Five fun eye candy effects built into Mac OS X
February 20th, 2007 - Fun, Mac OS X
Apple spends a lot of time fine tuning our favorite products, resulting in stellar looking hardware and software, particularly visible in Mac OS X. It’s not hard to impress your friends and colleagues with the appearance, fluidity, and many great features we all enjoy. But if you’re in the mood to brag and be flashy, here is a list of five fun tips to show off some of the eye candy that’s built right into OS X. These tips have been tested on Mac OS X 10.4+ and most won’t work on older versions that lack Core Image support.
| Effect | Keystroke |
| Expose in Slow Motion | Shift-Click F10 or F11 |
| Zoom In & Out around Cursor | Control-Scrollwheel (doublefinger trackpad on laptops) |
| Invert Screen | Control-Option-Command-8 |
| Genie Minimize in Slow Motion | Shift-Click Minimize |
| Dashboard in Slow Motion | Shift-Click F12 |
As you probably noticed, shift clicking slows down many of the Core Image and OpenGL functions in Mac OS X. If you know of anymore OS X eye candy and effects, please share!
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