Are you a new Macintosh user? Perhaps you’re just new to Lion or maybe you’ve been using Macs for years and you just want to brush up on things? Whatever the case, the OWC Tech crew have gotten together to bring you some quick tech tips – kind of a “stocking stuffer” of sorts.
Comparing Prices/Products? Swap back and forth easily with Tabs. (OWC Laura)
Tabbed browsing isn’t anything new, but it sure makes switching between one page or another a lot easier. Interestingly enough, the command for opening a new tab in your browser window is the same in Safari, Firefox, and Google Chrome. A simple Command-T in any of these will open up a new tab, leaving the other page as it was. You can also Command-click on a link and it will open up the link in a new tab – incredibly handy when you’re not finished with the page you’re on.
Quick Switching Between Open Applications (OWC Ben P)
Want to switch between programs or close a bunch of programs at once? To switch programs quickly, hold the Command button down as you tap the Tab key. Tap Tab repeatedly to scroll through all your open applications. Once the app you want is highlighted, release the Command button and the selected program will move to the front. Article Continues…
One of the little things often overlooked by many external drive manufacturers is the drive’s Desktop icon. In many cases, all you get is OS X’s “generic” orange external drive icon. That’s fine, I suppose, if you’re only using one drive, but what if you have a bunch of external drives, like I do? That’s a lot of orange!