Category Archives: Tip of the Day

The Tip of the Day is a quick, useful tip for learning and mastering your Mac.

Put Daily Email in Finder Sidebar

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Tony

Press Opt+Cmd+Spacebar to open Spotlight. Click + on right side. Under Kind select Other and type Mail. Click + on right side. Under Kind select Date Created and choose Today. Go to File,  Save as New Smart Folder, and give … Continue reading →

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Spotlight and Really Using Spotlight

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Tony

Clicking on the little magnifying icon in the far upper right of  your screen opens up Spotlight for you to enter a search term.   Pressing Option+CMD+SpaceBar opens a Spotlight search page with may more options.  On the right side … Continue reading →

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Time Machine and Testing Backups

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Tony

See that Time Machine is ON.  Go to  System Preferences > Time Machine.   Check backups by creating new folder on Desktop called Backup.  Connect portable hard drive/USB, etc to computer and download to Backup folder.  Check some files for … Continue reading →

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Forward a URL or the Whole Web Page

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Tony

Forward a URL by clicking on the Mail icon just left of the URL in the menu bar. This opens a new Mail message ready to be addressed.  CMD-I  copies the entire web page to a new Mail message.

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Voice & Hearing & Sight

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Tony

Go to System Preferences > Universal Access, and check out the choices.

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