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1. Mountain Lion Tips

a. Synch your Apps with Auto-Download Purchases. Go to System Preferences > Software

Updates and check the Automatically download apps purchased on other Macs.

b. Want to view the mini-calendars in iCal? Just click the Calendars button in the toolbar toview a list of calendars for display.

c. Want to set alerts for events and birthdays, or turn-off shared calendar notifications or

invitation notifications? Just go to Calendars > Preferences > Alerts.

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person you want to assign a photo. Mouseover the image box and select the photo.

g. Want to send an iMessage instead of a call or email? Just click on an email address orphone number in your Contact page. A popup dialog will open and you type your

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message.

h. Want to share a Contact with someone else? Mountain Lion now lets you email,message or AirDrop the information to others. Just go to the contact page by double

clicking on his/her name and click the share button.

i. Want to set a location-based reminder for yourself? Just go to the Reminders App,

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create your to-do and then click on the I to the right of the item.

j. Want to export your To-dos to a Google calendar? While you are using the Reminders, just go to File > Export and select the to-dos you want to export to Google. You will

have an ICS file to import to Google.

k. Want to pin your Notes on your Mac desktop? Just double click on the title of the notein the list of Notes. You will get a separate window that allows you to place it anywhereon the desktop.

l. Want to use a single messaging system? In Mountain Lion your Messages allows you tosend and receive iMessage, AIM, Yahoo and Google Talk messages using your Apple ID.You can even search for messages, send messages to a phone number and answer

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FaceTime and iMessages sent to you.

m. Want to select which widgets start in the Dashboard? Just open the Dashboard, press F4

or F12. Now click on the + button to open the Launchpad-like interface and select thewidgets you want.

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Want to organize your apps in to groups? Just go to your Launchpad, select a widgetthen click and hold that widget. Once they start to wiggle, just drag and drop thewidgets on top of each other to create folders.

o. Want to delete a widget? Simply click the - button in the Dashboard and click the xthat appears on any of your custom widgets. Then, select the Delete button to removefrom the Dashboard.

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