OS X Tips and Tricks and Hotkeys

naquaada · #1 04-28-2008, 04:02 AM

Let's do a collection of Tips and Tricks or Gags or our beloved operating system.

Ctrl+Win+Alt+8: Inverted screen, looks weird in color. Windows, have no shadows anymore, they are glowing

holding F12: opens and closes the master DVD drive, Win+F12 the secondary (if you have one)

holding ctrl + F12: opens the logout/restart/turn off requester. This is the fastest way to turn off a mac: Hold ctrl + F12 a while and press return.
This if especcially useful if you have no display connected or a gfx driver problem.

Tips for Expsose: I always put 'All Windows' in the lower right corner and Spaces in the lower left corner. 'Show desktop' is on the middle mouse button.

Spaces: Only use one row with 4 colums. So you can easily swith through all 4 screens with Crtl and Crsr-left.

ctrl + mouse wheel: zooms the whole screen content

Puttabong · #2 04-29-2008, 04:02 AM

Could we please collect the hotkeys with apple keys (Win?...) :-D

I can't believe that most of you use Windows Keyboards? How can you?!

I use the following shortcuts a lot:

Code:

command+shift+3

- Full screenshot

Code:

command+shift+4

- Crosshair to allow selection of screenshot area

Code:

command+shift+4, then spacebar

- Camera to capture specific screen object

farcaller · #3 04-29-2008, 04:02 AM

win+(left|right) - previous word, next word
alt+(left|right) - start of line, end of line
does work with shift for selection.

R0GUE · #4 04-29-2008, 04:02 AM

To quickly move files/folders to the trash:

Code:

Command+Backspace

then to empty the trash:

Code:

Command+Shift+Backspace

naquaada · #5 04-29-2008, 04:02 AM

Guys: Don't use always these quotes, the threads are getting to long with them.

R0GUE: alt + left click doesn't work for me, either Mac Alt/option key nor Windows Alt key.

Other hotkeys:

Code:

Win + Empty Trash

empties the trash even if protected or used files in it (be careful!)

Code:

Alt + Shift + G

let you open directories, even hidden (try /volumes)

R0GUE · #6 04-29-2008, 04:02 AM

To get info on a file/folder; highlight it then:

Code:

Command+i

To create a new folder press:

Code:

Command+Shift+N

To open Spotlight menu quickly:

Code:

Command+Spacebar

To open Spotlight:

Code:

Command+Alt+Spacebar

Voyn1x · #7 04-29-2008, 04:02 AM

Just found a cool new shortcut, you can quick preview any file by selecting it and pressing the space bar or Command + Y

naquaada · #8 04-29-2008, 04:02 AM

Using Alt + Command + Y you can start a diashow with the selected files (pics). On a Win keyboard it's Start + Alt + Y

delian7 · #9 04-29-2008, 04:02 AM

A really useful shortcut is pressing Enter (return) key when an item is highlighted and then you can rename.. So you don't have to Right Click, I mean Alt-Click, and press rename!

naquaada · #10 04-29-2008, 04:02 AM

You can also do this by clicking the icon first and then and click on the name.