Comments on: 14 Must-Know Tips & Tricks for Mac OS X

By: Prashant

Prashant — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:47:18 +0000

On a newer macbook pro with SSD and no DVD player – You can lock screen with Cntrl+Shift+Power button as there is no Eject button

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By: Adjeff8

Adjeff8 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:14:27 +0000

This is somewhat elementary, but for those that don’t know, as previously stated you can hit Command+Shift+3 to save a screenshot to your desktop. Even more handy (For me) is to hit Command+Shift+4 to save a selected portion of your screen (Like a small picture on a web page) After doing this you will see a + on your screen. Simple put the + on a corner of desired portion then click & hold then drag across desired selection and release. I use this on a near daily basis

By: Allie

Allie — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:17:17 +0000

I am swedish but got my mac in america so i don’t have those keys but there is a short cut. If you press the option key and u you will get this ¨ after that you can press the letter you want with those dots and it will be with the dots for example ö. And to make å you press option a to get ß you press option s

By: Martijn

Martijn — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:19:47 +0000

Great stuff for a first timer in OSX.

By: Dave Aronson

Dave Aronson — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:32:19 +0000

Tony-

The difference is that Command-Tab will cycle through all your currently running *applications*, while Command-` will cycle through all the *windows* of your *one* currently running application, the one that currently has focus.

Example: Say you’re running three windows of TextEdit, two of Chrome, one of Keynote, one of Numbers, etc. You’re now editing in TextEdit. Command-Tab would take you to another application. Command-` would take you to another window of TextEdit.

-Dave

By: Tony M.

Tony M. — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:58:26 +0000

So what exactly is the difference between Command + Tab vs Command + ` shortcuts?

I’m not in front of my mac at the moment (@ work).

Since I’m fairly new to the Mac OS X world, I’m greatly disappointed that if I minimize an app, I cannot restore it to my screen with Command + Tab like I use to in Windows with the Ctrl+Tab shortcuts.

Am I missing something?

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:37:05 +0000

The flipping clock screen saver is called Fliqlo, it requires the Flash plugin to be installed in OS X to work. You can download the screen saver from here:

http://www.9031.com/downloads/screensavers.html

We made a post about it a while back:

http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/14/flip-clock-screensaver/

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:34:25 +0000

Odd question…where did you get the screensaver with the old-style flipping clock? I would really like that.

Thanks

By: 850sc

850sc — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:57:11 +0000

⌘+< works for me (german keyboard layout)

By: nohandle

nohandle — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:55:28 +0000

change it in the Keyboard settings.

By: nohandle

nohandle — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:49:39 +0000

on the czech keyboard it is ⌘+¨ (the key above return). But as waylad said it can be easily changed

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:33:32 +0000

From the Finder look under the “Go” menu, you will find it near the bottom and it will show the keyboard shortcut as well, just in case it’s been changed.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:19:13 +0000

I can not for the life of me get the “Go To Folder” shortcut to work in Finder. It works fine on my wife’s Mac but not mine. We are both running MBPs with Lion upgrades.

i’ve looked for a setting somewhere that might disable this with no luck. I also can’t find an app that is using it. Anyone have a suggestion?

By: Rishi

Rishi — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 02:51:27 +0000

These are really great. I knew some of them, but I learned quite a few things today. So glad I’m subscribed to this list.