Hot
Tips for OS X
Hot Tip
of the Month -
Built-in Tiger Live RSS News Screen Saver Feeds
Live! - Latest Headlines from more than 100
sources including ABC, BBC, CNN/SI , Motley Fool, ESPN
Latest Scores, Top 100 iTunes Songs, New MacWorld Reviews,
NY Times, Wired as Your Screen Saver!
It's 5 Star, incredibly easy to set
and its Built right into Tiger! - AftertheMac
How to do it!
1. Go Here - See
Picture
Apple Icon --> System Preferences -->
Click 'Show All'
(top left)
Click Desktop and ScreenSaver (Top Row)
See
Picture - inside
Desktop and ScreenSaver
Click ScreenSaver on Top
Choose RSS on the left
Click Options Button on bottom right for the Live Feeds! |
Favorite OS X Software
Open Source/Shareware and Unlimited Demo Software that you
can use instantly (and for free!)
OmniGroup
makes great 3rd party software for the Mac, including OmniGraffle
for intuitive flow-chart creation, OmniOutliner which is an
easy collapsable heirarchy which is intuitive and easy to
use, Omni Dazzle for big mouse pointers for those with 4 screens
and more.
How to Download YouTube, Google Videos
and more for iPods and Mac viewing When
a video is playing (or about to play) in Safari or another
browser from video.google.com or YouTube.com (and others)
you can download it by copying the URL address and pasting
it in the box here.
http://keepvid.com
After it has downloaded, use this to watch it with
http://www.videolan.org/vlc
How to take a Picture
of the Desktop In OS X (also
for OS 7.5 through OS 9.2.2)
Out of the Many helpful hints, this
tip seems to always bring a special saying of "Cool"...
Hold Down the keys Command + Shift
and press the 3 (this works in OS 10 as well)
presto, you now have a Picture of the desktop! Hide all your
windows, it will be shown on the desktop as Picture-1 (or
Picture-2, etc) . this works in OS 9 too!.
How to Burn a Data CD
in OS 10.4 Tiger.
Easy Way - Insert the CD and drag the files
you wish to copy. Then eject the disk. You will be asked if
you wish to burn it. Click Yes, et voila!
To make a backup copy of the burn folder for future
copies
Click Finder in the Menu Bar (top of screen)
when you are in Finder
and choose New Burn Folder
Put the data you wish to burn in this new Folder 'Untitiled'
on your Desktop. The data can be documents, applications,
pictures, music or anything.
Hot Tip! - Use iTunes. to make an AIFF CD for home stereos.
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Additional Tips:
Hold Down the Daisy Command Key and Shift Key First,
then press (type) the appropriate number. A prolonged
holding of the number will not produce a picture. This
tip applies anytime you use the Daisy Command Key. |
In
this Diagram courtesy of Apple Computer, I show how
you can Take a Picture of your Screen, no matter what
program you are using, whether watching a Quicktime
Movie, a Web Page, a Document, Picture or just to email
friends what your desktop looks like.
Read Below and feel
free to send me any cool pics you create with the tip!
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