Getting To Know Your MacBook Pro
Tips & Tricks to Awesome
FYI: Important Tidbits of Info
Internet Access:
If you use the MISD Staff Wifi, you don't need to log into iBoss EVER; however, if you choose to plug into the Internet via the Ethernet cord, you will need to go through iBoss.When you have a sub:
Technology has left your desktop in your room and will not be collecting them for a while. When you are out, and your sub needs a computer for your plans that day, please lock up your laptop (or take it with you) and have them use the desktop...eventually, there will be laptops available for the subs to check out, but not yet.
Launchpad
Elements of Launchpad
- App icon – Click any app icon to open it.
- Search field (OS X Mountain Lion only) – Enter the app name or portion of an app name to find it, no matter which Launchpad page it is on.
- Folder icon – Click it to open a Launchpad folder. The "Other" folder shown has several OS X utilities and other apps in it.
- Launchpad page – Customizable set of app and folder icons. Tip: Two finger swipes on your trackpad moves you to the next Launchpad page, or you can click the page dot (item 7) to jump to a Launchpad page.
- Launchpad icon in the Dock – Click it to enter and exit Launchpad. A blue progress bar is present when downloading and installing apps or software updates. Tip: Hover the cursor over the icon to see download progress or installing stage.
- Dock – The OS X Dock.
- Launchpad page dots – The white dot shows the page you are on, dimmed dots show other Launchpad pages you can click to jump to.
- App download or update icon – The black & white icon will have a white progress bar with download numbers or installing stage.
Exiting Launchpad
Here's how you can exit Launchpad:
- Swipe a thumb-and-three-finger pinch out gesture on your trackpad.
- Click an app icon
- Press the Escape (esc) key or F4 key
- Click the Launchpad icon on the Dock
Get to know your trackpad and eliminate that mouse!
Learning the Multi-Touch Gestures
Tip: The Trackpad or Mouse panes of System Preferences contains preview movie clips for each gesture. Set your trackpad to your preferences. Watch those movie clips and practice...it will make your computing experience so much easier if you get used to your trackpad!...I promise. See all of the possiblilities below.
Click
Two-Finger Scroll
Two-Finger Swipe to Navigate
Tap to Zoom
Pinch to Zoom
Three-Finger Swipe
Three-Finger Swipe up for Mission Control
Pinch to Open Launchpad
Expose and Stacks
Spaces and Your Dock
Working in multiple spaces and can't find something? Just click on the F3 key and all of your open spaces will appear.
Setting Up Spaces
What IS spaces anyway?
Spaces help reduce clutter on your desktop by allowing you to group application windows according to the way you work. Just switch between screens or "spaces" as needed!
Getting started with Spaces is easy.
- From the Apple menu, choose SYSTEM PREFERENCES.
- From the View menu, choose EXPOSÉ & SPACES.
- Select (check) the ENABLE SPACES checkbox.
- If you want Spaces in the menu bar, select SHOW SPACES IN MENU BAR.
You can add up to four rows and four columns for your Spaces by clicking the "+" buttons.
SWITCHING BETWEEN SPACES:
Once you have enabled Spaces, there are a few ways to switch between Spaces.
1. Clicking on an application icon in the Dock
When you click on an application in the Dock, Mac OS X will automatically switch you to a Space that has a window of the application. If your application has windows in more than one Space, click it again to cycle through.
2. Keyboard commands
By default, Control-arrow will switch you one Space in the direction of the arrow selected. For example, Control-right arrow will switch you one Space to the right. If there is no Space to the right, you will shift rows and enter the first Space on that row. Control-up or down, if there is no Space to switch to, you will not switch off of your Space.
You can switch to a specific Space by using a Control-number key combination. For example, Control-1 will switch you to Space 1.
3. Menu bar
If you enabled the "Show Spaces in menu bar", on the right side of your menu bar you can pull the Spaces menu down and select the Space you want to switch to.
ASSIGNING APPLICATIONS TO SPECIFIC SPACES:
You can assign applications to open in designated Spaces.
1. Mail and Safari example
Let's say you want to assign a Space for Mail, another Space for Web browsing with Safari. Open both Mail and Safari by clicking them on the Dock.
Open Exposé & Spaces System Preferences, notice the "Application assignments" field in the middle. Click the "+" (plus) button and a pop-up menu of running applications appears. Select Mail to have it appear in the Applications Assignments list. Repeat this process to add Safari.
If an application you want to add is not active, select "Other…" from the "+" (plus) pop-up menu and navigate to the application you would like to add to the Application Assignments list.
Then for each application click the "Space" pop-up menu and select the Space you would like the corresponding application to appear in. In this example, select "Space 2" for Mail and "Space 3" for Safari. Now when ever you open Mail your Mac will automatically switch to "Space 2" and the same goes for Safari, but it will be in "Space 3".
For your application to appear in all Spaces, select "Every Space" from the "Space" pop-up menu. For example, you might want QuickTime X movies to always appear in what ever Space you are in. Simply add QuickTime X to your Application Assignments list and with Every Space selected.
CUSTOMIZING SPACES:
You can assign a function key (default F8), a mouse button, or a hot corner to activate Spaces. Once activated you will see a "bird's eye view" of every Space on your system. Simply click the Space you want to switch to.
When you activate Spaces, you can customize the arrangement of your Spaces and the application windows.
Arrange the order of your Spaces by clicking and dragging one Space to move it to another Space location. For example, you can click and drag Space 4 over to where Space 1 is and the content of those Spaces will swap, thereby making what was Space 4 into Space 1 and Space 1 into Space 4.
You can click and drag a window of an application from one Space to another, even if that application has a Space assigned to it.
Tip: Want to drag all windows of an application from one Space to another? Hold Command (⌘) key when you click and drag a window of the application. All windows of that application will move at once.
Mavericks OS Cool Features
Saves Battery Time
1. Timer Coalescing-allows the processor to enter a low-power state when do low level tasks.
2. App Nap-great name...when you "hide" an app or work in multiple windows, apps hidden and not actively working take a nap thus using no power.
3. Safari Browsing-when surfing the web on Safari, if you're on a flash-based website that uses additional power, this browser will keep the main content working while shutting down the unneeded sides of the webpage.
Multiple Displays
This is one of my favorite features!!
From the blog, Simply Mac:"Multiple displays in Mavericks is a giant step forward. In earlier versions of Mac OS, when you had multiple displays setup, you could have additional windows over on the other screen without a problem. However, when you went full screen with a window, one of your two displays would become worthless, because the second display couldn’t handle a full screen app. Well, in Mavericks you can now use each display independently from one another. That means you can have a full screen app on each display, and jump from app to app. Also, each display will have a menu bar and access to the dock. It’s almost like having two computers working in conjunction with each other. And possibly the best part of the new multiple display feature in Mavericks is the ability to use Apple TV screen mirroring as another display. So now you can mirror video or a presentation to an Apple TV, while you do other work on your primary display."
Maps
Seeing What's On the Desktop
Got multiple windows and spaces open and you've lost something? No problem!
Take 4 fingers on your trackpad and slowly spread apart. Voila...all open items appear!Getting Notifications on Your Mac
Notification Center lets you see what’s up. And now, with OS X Mavericks, you can also:
Respond to email, messages, or FaceTime calls right from a notification.
Get notifications from websites even when Safari isn’t open.
Choose when you want software updates to be installed.
Set Do Not Disturb preferences. For example, set Do Not Disturb to turn on automatically when the display is sleeping or when you’re mirroring your screen. Do Not Disturb turns on automatically when your Mac is in Presentation mode.
Get notifications even when you’re away (when your display is asleep or locked). You’ll see all the notifications you missed when you get back.
Using Tags
iCloud Key Chain
iCloud Keychain keeps your Safari website usernames and passwords, credit card information, and Wi-Fi network information up to date across all of your approved devices that are using iOS 7.0.3 or later or OS X Mavericks v10.9 or later.
iCloud Keychain can also keep the accounts you use in Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Messages up to date across all of your Macs. If you're signed in to Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, or any other accounts in Internet Accounts on OS X Mavericks, iCloud can push those accounts to your Macs as well.