Mac Tips {snip-tree:Mac+Tips} 1 Connecting to a Windows PC shared printer # System Preferences > Print & Fax # Add (+) # Hold down ALT/OPTION and click on ~~More Printer~~ # Advanced, Windows Printer via Samba # enter: smb://username:password@server_ip/resource 1 Software 1.1 MySQL installation: Download Mac OS X (package format) http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/mysql-5.0.45-osx10.4-powerpc-64bit.dmg/from/http://mysql.planetmirror.com/ MySQL Tools: MySQL Administrator.app MySQL Query Browser.app MySQLHealth.wdgt ---- 1 Shortcuts {table}Action | Keys General Window Navigation | Cmd + Tab | Equivalent to Alt-Tab in windows Cmd + ` or Ctrl + Tab | Switch b/n Multiple windows in one applications Cmd + ~ or Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Move to the previous window in the one application Right Click on Icon in Dock | Show the current open windows within an application F9 | Show all your active Windows F10 | Show all your Windows in your current application F11 | Show your Desktop (moves windows out of the way as opposed to 'hiding') Cmd + Q | Quit and application Cmd + , | Preferences Cmd + ? | Help Cmd + Option + Esc | Force quit an application Cmd + . | Stop a process Cmd + H | Hide the current window Cmd + Option + H | Hide all OTHER windows Cmd + Space | Bring up Spotight (to easily find files on your system Fn + left/right arrows | to move to start or end of a field Cmd + up/down arrows | page up or down Cmd + left/right arrows | goto home or end respectively Option + Minimise button | Minimise ALL windows for an application Option + Zoom button | Zoom ALL windows in an application Option + Close Button | Close ALL windows for an Application Cmd + Click Title bar text | Show the path of a given file/document in a dropdown list Shift + Control | Inverse your current Dock bar magnification. If off, it magnifies, if on, it doesn't magnify {table} {table}Screen Capture Related | Cmd + Shift + 3 | Take screen shot and create file to Desktop Cmd + Shift + 4 | Take screen shots of a portion of screen {table} {table}Finder Related | Cmd + Click Application | Click any application or link in your Dock, to open up the location in Finder Cmd + Option + Drag/Drop | Create an alias (or Shortcut for those ex-Windows users) to move somewhere else. (Be careful to watch the icon include an arrow to indicate that it's an Alias and not moving the original file.) Cmd + O | Open the current selected item Cmd + Delete | Move selection to Trash Cmd + Shift + Delete | Empty trash Cmd + Option + Right | Recursively open a folder and nested folders Cmd + Option + Left | Recursively close a folder and nested folders Cmd + Shift + H | Go back to your home directory Cmd + 1/2/3/4 | Switch your finder view from icons, list, columns, cover flow (Leopard only) {table} {table}Useful for Efficiency | Eject + Cmd | Eject a CD/DVD Media quicker rather than holding down the Eject button {table} {table}Other tidbits of info | o | Drag Applications folder from Finder (from Harddrive into Right side dock) for easy access to your applications o | Unsaved documents in an application is shown as a filled dot in the close button (much like a red radio/option button) {table} ---- 1 Screen saver on desktop To have the screensaver appear on your desktop (very cool) enter the following: {code} /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background & {code} To stop kill the pid. (If screensaver is normally activated will also kill it on the desktop. 2008-03-30 11:12:42.0 2007-11-28 15:07:58.0