Your favorite shortcuts and tips for OS X?

[Josias]

F9 - Exposé
F12 - Dashboard
Command+Space - Spotlight

 

[chairguru22]

Put your Applications into your Dock. Then you can click+hold the icon and navigate your Applications folder hierarchy.

i tired to do that and the only place itll go is next to the trashcan, is that right or is there a another way to do this?

 

[IJ Reilly]

i tired to do that and the only place itll go is next to the trashcan, is that right or is there a another way to do this?

No, folders, documents, urls, etc., always go on the trash can side of the divider.

 

[Macmadant]

Last I checked Brits spelt favourite with a U in it.

ANyway...shortcuts....

On any laptop, Option+Fn keys to go straight at the appropriate control panel pane.

No i think we spell favorite like that, at least i hope so or i've made a dick of my self

 

[Nar1117]

OMG I LOVE THAT COMMAND! the ctrl opt apple 8, how did you stumble on it?

Heh, a friend.

 

[jalagl]

F11 (Expose)
Apple-N / Apple-W / Apple-Q ... I'm always opening and closing windows...

 

[Spectrum]

No i think we spell favorite like that, at least i hope so or i've made a dick of my self

...try here...

 

[Josh]

I've found unplugging the cord is a much quicker way to shutdown.

 

[Josias]

Oh, this one always cracks me up: Command + alt + ctrl + 8.

 

[bbrosemer]

Some already posted the invert color one.

 

[bbrosemer]

I've found unplugging the cord is a much quicker way to shutdown.

Definetly the best shortcut so far.

 

[celebrian23]

Oh, this one always cracks me up: Command + alt + ctrl + 8.

I find it actually makes it much easier for me to read text.

 

[Josias]

I find it actually makes it much easier for me to read text.

True, but I usually keep it normal...

 

[celebrian23]

True, but I usually keep it normal...

Me too! But it's fun to just randomly show people

 

[slffl]

F9 - Exposé
F12 - Dashboard
Command+Space - Spotlight

Have you ever tried using hotcorners for expose and dashboard? It works great!

 

[slffl]

Oh, this one always cracks me up: Command + alt + ctrl + 8.

That's great. I have never seen that one before. In a Macbook video I saw a guy press a key combo that zoomed in the screen maybe 200%. Do you know if that's a built in trick?

Edit: Nevermind, found it in Universal Access

 

[Spectrum]

That's great. I have never seen that one before. In a Macbook video I saw a guy press a key combo that zoomed in the screen maybe 200%. Do you know if that's a built in trick?

Apple + Option + "+" or "-".

Turn on/off antialiasing with Apple+Option+\

Oh, and you need to turn on the zoom option in Universal access first.

 

[Rovman]

Favorite = American English
Favourite = British English.

same thing with Honor/Honour and Color/Colour

...back on topic, i'm a noob and don't know any

 

[Spectrum]

Favorite = American English
Favourite = British English.

same thing with Honor/Honour and Color/Colour

Yes, but it might be considered humorous that honorary is spelt in such a way.

 

[Josh]

^ something new is lernt every day.

 

[bassman]

apple-shift-3 takes a full screen picture.
apple-shift-4 brings up crosshairs to select what you want to take a picture of.

Both options are saved to the desk top. This is great for showing someone via email how to do something in an application.