Sorry about the lack of Stu's News. I was busy being a juror for the past two weeks. Justice was done (in part).

As I think I blew your minds last time I thought we'd just have a bit of fun.

One

Ever get that tired eyed feeling using your Mac? It's just too bright? Well, here's a fun little tip.

Hold down the following keys:

Cntrl+option+command+8

(Command=Apple)

ooooh, you're thinking. You're also thinking "How do I turn this off?"

Just repeat the key-sequence and it'll return to normal.

Two

So, you like how Mac OS X animates everything? You like it sooo much you wish it didn't do it quite so quickly!

Well. Next time, before you press the minimise - button in a window, or press F12 to bring up the dashboard. Hold down the Shift key. It'll all go in sloooow moootion.

Three

You've a bunch of photos you just want to do a quick slideshow with? You really don't want to open them in iPhoto?

In the Finder. Select all the photos you want to see.

Then, either cntrl+click on them, right click and select 'slideshow' or select slideshow from the cog menu (it appears on most Finder windows)



The screen will go dark and present the photos you've selected. There are options at the bottom to skip through them, show all selected. fit to screen and an X to return to the finder.

Four

Last one for now, and one I'm sure you're well aware of.

Fast application switching. Got a lot of applications open? Why use the mouse to flick between them when you can just

Command+Tab

Keep pressing Tab to choose the Icon of the application you want to switch to. You can also use this in combination with the mouse.

Press Command+Tab but keep your finger on the Command key. You can then run the mouse pointer along the icons shown. Release the Command key with the pointer on the Application of your choice and you'll be switched to it (no clicking needed)

One More Thing!

A game for those wee nippers, Ladybugs!


That's it! Next time I think I should cover everyones favourite. Backups! You do do them, right?