad.


  • #44
    Simon201
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Simon201


    Zapp Brannigan wrote: »
    I don't have a mighty mouse just ye olde trackpad.

    ok what about 'two finger tap' to show contextual menu and then one click for 'open link in new tab'.

    All still with one hand!


  • #45
    triple h
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭triple h


    Upgrading to Leopard

    ( i know we have a thread on this, but i hope this is made simple for the new mac person that just left windows )
    ( i am no expert, i am only repeating what eirlink, sad professor and the rest have said. Repeating it in the language of a new person, i hope)


    1) -- The minute you know you are buying Leopard, upgrade everything on your computer -- click the blue apple ( top left ) and click software updates. Update. Then open your applications folder ( in finder), open the first app, say it is omnioutliner ( which i love) click the name and scan to check for updates. update if you have to. Then when you are finished move to the next app and update and to the next app and update again and so on....
    Get rid of some apps if you want to. For example you might have apps you got a free trial and now these guys want money and you are not prepared to buy it. OR i got rid of google earth ( i will download it again) cause i found it crashed even in tiger when i did not update, So i said to myself 'feck google earth'

    2 -- Buy an external hard drive and back up your system. Just in case. When you yolk it up you may be led to disk utility, click on the harddrive you bought, click erase, select mac os extended journal, click erase. then copy.

    3 -- If you have bought new stuff leave it aside, for example, I bought a new mouse, a scanner and a mac game and i said to myself ' just to be safe i will set these up when i get leopard' ( i could be wrong, but i felt safe doing this) . I wonder did i do well, because the game i bought 'command and conquer' had to be updated. When i installed it onto my computer and then opened it up i clicked update, for the laugh, and was told there was a new update to make it compatible with leopard.

    4 -- The big moment, install the leopard disc. By default it will upgrade, this is best for you, ( like me). It took about 1 hour and 10 minutes for this to be done.

    Don't know if this was any help, but any more questions just go to the leopard thread.


  • #46
    bobtjustice
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭bobtjustice


    Hey all.

    Is there a command to minimize all screens??


  • #47
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,680 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    bobtjustice wrote: »
    Hey all.

    Is there a command to minimize all screens??
    As in shrink to the Dock? I don't think so. Command+option+m will minimize all windows in the currently selected app though. And command+option+h will hide everything except the current app.

    Do you not use Expose?


  • #48
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    I recently bought a new MacBook. Whilst impressed with it just one minor thing is pissing me off. When I tap on the track to activate something or to close a page, I move the cursor up to the red button to close the page for instance but when I tap the trackpad it causes the cursor to moves a fraction of an inch, however this is enough to move the cursor off the red button. I have played around with the tracking speeds etc in the user preferences but to no avail. This is really wrecking my head, has anyone else had this problem.


  • #49
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    I recently bought a new MacBook. Whilst impressed with it just one minor thing is pissing me off. When I tap on the track to activate something or to close a page, I move the cursor up to the red button to close the page for instance but when I tap the trackpad it causes the cursor to moves a fraction of an inch, however this is enough to move the cursor off the red button. I have played around with the tracking speeds etc in the user preferences but to no avail. This is really wrecking my head, has anyone else had this problem.

    Can't say I've ever had that happen to me. Hittin the red button only closes the window however, to close the app you need to press command + q.


  • #50
    triple h
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭triple h


    BOOKMARKS ( safari) --- for new mac users

    dragging your favourite web sites down to your bookmark bar is great. But after a while you notice that you end up with loads of sites on your bar ( even though you made the names short)

    Well you have to make bookmark folders to put sites into. For example call one folder favourite sites and you can have youtube, boards.ie, google news and so on in that folder instead of having 3 different names clogging up space on your bookmark bar. You could have another folder named shopping and guess what you put in there ????

    This is how you do it
    1) on your bookmark bar you will see a picture of a little book and when you put your mouse over it , it will say show all bookmarks, click it.
    2) go to menu br - bookmarks and it will show all your bookmarks
    3) click bookmarks on your toolbar it is between window and history.
    4) click add bookmark folder
    5) name it and drag sites into that folder
    end result --- less clutter on your bookmark bar


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    greglo23
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    From macosxhints

    Fully automated, one-step sending of a URL from Safari
    By: nikoad on Fri, Feb 22 '08 at 10:45AM PST
    For the past few years I have been using a Java scrip, I can't recall where I got it.

    Create a new bookmark and copy the following into the location.

    javascript:location.href='mailto:?SUBJECT='+document.title+'&BODY='+escape(location.href)

    Name the bookmark something like "Send Link" and put it in your Bookmark Toolbar.
    Works every time.


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