In this example I just entered a “c” for CapMac (our local Mac user group) and I got a list of possible web sites as well as a list of possible choices from my bookmarks.
By calculation, I suppose, it automatically offers as my first choice, the web site, starting with a "c" that I visit most often, followed by other options.
I can narrow my choices by entering more than one letter and it stands to reason that this only going to work well for sites that I have previously visited or for book marks. Still, it is a great shortcut.
We won't even mention what a help it can be if you don't remember the URL in the first place. We will think positive.
Nancy
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( 3 / 42 )This tip is for Safari, the browser application that comes built into your Mac operating system. This tip may only work with the latest version of Safari --- Safari 4. I don't know for sure because I just discovered it and have no way to test it on an earlier version. Just FYI.
The address field is the place where you enter the URL for a new web site that you want to visit. The usual procedure is to put your hand on the mouse, click in the field, and then type in the URL. You don’t really have to do that. You can hit the Command Key + L from your keyboard and it will take you there.
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( 3 / 49 )There is a feature in the Tool Bar of a Finder’s Window (left side of the window) that lets you find what you worked on today, yesterday, or last week. Just click on the clock icon to get to your documents, images, etc.
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( 1.7 / 119 )Safari 4 is out of beta now and I hope you have downloaded it. There are several new features. The most notable is Top Sites, but to really enjoy it, you need to know how it works.
Top Sites is a curved gallery of thumbnails of the web sites you frequent the most often. When you click on one it expands to fill the screen.
If you see pages with a white star on a blue background in the upper right corner, that means those pages have changed since you last visited them. When you click on one of the “star” pages it will expand to fill the screen, but it will be slightly dimmed until it’s updated from the site. Pages will be automatically added to your Top Sites window as you visit them.
But, as always, its your Mac and you get to decide what goes where, when. You control it all with the Edit Mode. The tool you need is the “Edit” button in the bottom left corner.
Click on that button and you can do any or all of the following things.
Choose a thumbnail size: Click the appropriate button in the lower right corner.
Reposition a thumbnail: Drag a thumbnail to a new position; the others scoot out of the way to make room.
Remove a site: Click on the “X” inside the thumbnail and the thumbnail disappears from the Top Sites window. Everything else realigns.
Thumbtack a site: Click on the “thumbtack” inside the thumbnail and your thumbnail will always stay right where you put it. The button turns blue when it is set.
Force-Add sites: With Top Sites open and in Edit mode, open a second window (not a tab). In the second window, go to the site you want. Grab the little icon (favicon) in front of the URL and drag it into the Top Sites window. It will automatically be thumbtacked where you release it, but you can move it if you wish.
Personally, I really like Top Sites. Once I figured out how to use it that is.
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( 2.9 / 46 )If you worry about loosing, or just keeping track of, your email messages, there is something you can do to back them up. You can do this even if you have an IT department or are connected to a server system. It won't interfere with anything else that you have in place.
This also works if you want to save a large number of older email messages "somewhere" without having them take up room on your hard drive.
This is for those of us who use the Mail app for our email.
Open Mail. In the far left column you will see a list of your mail boxes. You may only have one that is titled Inbox. If you have several email addresses that are automatically routed to Mail, then you may see some sub mailbox accounts if you click on the small arrow next to the Inbox.
You can archive all of your email messages at once, or do individual email address mailboxes, one at a time.
Click once on the box you want to archive. Select the Mailbox Menu and then select "Archive Mailbox". Mail will create an archive file of that mailbox that you can put on a USB thumb drive or store on a CD, DVD, or server.
If you delete the originals and later decide you want to restore them, you can do so by inserting the thumb drive, CD, etc. and choose "Import Mailboxes" from the File Menu.
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