Empty Finder Window

The quickest way to get to an empty desktop or Finder window is to use the keyboard shortcuts, Command-up arrow which skips windows to view different windows as an integration with Spaces.

Auto Quit: Printer

Ever get annoyed by your printer queuqe staying open all the time. To stop that annoyance just right-click the icon on the Dock and select Auto Click in the menu, from now on when finished printing the document, your printer’s application will always quit.

Keyboard Shortcuts For Your Every Need

It’s raining keyboard shortcuts, UsingMac.com provides a useful and well one of their articles happened to be keyboard shortcuts, the link below includes over 200 keyboard shortcuts to satisfy every taste: http://www.usingmac.com/2007/11/21/mac-os-x-leopard-200-productivity-booster-hotkeys 

Time Machine: Back Up Now

Ever created a file and save it? Well, I have and you want Time Machine to immediately back up the file just simply plug in your external hard drive and right-click Time Machine icon and click Back Up Now. S -I-M-P-L-E!!!

Safari Surfing Trick

Have you ever been in such a hurry to get to the bottom of the page or top but can’t find a Back to Top link. Well, now every webpage you visit using Safari has one, sort of. Hit Command and up arrow to go up and down to scroll down. Easy as pie!

Safari “Reopen All Windows From Last Session”

It doesn’t get simpler than this. If Safari seems to crash or by accident you exit Safari just go to History in the menu bar and click Reopen All Windows From Last Session or if you prefer Reopen Last Closed Window.

Help Me!

Use the Help menu in the Apple toolbar at the top of your screen and you may search your question or get general questions.

Force Quit

Have you ever experience applications not responsing well here is a shortcut to Force Quit. Just hit Command-Option-Escape and select which programs are not responding.

Dictionary??

Included with Mac OS X is an Oxford English Dictionary which if you browse Finder through your Applications folder you may just find it. But if you are browsing in Safari and come across a word that you need the definition for just use the shortcut Ctrl-Command-D while mousing over the word. A dialog box appears highlighting the word with the definition below. The trick only works in specific applications.

Saving Documents as PDFs

Adobe’s PDF format allows great ways of formatting, communication and ability to send letters and electronic documents. But there really is an easy way to transfer documents using Microsoft Word and TextEdit including other word processors to PDF format. Simply hit Command-P as you would go to Print but click the PDF dropdown menu instead of printing and then click the option, Save as PDF… and a dialog windows opens, enter the name of the document including Author, Keywords and Subject and be sure to save the file in the right place you may then search for the file in Finder or Spotlight, your choice and ta-da you have created a PDF file!

Emailing Web Pages

This isn’t a Leopard Tip but applies for Tiger, too. So, listen up! If you come across a web page in SAFARI that you want to share with a friend, don’t send a link send the entire webpage for easy access. Just press Command-I and a dialog will appear, just enter the recipient’s email address along with your subject and text and click Send. The complete webpage sends in an email format (complete with graphics, fonts, link, e.t.c.) EASY! 

Get Info

Leopard offers a great new Get Info tool which Tiger previously boasts but Leopard adds to it. To view info about a specific photo, file, document or music file just single click on it while on Desktop or Finder and go to File and click Get Info. A window appears something like this depending on the file: 

Trouble running applications?

I was confused and yet troubled to why iPhoto was not responding and co-operating and while tampering with preferences and after a bit of agrivation, called Apple who said to go to Finder/Macintosh HD/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto.plist and drag that file to the desktop and then try opening iPhoto. Guess what? It worked beautifully and no trouble any more, Thanks to Apple! Try it yourself…