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Mac Tips and Tricks Personalizing Learning [email protected] Apple Distinguished Educator Download notes now at: www.slideshare.net/julialeong Thursday, 16 February, 12

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Mac Tips and TricksPersonalizing [email protected] Distinguished Educator

Download notes now at:www.slideshare.net/julialeong

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OSx

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System PreferencesI love my Mac

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System PreferencesI love my Mac

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System PreferencesI love my Mac

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System PreferencesI love my Mac

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System PreferencesI love my Mac

Setting up your Mac to Personalize how it 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

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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

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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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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 [email protected]

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