MacBook Pro Fans: Tips & Tricks

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I'm no Mac expert but the title says all. I have a macBook Pro (The 2011 model) Would love to learn all these tips and tricks and whatever, do share!

(iPad & iPhones are welcome!)
 
JClarke said:
I'm no Mac expert but the title says all. I have a macBook Pro (The 2011 model) Would love to learn all these tips and tricks and whatever, do share!

(iPad & iPhones are welcome!)
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I have the same model, 13" screen.

If you're in an application, use Command-Q to quit it.

Swipe three fingers side-to-side to switch between full-screened applications (browser, email, etc.).

Swipe two fingers up and down or side to side to move application screens around.

In Safari, you can flip back to a previous page buy using the two-fingered swipe.

Pinch four fingers on the trackpad to bring up the Launchpad.

Tap two fingers together on an application screen to zoom-in or zoom-out.
 
If you need your external mouse instead of touchpad on your MacBook Pro, you can disable Reverse Scrolling in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion for using external mouse.

You have used scroll bars, trackpads and mouse wheels to scroll pages and documents by moving down to scroll down and up to scroll up.

Trackpad:
1. Open the Apple menu in the upper-left corner of the screen and select "System Preferences"
2. Click the “Trackpad” icon.
3. Clear the check from the “Scroll Direction: Natural” box.
4. Close the window.

Mouse:
1. Open the Apple menu and select “System Preferences.”
2. Click the “Mouse” icon.
3. Clear the check from the “Move content in the direction of finger movement when scrolling or navigating” box.
4. Close the window.


Screenshot Capturing:
1. Hold down "Command," "Shift" and press "3" on your keyboard to capture a screenshot of the whole screen (it will save to your desktop.)
2. Hold down "Command," "Shift," and press "4" on your keyboard to change your mouse pointer into crosshairs.
3. Click and drag a box, to capture a screenshot of that portion of the screen.
 
Click any files of pictures or video but dont double clicks to open and use space to quick view.

Command+F3 to desktop as quick (I use it a lot)
Shift+command+F3 to desktop as slow (just fun)

command+option+control+eject as shut computer down (good for mini mac as media center and almost six feet away from the keyboard.)

commnd+shift+Q as logout.

space+command as spotlight (I can find files or apps quick than mouse/trackpad)
 
Thanks for the tips, guys.
I have a MacBook Pro 13" with 320GB (which I already have 1TB External HDD at home) and I like the way the mousepad works, it feels like I am using a iPad

Does anyone know which correct cable that can convert the HDMI to DVI cable for my external 22" monitor?
 
JClarke said:
Thanks for the tips, guys.
I have a MacBook Pro 13" with 320GB (which I already have 1TB External HDD at home) and I like the way the mousepad works, it feels like I am using a iPad

Does anyone know which correct cable that can convert the HDMI to DVI cable for my external 22" monitor?
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Yes, had converted from mini DisplayPort to DVI cable for my Dell monitor. working Ok. I almost used to converted from it to HDMI adapter for my HDTV which have watched torrent movies.
 
There is another trick you can use:

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Force quit apps are fun when apps dont behave. You press apple, option and q at the same time and the task window appears to select an app to force quit. You can also do that on the dock and a little menu pops up on the app you want to force close.
 
iPod too! :)
JClarke said:
I'm no Mac expert but the title says all. I have a macBook Pro (The 2011 model) Would love to learn all these tips and tricks and whatever, do share!

(iPad & iPhones are welcome!)
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Wirelessly posted (sent from a smartphone. )

To quickly quit a program, press apple and q. Close a window, press apple and w. These commands have not changed since the 90s in Mac OS 7.x to present.
 
Do this;

cmd + option + control + 8 and tell us in here what you did. :D
 
How do you shortcut to the top of a web page? That is, when I've scrolled down to the bottom of this page at AD, I want to jump to the menu bar at the top. I don't want to scroll up; I want to jump up, with one click. On my Blackberry, I just click "T" and it takes me to the top. Is there something similar for the MacBook Pro?

Online, I've found several sites with Mac shortcuts but none of the ones listed did this. I looked in my Mac OS X Lion for Dummies book, and it didn't have it either.

Please forgive me if this shortcut has already been posted and I overlooked it or maybe I had a senior moment and forgot. :)
 
Reba said:
How do you shortcut to the top of a web page? That is, when I've scrolled down to the bottom of this page at AD, I want to jump to the menu bar at the top. I don't want to scroll up; I want to jump up, with one click. On my Blackberry, I just click "T" and it takes me to the top. Is there something similar for the MacBook Pro?

Online, I've found several sites with Mac shortcuts but none of the ones listed did this. I looked in my Mac OS X Lion for Dummies book, and it didn't have it either.

Please forgive me if this shortcut has already been posted and I overlooked it or maybe I had a senior moment and forgot. :)
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CMD + UP button

and same for jumping to bottom - CMD + DOWN button
 
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