callefjant's Profile

#21 while cmd-tabbing between apps, keep cmd pressed and pick the app of choice simply by clicking on it. #22 cycle through opened windows within an app with cmd-< and cmd-> (requires universal acces to be on in the system settings). #23 open the dictionary app and change its settings so that ctrl-clicking any word in any (cocoa-) app gives the ability to look it up in a nice dictionary panel without having the entire dictionary app to be brought up. (that is, you don't need to remember cmd-ctrl-d anymore)! #24 hold the option key down to open a contextual floating get info-inspector instead of the usual non-floating window. #25 drag the droplet of your choice to the toolbar of finder windows to make it easy accessible- actually the toolbar works about the same as the sidebar. #26 hold the option key down and enjoy closing widgets without having to first click the plus sign. #27 double-click the header divider in iTunes to automatically adjust the width to the contents (and use all fine contextual menu items in iTunes, specifically the 'play next in party shuffle' or whatever it is in English). #28 if you're the only mac user among your friends, consider to switch the cmd and ctrl keys in the system settings, or at least add a bookmarklet as the second bookmark in safaris row of bookmarks (invoked by cmd-2, which the average windows user think is ctrl-2) that kindly asks the user to use the key with the word ctrl printed on it and not necessarily the key that is situated where the ctrl-key is situated on a windows keyboard - this will prevent them from accidently being directed to some bookmarked page when all they wanted was to type a @ at hotmail.. #29 if you're a switcher, it may be of interest that the text edit app has got far more power than notes and far more power that it seems at a first glimpse. one may hardly ever need to wait for the rosetta emulated word app to start up just to read a doc-file. (also, if you've got a macbook as your first mac, use the fn-key in the bottom left corner of the keyboard and you'll still have those forward delete, home and end buttons). #30 the services menu is crowded with crap. download service scrubber and wordservice and live happily. #31 if you're on the move and puts fileservers on the desktop now and then, get used to never ever leave a network without ejecting the servers first. finder will roll that stupid beach ball for decades unless. ..and in addition to #9, cmd-select and you'll be able to do non-continuous selections.