Wednesday, September 15, 2010

For Mac Eyes Only Quick Tip Weekly - Top 10 Favorite Quick Tips

With no regular episode of For Mac Eyes Only this week, I thought it'd be fun to take a look back at my Top 10 Favorite Episodes of For Mac Eyes Only's Quick Tip Weekly

1. Lock the screen when away (#3, 03/21/08)

2. Quick Look multiple files at once (#8, 03/25/08)

3. Birthdays in iCal (#14, 06/06/08)

4. Put Applications on the Dock (#21, 08/01/08)

5. Spotlight as App Launcher (#22, 08/08/08)

6. Command-Tab tricks (#30, 10/17/08)

7. Eject Stuck optical discs (#46, 02/27/09)

8. Open files from Quick Look (#57, 06/05/09)

9. Using Hot Corners (#70, 09/11/09)

10. Super Tip! Keyboard Sleep, Restart, and Shutdown (#82, 12/04/09) & Mac Startup Keys (#83, 12/11/09):

Sleep - ⌥⌘⏏

Restart - ⌃⌘⏏

Shut Down - ⌃⌥⌘⏏

Display Shut Down Dialog - ⌃⏏

From the Finder

Log Out - ⇧⌘Q

Log Out Immediately - ⌥⇧⌘Q

Startup keys to know while booting your Mac

Hold these keys down during startup:

Option (⌥) - Starts the Startup Manager

C - Boot from a CD or DVD

D - Starts the Apple Hardware Test from Install DVD 1 (Intel Only)

⏏, F12 or Mouse Button - Ejects the optical disc

T - Starts your Mac in FireWire Target Disk mode.

Option, Command, P, R (⌥⌘PR) - Resets NVRAM or PRAM

Shift (⇧) - Starts in Safe Boot mode

⌘V - Starts in Verbose mode

⌘S - Starts in Single-User mode

N or ⌥N - Start from a NetBoot Server


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