Did you know that you can click and drag the little folder icon in a Finder window’s title bar to copy/move the folder to another location?
A secondary click on the title or the folder icon brings up a context menu listing the parent folders of the currently selected folder.
I’m not sure if this is new in Leopard but I just discovered it. You can significantly shrink the size of PDF files using Preview.
To do this open the PDF in Preview. Select “Save As…” from the File menu. In the dialog that appears you will see a pop-up menu labelled “Quartz Filter”. Choose “Reduce File Size” and when you save the PDF it will be much smaller than the original.
There is some image quality loss so be sure to keep a copy of the original in case you aren’t happy with the results.
PDF documents can be a pain at times for people that need to work with other documents. If you are in need of a PDF to excel converter, you can find some of the best pdf converter software online. Whether you just need a pdf server or a converter for converting pdf’s to word documents you can find software online.
With iPhoto open and active, click on the Time Machine icon on the dock, and you will be able to browse your backed up iPhoto photos! You can restore individual photos, albums, or restore the entire library. Backup source (ex. External Drive) must be mounted and available.
Steve’s Keynote is well and truly over, I got out of bed at 2AM AWST to watch some live coverage provided by some popular web siteslets look at some of the latest updates from Apple.
Time Capsule, a “beefy” Airport Extreme with internal 500GB or 1TB hard disk’s for network “time-machine” backups at $299 and $499USD shipping in Feb
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Screen sharing in Leopard is pretty neat. Screen sharing is nothing new, we’ve been doing it for years, one way or another. Leopard makes Screen sharing easy, but did you know there’s more to Leopards Screen sharing than available by default?
This clip on youtube demonstrates how you can use Screen Sharing as a stand-alone application and enable some hidden features to get the most out of the app.
People already know that you can turn on the zoom option in finder (System Preferences/Universal Access option). Very useful, mainly on presentations, and the shortcut for that is “Command + Option + =” to zoom in and “Command + Option + -” to zoom out. It also works with “Control + Mouse Scroll”. However,
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Just a quick reminder that MacWorld 2008 takes place later this morning. For those of you looking for minute-by-minute coverage of the keynote, there are several choices. MacDailyNews has been a favorite in the past, and this year they are apparently using “Coverit Live,” which will apparently provide up-to-the-minute entries without the need of refreshing.
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Pressing Option + Command + D hides the dock. Move the mouse to the bottom of the screen to show it. It Will ide again when your mouse moves away.
