Finer Things in Mac | Tag Archive

Get Info on any file from Spotlight

24. Jan, 2010 1 Comment

One small keyboard shortcut, one giant leap of useful information.

Finder, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Tiger

keyboard shortcuts, search, Spotlight

Mac OS X’s application switcher does not go both ways

15. Jan, 2010 44 Comments

Subtle differences in keyboard shortcuts yield debatably useful behavior.

Leopard, Snow Leopard

application switcher, Command key, keyboard shortcuts, Tab key, Tilde key

Acorn image editor can take a screenshot, complete with layers

08. Jan, 2010 1 Comment

It even has a handy keyboard shortcut, and you can split every on-screen element into layers.

3rd-Party Apps

Acorn, image editors, keyboard shortcuts

Easily make the Dictionary/Thesaurus popup disappear

07. Jan, 2010 1 Comment

Another place where holding a keyboard shortcut for just a little longer can make you a tad more productive.

Leopard, Snow Leopard

Dictionary, keyboard shortcuts, Thesaurus

Snow Leopard: Stop Exposé slow-mo in mid-animation

14. Dec, 2009 0 Comments

Before you could impress your friends with Exposé slow-mo. Now in 10.6 Snow Leopard, you can impress them a little more.

Apple apps

exposé, keyboard shortcuts, Shift key, tricks

Camino and Safari: Quick keyboard access to the Bookmarks Bar

10. Dec, 2009 4 Comments

Faster browsing and working with a simple keyboard shortcut.

3rd-Party Apps

bookmarks, Camino, Command key, keyboard shortcuts, Safari

Play volume feedback even when it's disabled

02. Dec, 2009 2 Comments

Don’t want to hear your Mac’s “pop” audio feedback all the time, just some of the time? We’ve got you covered.

System Preferences

keyboard shortcuts, Shift key, sound

Socialite: Navigate between services with arrow keys

01. Dec, 2009 1 Comment

You can use custom keyboard shortcuts to swap between important features in Socialite, but you can also use simple arrow keys to switch between the services sidebar and events.

3rd-Party Apps

keyboard shortcuts, social media, Socialite

Safari: Undo can retrieve deleted bookmarks

26. Nov, 2009 0 Comments

Delete a bookmark from Safari 4, hit Cmd-z, and the bookmark returns.

Finder, Safari

bookmarks, keyboard shortcuts, Safari

Safari: Quickly switch from Top Sites to a Cover Flow history view

23. Nov, 2009 2 Comments

Here’s a quick shortcut for switching from Safari 4’s Top Sites view to a full-page Cover Flow view of your history.

Safari

Cover Flow, history, keyboard shortcuts, Safari, search

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