MACINTOSH

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Open Programs Automatically

You can set up your Mac to automatically open programs when you log on.

Here's how.

From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences and click on the Accounts

button. Click on your account name, then click the Login Items tab. A list

of all Login items appears.

You can remove programs by selecting them and clicking the minus sign, or

add new ones by clicking the Add (+) button and navigating to the desired

application. If you check the Hide box next to the program name, the

application will open automatically, but won’t be displayed onscreen until

you select it in the Dock or via the Command-Tab key command (which cycles

you between all open applications).

Aug 1, 2008  LW

Quick Look

Quick Look is a useful feature of Leopard. It allows you to see what’s in a
file without booting it’s application. If you have a file and you want to
know what it is, just select it and hit the space bar. It will open files,
play mp3s, display pictures, etc.

Aug 11, 2008 LW

Finder Hack for PC to MAC

This is a PDF file. It will tell you  how to make the MAC FINDER look more like a PC's EXPLORER. So if you are a newbie to the MAC you may like this one.

Submitted by Lou Cioccio

CLICK HERE TO GET IT 

Make Large Cursor

Do you lose your cursor on the screen? Here's a tip to fix that problem.
Go into System Preferences, click on Universal Access, click on the mouse
tab, and at the lower half of that window you can enlarge the cursor. All
the cursors on your Mac will be changed.

LW Aug 08

Spaces

One of the great advantages of the Mac is that in addition to OS 10, it can run Windows and Linux. You can set up Spaces so that the Mac OS is in one space and Windows in another!


Just boot Parallels and put it in space 2 then open the Windows program you need. Your Mac OS will be in Space 1 with the Mac program(s) you need, so you can easily switch between them. I’ll bet you could even set up a third space containing Linux!

Lee

Convert Graphic File Format

Open the file in Preview, go to the File menu, and choose Save As…, where
you can export your graphic in Photoshop, JPEG, PICT, BMP (for sharing files
with PC users), PICT, Targa (for video), and more. If the format you’re
saving in has options (such as quality and compression settings for JPEG and
TIFF images), they will appear near the bottom of the dialog.

Lee

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