Mac tips n tricks

Mac Tips and TricksPersonalizing LearningJulia.Leong@me.comApple Distinguished Educator

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System PreferencesI love my Mac

Thursday, 16 February, 12

System PreferencesI love my Mac

Thursday, 16 February, 12

System PreferencesI love my Mac

Thursday, 16 February, 12

System PreferencesI love my Mac

Thursday, 16 February, 12

System PreferencesI love my Mac

Setting up your Mac to Personalize how it operates

Thursday, 16 February, 12

System PreferencesI love my Mac

Setting up your Mac to Personalize how it operates

How do you PREFER your mac operates

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System PreferencesI love my Mac

Setting up your Mac to Personalize how it operates

How do you PREFER your mac operates

Universal Access- Assistive technologies, making it universally accessible to everyone.

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Display student art work or word a day, not advertising. Personalize Learning

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Task: Open Photobooth

Take a photo

Make it your desktop

or add word a day but customize the words in SCREENSAVER

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Finder - Gear icon

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Try it:Click on the FINDER or your desktop

click on ALL MY FILES, then gear icon

ARRANGE BY, DATE MODIFIED

Click on gear icon, SHOW VIEW OPTIONS

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Where’d my file go? Spotlight

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Where’d my file go? Spotlight

In Top right corner, click on magnifying glass icon

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Where’d my file go? Spotlight

In Top right corner, click on magnifying glass icon

Type in what you are looking for

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Where’d my file go? Spotlight

In Top right corner, click on magnifying glass icon

Type in what you are looking for

Search by name, date, file type, etc

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Screen shot: Take a photo of your screen

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Screen shot: Take a photo of your screen

HOLD DOWN: Command + Shift + 4

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Screen shot: Take a photo of your screen

HOLD DOWN: Command + Shift + 4

e.g. when you want to share a photo but the file size is too large to email

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Screen shot: Take a photo of your screen

HOLD DOWN: Command + Shift + 4

e.g. when you want to share a photo but the file size is too large to email

when you want to share something on your screen to give directions

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Command + Shift + 4

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Write this down to be a JediCommand + Z = UNDO repeat for multiple oop’z

Command + C = Copy

Command + V = Paste

Command + S = Save

Command + w = Clowse

Command + Q = Quit

Command + P = Print

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More Power User commandsCommand Minus = to make something smaller

Function F11 - insta maid

Command + = my eyes are getting old, enlarge it

Command + shift + Plus = Look here classCommand + delete sends item to trash

OPTION + click on any item = duplicate that item

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What program is running?

Computer frozen??= too many programs open

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What program is running?Look in top left corner to see what program you are actually working on

Computer frozen??= too many programs open

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What program is running?Look in top left corner to see what program you are actually working on

Look at the faint blue arrow below the dock items

Computer frozen??= too many programs open

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Don’t panic, internet isn’t broken

Turn wi-fi off then on

see if network appears

all else fails, restart computer

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Organizing making folders

Under the FILE menu:

Color code by classes/ subjects.

Smart folders

Color code by subject

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Organizing making folders

Under the FILE menu:

Color code by classes/ subjects.

Smart folders

Color code by subject

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Organizing making folders

Under the FILE menu:

Color code by classes/ subjects.

Smart folders

Color code by subject

Thursday, 16 February, 12

Organizing making folders

Under the FILE menu:

Color code by classes/ subjects.

Smart folders

Color code by subject

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Connecting to the projector

PLUG everything in first, THEN start up your mac

if that fails, SYSTEM Preferences, DETECT DISPLAYS, MIRRORING

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Sharing files/ Hand in folderClick on desktop or FINDER

GO,

iDisc

Other user’s public folder

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Keep your Mac happy

Under Apple: Update software regularly

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Keep your Mac happy

Under Apple: Update software regularly

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Keep your Mac happy

Under Apple: Update software regularly

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Effective use of mail

smart links to calendar and address book

Hover over a date and click arrow to add an item to your iCal

Hover over a name, phone, email and click on arrow to add it to address book

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Setting up your contactsIn ADDRESS BOOK: Make class group email

parent group email

Send vcards so no typos

Card: look for duplicates

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Thank you Contact me for a classroom visitJulia.Leong@me.com604-224-2282

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