Mac can be used this way! Cannot copy them to the Windows easy

Helpful habits unique to Mac

To master how to use Mac OS X efficiently, you must understand the point is somewhat unique to Mac using. It is enable to leverage and have mastered the usage in other operating systems, more efficient operation.

Rear window, leave the back of the scroll and move

If you sort an attempt the window with window open lot, extra no things confused or? This is because loses the window up and down relationship is changed by moving the mouse, to achieve the most before the window.

One (click to enlarge) looks messy state cannot access all Windows, at least in the title alone I sort

Includes measures to prevent such confusion in the Mac OS X does not change the window up and down relationship.

For example, it doesn’t change the window up and down relationship, simply drag the window while holding the command key on the keyboard and mouse cursor, only by manipulating the wheel can scroll back window, can be moved.

hold down the command key can easily placed above, such as State of the window. In normal operation, cannot easily. Can sort window from the taskbar in Windows, is a point that can be any order of Mac OS X it is convenient (click to enlarge)

This feature and so easily ridiculous wrote a report looking at the article, while watching the photos to draw a picture, it is very convenient. let tsukaiwake exposé operations well in addition to these operations.

Furthermore, hold down the command key, or select the text on the same back, press the button of the dialog is available.

Remember the “hide” operation, tried to clean screen

Window and the menu is detached in Mac OS X, or narrow the width of the window, and put on the outside of the screen does not affect menu operations. Screen uglification too open the only window that too often.

Window so you can minimize size’s rear window, screen cabin (click to enlarge)

Use the command “hide” such time. so if you press H key to hold down the option key and command key, disappears from screen outside the current application, helps keep you focused operations.

Screen clutter and in the unnecessary window will disappear. When felt was disturbing if not want to exit the application use (click to enlarge)

Shortcuts but can “hide” mouse and keyboard combination. all applications except you click and hold down the option key and command key at the same time, click on the Dock and hold applications are hidden.

How to take advantage with standard, use the customization features

In Mac OS X, you can set shortcut menu shortcut is not assigned in the ” ” system preferences keyboard “keyboard shortcuts”. And assign shortcuts to the normally common actions, very comfortable, so is a recommended customization.

Click the [+] button and add the settings. …”Sign hold down option key in hiragana mode”; / and “of enter key (click to enlarge)

However, blindly setting doesn’t make sense. Let’s set the above so that overlapping with other shortcuts in some frequently used operations. So introduces the shortcut I have set up the following should be helpful.

Allocation of image applications such as preview come in handy

• Menu title: “JPEG” command + map shift+J
  Shortcut settings is valid for pop-up menu in the dialog. “command + shift+s” will display the file save dialog box, the save format is ” JPEG ” soon “command+J”. It is very comfortable.

And keep until the shortcut

• Menu title: “the size of the adjustment…” to “shift + command+K” to assign.
  Similar to JPEG, let’s set the shortcut to change the image resolution. Open a file with these settings, change the type and resolution, until save enables keyboard operation only in all.

Window operation General

• Any application window menu- ( or Zoom ) / Zoom shortcut “command + control+Z” is a convenient shortcut so assigned, can expand the window. So the menu name are to the “Zoom window” in Word and Excel, all let’s set the same shortcut.

Assign a shortcut to the service menu

Mac OS X has feature called “services” from the old. To email the selected text can be used as a common feature in different applications is such use.

Is not very heavily used services menu, and utilize useful (click to enlarge)

Now create the service menu yourself using the Automator from the Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard. Assigning a shortcut, do the various auto processing key operation alone.

For that Automator double-click the feature you want to use with the mouse, just add completed and Automation work easily anyone can (click to enlarge)

Let’s make a service menu, here is a sample ” Dictionary and text editor shortcut one time simultaneously start in “.

Steps for creating

1. Launch the Automator and select “service”
2. Come back on the screen “” Services ” receives the following:” of menu on the right side of “no input” to the
3. Double-click the found start application “utility”, the right from the left-most
4. To the right start application action you choose TextEdit
5. Performs 3 again and this time select “dictionary”
6. Save the text editing started in the file > save. The text editing started showing in service menu. ” Services ” environment settings… Can be used to conveniently open and assign a shortcut

Add only two actions, is the end (click to enlarge)

Still filled with techniques unique to Mac!

One so far, lots using the unique Mac is there. Interest of the Mac is surprising operation tips to simply help and documentation for well read.