Mac Quick Tips

When you download an application from the internet, Mac OS X tags the application and informs you the first time it is launched. We’ll show you how to make sure you know the application source, helping to keep your Mac secure.

When doing a Spotlight search, you may wish to find the location of an item of interest, rather than opening it from the search results. In this tip, we’ll show you how.

Need to know the path to a file or folder? We’ll show you a few ways to display this information right in the FInder window.

Throughout your workday you’re likely opening several applications, each with several windows. In this tip, we’ll show a few ways to manage all these windows.

Find yourself using a command often, perhaps a command for which there is no keyboard shortcut? In this tip, we’ll show you how to create your very own custom keyboard shortcut.

Do you have confidential data in a PDF that you would like to secure before forwarding it to your colleagues? This tip demonstrates how to password-protect your PDFs using Preview.

The Mighty Mouse is a powerful mouse which has several customization options that allow you to more easily navigate through your workday.

If you’re checking multiple email accounts, there’s no need to manage multiple applications, or even a need to open a web browser ... you can check and manage your email from multiple accounts in Mail.

When sending an email message, you may wish to Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) some individuals. It’s easy to do in Mail.

Selecting an entire email conversation one message at a time? In this tip, we’ll show you how to select and group entire email conversations.

When using Safari to browse the web, you may be opening multiple tabs to view a collection of websites. In this tip, we’ll show you how to bookmark a collection of open tabs.

Spaces allows you to create and manage multiple workspaces in Mac OS X. In this tip, we’ll demonstrate how you can easily move individual and related windows between spaces.

We often need to type special characters into documents, characters such as the copyright or trademark symbols. In this tip, we’ll show you how to quickly access and insert them.

In this tip, we’ll show you a few different ways to manipulate your Mac’s volume output.

When searching for information using the Help menu item, you can literally be pointed in the right direction.