Mac Quick Tips

With a Guest account on your computer, you can allow friends and colleagues to use your system without fear of their tracks being left behind.

Often you’ll hear about a cool keyboard shortcut, but you’re not sure which keys to use. In this tip, we’ll define the common keys to use these shortcuts.

Spotlight is a great tool to help you find information on your computer. In this tip, we’ll show you how to perform an advanced Spotlight search.

Mail allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds and read them in your inbox. In this tip, we’ll show you how to organize your RSS feeds into folders.

In this tip, we’ll show you how to recall where a file was downloaded from, whether it be from the internet or via an iChat file transfer.

You’re likely working with several applications at once for most of your workday. Keeping track of all your open windows can be a task all on its own. We’ll show you how to stay organized using Spaces.

We’ll show you to create copies and aliases of files by using modifier keys while dragging and dropping.

Many documents you create are valuable enough that you want to make sure they aren’t accidentally modified or deleted. In this tip, we’ll show you how to secure your documents.

With your own custom search criteria, you can create some meaningful Smart folders that you can access quickly in any Finder window.

Preview is a powerful application included with Mac OS X. In this tip, we’ll show you how to use Preview to make quick adjustments to images.

In this tip, we’ll show you how to burn to a CD-R multiple times.

In this tip, we’ll show you how to create a numbered or bulleted list when composing an email message.

In this tip, we’ll show you how to adjust the settings on your portable computer to get the most out of your battery.

In this tip, we’ll show you how to restrict Spotlight from indexing selected folders or files, so that your search results are more meaningful to you.

Does your morning routine involve reading the same collection of websites? In this tip, we’ll show you how to organizing your bookmarks in Safari to launch multiple tabs with a single click.