 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

I always tried to get the keyboard shortcuts even when I use Windows PC, finally I got some for  MAC Keyboard

MENU COMMANDS

Shift+Apple+Q - Log out

Shift+Option Apple+Q - Log out immediately

Shift+Apple+Delete - Empty Trash

Apple+H - Hide Active Application Doesn't Work With Adobe Applications

Option+Apple+H - Hide All But The Active Application

Control+Eject - Shut Down, Sleep, or Restart Options

Apple+Control+Eject - Quit all applications and Restart

Apple+ . (period) - Stop a process

Apple+ , (comma) - Open Preferences for Active Application

Option+Apple+D - Show/Hide Dock

Control+Up Arrow - Move up one page

Control+Down Arrow - Move down one page

Option+Apple+Esc - Force Quit

FILE MANAGEMENT

Apple+N - New Finder window or New Blank Page in Some Applications

Shift+Apple+N - New Folder Must Be In Finder Window For It to Work

Apple+O - Open Another Existing Document

Apple+S - Save

Shift+Apple+S - Save as

Apple+P - Print

Apple+W - Close Window

Apple+Option+W - Close all Windows

Apple+I - Get Info

Option+Apple+I - Show Attributes Inspector Limited use – varies by application.

Apple+D - Duplicate

Apple+Q - Close Application

Apple+L - Make Alias

Apple+R - Show Original

Apple+T - Add to Favorites Deprecated

Apple+Delete - Move Highlighted Items to Trash

Apple+E - Eject

Apple+F - Find

EDITING

Apple+Z - Undo

Apple+X - Cut

Apple+C - Copy

Apple+V - Paste

Apple+A - Select All

Apple+ { - Align Left Only Works in Some Applications

Apple+ } - Align Right Only Works in Some Applications

Apple+ | (pipe) - Align Center Only Works in Some Applications

Apple+ ; (semicolon) - Check Spelling Only Works in Some Applications

Shift+Apple+C - Show Colors palette in application Only Works in Some Applications

Apple+T - Show Font palette in application Only Works in Some Applications

VIEW MENU

Apple+1 - View as Icons

Apple+2 - View as List

Apple+3 - View as Columns

Option+Apple+T - Hide Toolbar

Apple+J - Show View Options

MOVING AROUND

Apple+ [ - Back Must be in Finder Window

Apple+ ] - Forward Must be in Finder Window

Shift+Apple+A - Applications Must be in Finder Window

Shift+Apple+F - Favorites Must be in Finder Window

Shift+Apple+G - Goto Folder Must be in Finder Window

Apple+K - Connect to Server Must be in Finder Window

Apple+Tab - Switch to next Application Hold Apple key to enter App. switcher mode

CONTROLLING WINDOWS

Apple+N - New Window

Apple+T - New Tab If the Application supports Tabs

Apple+M - Minimize Window

Option+Apple+M - Minimize All Windows

GETTING HELP

Apple+ ? - Open Mac Help

UNIVERSAL ACCESS

Option+Apple+ * (asterisk) - Turn on Zoom

Option+Apple+ = - Zoom in

Option+Apple+ - - Zoom out

Control+Option+Apple+ * - Switch to White on Black

COMBINE KEYBOARD WITH MOUSE

Option+Drag - Copy to new location

Option+Apple+Drag - Make alias in new location

Apple+Drag - Move to new location without copying

SCREEN SHOTS

Apple+Shift+3 - Take a picture of the screen will leave a .png file on desktop

Apple+Shift+4 - Take a picture of the selection will leave a .png file on desktop

Apple+Shift+4, Control - Take a picture of the selection, place in clipboard

Apple+Shift+4, Spacebar - Take a picture of the selected window will leave a .png file on desktop

Team Viewer

I came across this pack while reading blog on the comments session. Really cool and free app.

Visit www.teamviewer.com install and enjoy with friends and family by sharing your Mac or PC

TeamViewer GmbH was founded in 2005 in Uhingen, Germany. According to the company's press releases, TeamViewer has over 15 million users operating in 50 countries worldwide.

On phone or chat it mostly is too complicated to explain complex things in simple words, especially if the other does not have any glue of it, at all.

In that cases I am using remote control software and I absolutely prefer Team Viewer . But sometimes, you do not have a profile on their machine for several reasons, mostly a fresh re-install.

You both should have Team Viewer installed on Mac or PC. Teamviewer should be running on both the system. The showing PC generates a code which needs to be entered by the viewing PC and then the connection is established encryptedly.

And best, it works thru any firewall. It seems to be based on VNC technology and for the Mac a Java version is included, so that you can remote a PC or a Mac.

Show my PC / Mac

ShowMyPc.com

As this blog should show, it poses me beeing something like a geek in computers. Most people and friends knowing me, are often asking me for help with their computer problems.

If you know what I mean, then you will know that there are a lot of noobs and wannabe profis. But, when the problem is unsolvable for them, they will come to you asking for aid.

On phone or chat it mostly is too complicated to explain complex things in simple words, especially if the other does not have any glue of it, at all.

In that cases I am using remote control software and I absolutely prefer LogMeIn. But sometimes, you do not have a profile on their machine for several reasons, mostly a fresh re-install.

If no LogMeIn is available, I use ShowMyPc.com. It is a website presenting a one-click-remote control:

You both open that site. The remote computer selects “Show My PC” and you use“View other PC”. The showing PC generates a code which needs to be entered by the viewing PC and then the connection is established encryptedly.

And best, it works thru any firewall. It seems to be based on VNC technology and for the Mac a Java version is included, so that you can remote a PC or a Mac.

 Keep it clean, iTunes

The iTunes library is one thing I am using day by day. iTunes is even great for converting audio material. In case of that it may happen, that there are tracks inside the library who are not on the harddisk anymore. I hate inconsistent data, so I searched for a way to get rid of those data zombies. They are displayed with an exclamation mark in front of the title name.

Super Remove Dead Tracks

On a Mac almost everything is scriptable, and so is iTunes. One of those free cleaners is Super Remove Dead Tracks. Install it as described, then restart iTunes. From the scripts menu bar select the Super Remove Dead Tracks and just wait for completion. At the end, a logfile is placed on the desktop, so that you can see what was removed. If something went wrong, you can restore the files from the trashcan.

iStat Menu

iStat Menus

iStatMenus Configuration

I am a person who really likes to have control over my computer and it’s settings.

The Mac already brings some nice tools like the activity monitor with the OS, but the menu bar is a very good place for a short and tiny overview in form of icons.

Look at the screenshot, how nice it is to have all that information personally configured with the freeware tool iStatMenus.

To change anything afterwards, just open your preference pane and go your own way, even with your favourite colors.

Here is a short summary of what you can configure:

• CPU: activity, histogram, tasks
• RAM: usage, histogram, tasks
• FAN: speed, temperatures
• HDD and other drives: activity (r/w), histogram, usage
• Bluetooth: controls
• Calendar: day, icons, time formats, weeks, world clock
• Network: all interfaces, usage, histogram

This tool is really a must have installation. By the way, they also do provide a free widget for your dashboard with comparable effort.

Developer Tool

Developer tools for everyone

Xcode installation

Directly with the OS X of your Mac you have a quite big bunch of nice and powerful tools delivered on your installation DVD.

They are not put on your Mac automatically, because they are designed to be developer tools.

To get them running, just insert your Tiger, Leopard (or in future Snow Leopard) installation DVD. Then go to “optional installs” and afterwards to “Xcode Tools”. Install the package or anything else you would need.

Here is a list of the most useful delivered utilities:

• Accessibility Inspector
• Accessibility Verifier
• Applet Launcher
• AU Lab
• AULabHelp
• BigTop
• Bluetooth Explorer
• Buildlet
• Clipboard Viewer
• Core Image Fun House
• CrashReporterPrefs
• Dashcode
• FileMerge
• HALLab
• Help Indexer
• Icon Composer
• Instruments
• Interface Builder
• IORegistryExplorer
• iSync Plug-in Maker
• Jar Bundler
• MallocDebug
• OpenGL Driver Monitor
• OpenGL Profiler
• OpenGL Shader Builder
• PackageMaker
• PacketLogger
• Pixie
• Property List Editor
• Quartz Composer
• Quartz Composer Visualizer
• Quartz Debug
• Quartz Debug
• Repeat After Me
• Shark
• SleepX
• Spin Control
• SRLanguageModeler
• Syncrospector
• Thread Viewer
• USB Prober
• Xcode
• ZoneMonitor

The tools are really tiny and do what their names say. It is really worth to have a glance at. So take a little time and install them. The complete thing including documentation and developer IDE will eat about 2,5 GB of disk space.

I will write some blog articles of my favourite tools from that list, soon.

Drop a comment of what application you like at most or what you are generally thinking about the Xcode tools.

Downloading Flash Videos On  Mac

Downloading flashvideos (flv)

On a Mac it is not a big problem to save flash videos from any websize at all without any extra tools or extensions to the browser. Just use Safari as described in this little tutorial.

Step 1: Open your favourite flashvideo – let’s say on Youtube. Then open the Activity Window using the menubar.

Activity Window

Step 2: Now you see the activity window which shows every data file transfer from the current open tab. When the video is playing, then you will notice that the download is still in progress and the transfered size is increasing. But, if the video is already stopped, then it will be line with the largest file size. Just do a doubleclick and watch the flashvideo downloading.

File List

Step 3: That’s it! Once downloaded you can play the flv-file with Quicktime.

Downloading flv

Hint:

When you are not able to watch and listen to flv files, then you need the codecs! You may download Perian to have your Mac enabled playing those and AVI videos.