I’ve been using these shortcuts for a while and thought it was time to share them with the Mac community. You might want to bookmark this post because I will update it from time to time as I remember the ones I use as well as when I discover new easter eggs.
1. To go back and forward in Safari, hold down the trackpad button with four fingers, and slide to the left or right.
2. Use the four finger swipe in order to bring up the open applications bar, then use two fingers to scroll through and choose your open application, and then use the four finger tap on the trackpad to bring the application to the foreground.
3. You can use three fingers on the trackpad to scroll through your list of emails in Mail.
Viewing PDF using Quicklook
1. Pinch and expand to activate full screen, and do the opposite to deactivate full screen. A variation of this is used when viewing a pdf in Preview.
2. Use 3 finger swipe to go to the next page or previous page. 3 finger swipe also works when viewing a pdf in Preview.
I just purchased an iPod Touch on Friday, and I am in love with it. For me, I use the touch as a PDA for email, calendar, contacts, and social networking. However, when I was trying to sync my iPod Touch with 1Password, I was having some issues. As I was doing some research online, I realized that other people were having trouble syncing as well.
I continue to be amazed by all the gems that I find on the Mac in order to accomplish tasks that make one’s life easier. First off, to all of you that are reading my blog for the first time, you should be aware that all of my Mac tips are based on the Leopard OS. Â So, some of what I write about may not work for previous versions of Mac’s operating system.
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Mac users are always reforming their way of understanding mac productivity. Some may not agree with the constant changing from one thing to the next, but for us Mac users, we want to find the solution that works best for us. Not everything you try will work or even feel productive. Some things you keep and others you tweak or try differently.