Mac Tips and Tricks

Mac Tips and Tricks

Rick Lakin

Hilltop High

Chula Vista, California

Menu Bars-Apple Menu

• About item tells about program and computer

• Chooser selects file servers and printers

• Control Panels selects all preferences

Menu Bars-File Menu

• Very similar to PC• Notice keyboard

shortcuts

Menu Bars-View Menu

• Determines how your windows look

• You can set up as list view here

Menu Bars-Windows Menu

• A little like the task bar on PC

• May not be available on 9.0 but on 9.1 for sure

Menu Bars-Special Menu

• Restart and shutdown here

• Empty Trash as well

Menu Bars-Help Menu

• Go to Mac Help

Menu Bars-Help Menu

• Go to Mac Help• This is a browser

style interface

Menu Bars-Help Menu

• Go to Mac Help• This is a browser

style interface• Look through

Keyboard shortcuts for cool ideas to help you navigate

Drag and Drop

• Drag file icon on top of program icon

• Program icon will highlight

• Release mouse button

• Program will open this file

Important keys

• OA- means Open Apple (key to left of space bar

• OA-W Close Window• OA-Q Close program• OA-Tab switch program

among those open and finder

Printers

Questions

• Rick Lakin rlakin@home.com

• http://hhs.suhsd.k12.ca.us