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
Software
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
Shortcuts
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Useful for Efficiency | |
|---|
| Eject + Cmd | Eject a CD/DVD Media quicker rather than holding down the Eject button |
| 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) |
Screen saver on desktop
To have the screensaver appear on your desktop (very cool) enter the following:
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine
-background &
To stop kill the pid. (If screensaver is normally activated will also kill it on the desktop.
