Cool Tip Thread

[z-mac]

This is neat: to remove or re-order icons on the menu bar, press the Command key while dragging the icons.

[Dan Millar]

Hey! You should get the Stupid Mac Trick of the Month Award for that one - cool! Thanks for sharing that...

Happy Mac'ing!

Dan

[z-mac]

To see the speed of your wireless connection, hold 'Option' and click the Airport icon.

[Dan Millar]

Okay, that one I knew... but it's a good tip anyway! Maybe we should have a Stupid Mac Trick thread here?

Here's another one - hold down the option key while clicking on the  menu and "About this Mac" becomes "System Profiler", while Shut Down, Restart and Log Out all loose their ellipsis ( the ...'s). In fact, all the Finder menus change slightly when the option key is added to the menu-click, check them out!

Happy option-Mac-ing!

Dan

[z-mac]

If you are using Firefox, pressing Command+Shift+T will open the last-closed tab. Each time you press the key combination, a previously-closed tab will be re-opened. The tabs are opened in chronological order, from most recent to oldest.

(For the same feature on M-Windows, use Control instead of Command.)

[eugedunn]

Thank you Guys
We can always use some fun time.
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[z-mac]

A group of French educators in Europe has created "OOo4Kids", a simplified version of OpenOffice for children and students.

http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page

Some of the people responsible have been key contributors to porting OpenOffice to OS X.

The application has a simplified UI but the features are still powerful. I spent a couple of years working in an office where even the PhDs couldn't figure out how to use Microsoft Office 2007. Maybe they should switch to OOo4Kids. (o;

[z-mac]

I had to draw a floor-plan recently. I found a free drafting program that also provides a three-dimensional view of the drawing. When you print the drawing, you can also print the three-dimensional view!

http://www.sweethome3d.eu/download.jsp

[Dan Millar]

Love that program - I featured it in a freeware roundup in MONiTOR a few years ago. I still use it when my wife gets a hankering to "re-arrange". Much easier moving pixels around "here" or "over there, maybe?" than actual furniture, wiring, etc. Highly recommended, glad to see it's still living and breathing, and now with many more objects, i.e. furniture, lamps, fixtures, etc, - user-contributed I would think. That's my only sticking point - when you have an object that doesn't exist, you can modify existing objects, but you can't create anything beyond that, which began my search for a good, open-source three-d editor.... still haven't found it, but SweetHome has earned a permanent spot in my handy apps library anyway.

Cheers, and

Happy Mac'ing!

Dan

[z-mac]

In OS X 10.6, the International preferences enable the user to opt to show the date in the menu bar.

Although there is no visible option to do this in previous versions of OS X, you can achieve the same thing easily.

1) Open System Preferences
2) Click International.
3) Select the Formats tab and click Dates > Customize.
4) Using Dates, create the date format that you like. Use your mouse to select the whole format, then copy it using Option+C. Click Cancel.
5) Click Times > Customize. Select Medium from the drop-down menu. Position the cursor in the edit box; using Option+V, paste what you copied in step 4. Click Ok to save.

[eugedunn]

Good Afternoon to the small the big and the tall
I love these little tricks.
Unfortunetly i am not that far advance with Computer
that i can add some of my own.
But i love it.
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But something funny for you'se all


  Summary of Life 

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED: 
1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.. 
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person. 
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food..
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair..
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time. 
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk. 
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandma's lap. 



GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED: 
1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts 
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground... 
5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.. 

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD 

1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional... 
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. 
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster. 
5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions... 
6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. 

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE: 

1) You believe in Santa Claus. 
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus..
4) You look like Santa Claus. 

 

Always remember to forget the troubles that pass your way; 
BUT NEVER forget the blessings that come each day. 

Have a wonderful day with many *smiles* 


Take the time to live!!!
Life is too short.


 
 

[z-mac]

If you don't need the Spotlight icon in the Apple menu, you can remove it so there is more space for other icons. (This is especially useful for laptops and netbooks.)

The convenient utility Onyx removes the Spotlight icon from and restores the Spotlight icon to the Apple menu:
http://www.titanium.free.fr/download.php

If, instead, you enjoy Terminal wizardry, follow these steps:
= open Terminal
= type:  sudo mv /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight_BU.app
= enter the Administrator password
= type: killall Spotlight

Note: the Terminal option should be used only by advanced users who understand how to *reverse* the effect of the commands issued above.

[eugedunn]

z-mac
Are you daring me.
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[z-mac]

Don't tell Dan Millar that I'm giving you all these dangerous ideas. (o;

[eugedunn]

Hello z-mac
I would'nt even dare attempt to try this.
i've got enough on my plate as it is.
And i would not want Dan to tell me to mind your own business, or i told you so.
I found out recently that SENIORS can get on a Bus free of cost on Wednesday and go downtown to the Rideau Centre. So their are some plusses being a SENIOR CITIZEN.
To use a car is so expensive in Parking Downtown
I would like to be able to go visit the new MAC store at the Rideau Centre.
I'm told it is impressive.

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