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1 Extracted from: Mac Kung Fu Over 400 Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks for Apple OS X This PDF file contains pages extracted from Mac Kung Fu, published by the Pragmatic Bookshelf. For more information or to purchase a paperback or PDF copy, please visit Note: This extract contains some colored text (particularly in code listing). This is available only in online versions of the books. The printed versions are black and white. Pagination might vary between the online and printer versions; the content is otherwise identical. Copyright 2012 The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior consent of the publisher. The Pragmatic Bookshelf Dallas, Texas Raleigh, North Carolina

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5 Contents Acknowledgments ? Preface ? 1. Getting the Most from the Tips ? 1.1 Activating Secret Settings via Typed Commands? 1.2 Using the Apple and Application Menus? 1.3 Making a Time Machine Backup? 1.4 Using the Mouse or Trackpad? 1.5 Having an Admin Account? 1.6 Logging Out and Back In? 1.7 Using Program Windows? 1.8 Using the Mac Keyboard and Shortcuts? 2. The Tips ? Tip 1. Make Launchpad Bigger (or Smaller)? Tip 2. Turn Off Irritating Rubber-Band Scrolling? Tip 3. Stop Scrollbars from Disappearing? Tip 4. Make Your Mac Speak with Siri s Voice? Tip 5. Supertip: Dictate Like a Pro? Tip 6. Get Rid of Files Securely? Tip 7. Auto-answer FaceTime Calls? Tip 8. Instantly Add Movies and Music to itunes? Tip 9. Be a Messages App Keyboard Wizard? Tip 10. Store Absolutely Any File in icloud? Tip 11. Use a Secret, Alternative Cut and Paste? Tip 12. Correct Misspellings or Typos Without the Mouse? Tip 13. Create icloud Folders? Tip 14. See What Folders You ve Accessed Recently? Tip 15. See Bluetooth Signal Strength? Tip 16. Switch to Black Menus in Full-Screen Mode?

6 Contents vi Tip 17. Create Reminders Ultra-Quickly? Tip 18. Right-Click to Share Anything? Tip 19. View Safari s Google History? Tip 20. Open a Link Displayed in Terminal? Tip 21. Get Back Save As? Tip 22. Quickly Navigate Launchpad? Tip 23. Turn Off Notifications with a Single Click? Tip 24. Increase Settings in Micro-Increments? Tip 25. Access (and Back Up) All icloud Documents? Tip 26. Sleep Your Mac with a Remote? Tip 27. Restart a Jammed Finder? Tip 28. Quickly Get Documents into (and out of) icloud? Tip 29. Master Quick Look s Full-Screen Feature? Tip 30. Put Notes and Sticky Notes on Top? Tip 31. Don t Delete Files When Copying? Tip 32. Add Your Choice of Search Engine? Tip 33. Forward Only a Mail s Attachment? Tip 34. Quickly Add to Safari s Reading List? Tip 35. Get Complex Multiple-Display Setups? Tip 36. Turn a Movie Into a TV Show? Tip 37. See Where You re Browsing in Terminal? Tip 38. Ultra-Quickly See an App s Open Files? Tip 39. Use Half-Star Ratings in itunes? Tip 40. Switch Locations in Terminal via Drag and Drop? Tip 41. Timestamp Zip Filenames? Tip 42. Copy Better in Mail? Tip 43. Instantly Rename Safari Bookmarks? Tip 44. Spruce Up Terminal? Tip 45. Turn Off Trash Sound Effects? Tip 46. Get Handy When Formatting Text? Tip 47. Get Photo Stream Pictures via Finder? Tip 48. Avoid Notifications? Tip 49. Use Fancy Text in Mail Signatures? Tip 50. Install Any App Without Being Blocked? Tip 51. Browse Back via the Keyboard in Safari? Tip 52. Quickly Switch Audio Output (Including AirPlay)? Tip 53. Stop Apps from Auto-Quitting? Tip 54. Turn Off Smooth Scrolling? Tip 55. Save Safari Tabs When Quitting? Tip 56. Jump to the Top of Your s?

7 Contents vii Tip 57. Type Weird Characters Ultra-Quickly? Tip 58. Turn Your Mac Into a Surveillance Camera? Tip 59. Modify Messages Look and Feel? Tip 60. Use Your Own Choice of Notes Font? Tip 61. Duplicate a File with One Click? Tip 62. Share Google Links? Tip 63. Master Notification Center? Tip 64. Switch Time Machine Disks? Tip 65. Share Reminders and Calendars? Tip 66. Update Your Profile Pic? Tip 67. See Your Mac s Serial Number? Tip 68. Use a VIP Mailbox? Tip 69. Supertip: Get the Most from Reminders? Tip 70. Turn Off Java? Tip 71. Notify from the Command Line? Tip 72. Stop the Dock from Getting Broken? Tip 73. Control QuickTime Player Using Keys? Tip 74. Let OS X Create Passwords? Tip 75. Prefer Plain-Text s? Tip 76. See a Big Long List of Your Contacts? Tip 77. Type into PDFs? Tip 78. Play Ripped DVD Backups? Tip 79. Link to s in Notes/Stickies/Docs? Tip 80. When Did I Make That Sticky?? Tip 81. Use Facebook Chat? Tip 82. Preview Widgets? Tip 83. Create a Drives Stack? Tip 84. Calculate All File Sizes? Tip 85. Quickly Switch Calculator Modes? Tip 86. Add Your Contacts Websites to Safari? Tip 87. Import Twitter or Facebook Contacts? Tip 88. Web Pages in a Simple Layout? Tip 89. Quickly Send Files to an iphone or ipad? Tip 90. Use Time Machine with icloud? Tip 91. Find Docs by Zooming? Tip 92. Share via Twitter or Facebook with a Keystroke? Tip 93. Stop icloud from Being the Default? Tip 94. Export in More Formats via Preview? Tip 95. Supertip: Get the Most from QuickTime Player? Tip 96. Subscribe to Useful Calendars?

8 Contents viii Tip 97. Turn Off Annoying Special Effects? Tip 98. Start Apps Without the Mouse? Tip 99. Select Text In Quick Look? Tip 100. Resize Windows Easily? Tip 101. Get to the Dock in a Full-Screen App? Tip 102. Play Sounds When Certain Mail Arrives? Tip 103. Migrate from Outlook to Calendar? Tip 104. Stop itunes from Adding Track Numbers? Tip 105. Switch Desktop Space Ultra-Quickly? Tip 106. Protect USB Memory Sticks? Tip 107. Find Out Where Your Wallpaper Lives? Tip 108. Summarize Any Document? Tip 109. Activate Stacks and Mission Control by a Gesture? Tip 110. Quickly Create a List of Files? Tip 111. Supertip: Take Control of Scrolling? Tip 112. Turn a Small Keyboard into a Big One? Tip 113. Fix Ugly Fonts? Tip 114. Type Symbols and Diacritical Characters? Tip 115. Rename Hundreds of Photos? Tip 116. Personalize Every Icon? Tip 117. Bring Widgets to the Desktop? Tip 118. Discover Software Version Numbers? Tip 119. Use a Screensaver as a Desktop Background? Tip 120. Add Folders of Wallpaper Images? Tip 121. Put Notebooks in Deep Sleep? Tip 122. Fix a Slow Boot? Tip 123. Know Exactly Where You Are? Tip 124. Tweak Launchpad Visual Effects? Tip 125. Create Crazy s? Tip 126. Secure All Your Files Against Hackers? Tip 127. See Every Wi-Fi Detail? Tip 128. Make Launchpad a Personalized App Launcher? Tip 129. Supertip: Get the Most from Spotlight? Tip 130. View a Quick Calendar? Tip 131. Add Magical Links for , Messages, Web, and More? Tip 132. Stop Notes from Being Yellow? Tip 133. Simulate an iphone or ipad? Tip 134. Control Start-up Apps? Tip 135. Watch CPU Load and Activity?

9 Contents ix Tip 136. Create Doc Templates and Boilerplate Text? Tip 137. Create an Event from an or Web Page? Tip 138. Keep Your Mac Wide Awake? Tip 139. Stress Test Your Mac s Memory? Tip 140. Create an Install and Recovery Stick? Tip 141. Recover Crashes and Lock-Ups? Tip 142. Share Your Contacts with Others? Tip 143. Set Your IM Status Even If Messages Isn t Running? Tip 144. Change Fonts Used in Finder? Tip 145. Stress Test Your Mac s CPU? Tip 146. Find Files by Tagging Them? Tip 147. Bring Back the Library? Tip 148. Add Cool Visual Effects to Stacks? Tip 149. Always See File Info? Tip 150. Create One-Click Shortcuts? Tip 151. Quickly Move Toolbar Icons? Tip 152. Delete icloud Files (Without Going Insane)? Tip 153. Shrink PDF Files? Tip 154. Turn On Key Repeat? Tip 155. Save Text Snippets? Tip 156. Hide Files? Tip 157. Supertip: Make Better Screenshots? Tip 158. Set Movie Thumbnails? Tip 159. Create a Clever Color Picker? Tip 160. Back Up Without a Time Machine Disk? Tip 161. Make the Dock Really, Really Small? Tip 162. Get a Better Stack List? Tip 163. Supertip: Make Finder Your Hub? Tip 164. Hide Every Single Window? Tip 165. Work Better with Column View? Tip 166. Maximize itunes Windows? Tip 167. See All Your Mac Knows About Somebody? Tip 168. Print Wall Calendars? Tip 169. Keep a Folder Update Log? Tip 170. Start Terminal in an Instant? Tip 171. Enable Apache and PHP? Tip 172. Change Preview Markup Colors? Tip 173. Download Files Fuss-Free? Tip 174. Hide a File from Spotlight? Tip 175. Create Groups of Contacts?

10 Contents x Tip 176. Calm a Bouncing Dock Icon? Tip 177. Spawn New Finder Windows? Tip 178. Pool Printers for Quick Printing? Tip 179. View Photo or Movie s Hidden Info? Tip 180. Supertip: Be a Quick Look Power User? Tip 181. Print via Drag and Drop? Tip 182. Be Ultra-Accurate with Spotlight? Tip 183. Jump Between Views in Finder? Tip 184. Reset Hardware Settings? Tip 185. Force-Open a Document? Tip 186. See What Free Disk Space There Is? Tip 187. Find Forgotten Passwords? Tip 188. Get the Size of Multiple Files? Tip 189. Manage Projects with Colors? Tip 190. Make Movies, Screencasts, and Podcasts? Tip 191. Print from Finder? Tip 192. Add an Eject Button? Tip 193. Access Hidden Menu Options? Tip 194. Instantly Search Google? Tip 195. Enhance Your Login Picture with Visual Effects? Tip 196. Make the Mouse Cursor Big? Tip 197. View a Cover Flow of Calendar Events? Tip 198. Supertip: Application Switching? Tip 199. Lock Files for Safety? Tip 200. Correct Your Mac s Dictionary? Tip 201. Make the Volume Ultra-Quiet? Tip 202. View Application Icons Close-Up? Tip 203. Hack Dashboard/Mission Control Backgrounds? Tip 204. View Tech Info When Logging In? Tip 205. Send Somebody a Listing of your Forthcoming Events? Tip 206. Boot via an Apple Remote? Tip 207. Organize Mail by Color Schemes? Tip 208. Stop Automatic File Opening? Tip 209. Create Encrypted Archives for All Computers? Tip 210. Look Up Words Instantly? Tip 211. Turn Off Download Quarantining? Tip 212. Where Does This File Live?? Tip 213. Cut Rather Than Copy Files? Tip 214. Avoid the Spring-Load Wait?

11 Contents xi Tip 215. Print Envelopes? Tip 216. Turn Off Drag and Drop? Tip 217. Quickly Upload Files Using Safari? Tip 218. Map an Address You ve Been Sent? Tip 219. Install Apps on All Your Macs? Tip 220. Move the Cursor When Using Page Up/Page Down? Tip 221. Jump Around Open/Save Dialog Boxes? Tip 222. Regain Control of a Crashed Mac? Tip 223. Turn a Clipboard Image into a File? Tip 224. Leap Around the Desktop via the Keyboard? Tip 225. Make Desktop Shortcuts? Tip 226. Check Your Mac s Warranty? Tip 227. Secure Your Mac by Locking It? Tip 228. Switch Which App Edits a File You re Working On? Tip 229. Supertip: Take Control of PDFs? Tip 230. Edit Movies? Tip 231. Eject a Stuck CD/DVD Disc? Tip 232. Cue Through Movies Using Your Fingertips? Tip 233. Take a Picture of the Screen? Tip 234. Ignore a Software Update? Tip 235. Generate Font Samples? Tip 236. Send imessages from Within Contacts? Tip 237. Instantly View a Command s Man Page? Tip 238. Autocomplete Words? Tip 239. Make the Dock Show Only Running Programs? Tip 240. Create a Recent Items Stack? Tip 241. Personalize the Mission Control Highlight? Tip 242. Fix Broken Passwords? Tip 243. Turn Off the Desktop? Tip 244. Get Quick Access to System Preferences? Tip 245. Temporarily Toggle Dock Magnification? Tip 246. Remove System Preferences Icons? Tip 247. Speed Up Slow PDFs? Tip 248. Turn Off Mail Sounds? Tip 249. Supertip: Take Control of Zip Files? Tip 250. Take Better Snapshots? Tip 251. Select Text like a Pro? Tip 252. Create Cool Dock Stacks? Tip 253. Clean Caches for Smooth Running? Tip 254. Turn the Numeric Keypad into a Launcher?

12 Contents xii Tip 255. Open a Terminal Window Where You re Browsing? Tip 256. See Mini-Calendars in the Calendar App? Tip 257. Install Only Printer Drivers and Not Their Add-Ins? Tip 258. Reveal the Desktop? Tip 259. Avoid Trackpad Confusion When a Mouse Is Used? Tip 260. Send Somebody an App Link? Tip 261. Copy Calculator Results? Tip 262. Bookmark Images and PDFs? Tip 263. Manually Manage Software Updates? Tip 264. Add Blank Spaces to the Dock? Tip 265. Work with Background Windows? Tip 266. Find Files Created Today or Yesterday (and More)? Tip 267. Download Any File via Safari? Tip 268. View Two Weeks of Appointments? Tip 269. Scrap the Mac Start-up Chime? Tip 270. Supertip: Be a Mission Control Power User? Tip 271. Switch Between App Windows? Tip 272. Zoom Into the Desktop? Tip 273. Quickly Rename a File? Tip 274. Sleep Hard Disks Sooner? Tip 275. Force a File to be Found via Spotlight? Tip 276. Turn Off New Time Machine Disk Requests? Tip 277. Add Your Own System Sounds? Tip 278. Bulk Shrink, Rotate, or Flip Pictures in Preview? Tip 279. Know When It s Read-Only? Tip 280. Quickly Text or Pics? Tip 281. Quickly Create a New Sticky Note? Tip 282. Open Finder When Saving or Opening Files? Tip 283. Rename Sidebar Folders? Tip 284. Choose Music Via a Screensaver? Tip 285. Know Whether a PDF Is Multipage at a Glance? Tip 286. Grab Photos and Movies from Your iphone/ipad? Tip 287. Copy Web Pages to Disk? Tip 288. Recycle Your Apple Hardware (and Get Paid!)? Tip 289. Make Calendar Appointment Times Shorter? Tip 290. Make Your Mac Speak? Tip 291. Get the Most from the Mac Dictionary App? Tip 292. Scroll Finder Windows Better? Tip 293. See Numbers in Huge Type for Easy Jotting? Tip 294. Always See Expanded Save Dialogs?

13 Contents xiii Tip 295. Check Your Grammar as You Type? Tip 296. Cancel Dialog Boxes Instantly? Tip 297. Supertip: Tweak the Dock s Look and Feel? Tip 298. Add Sketches to PDFs? Tip 299. Prune the Right-Click Menu? Tip 300. Quit Finder? Tip 301. Undo File Operations? Tip 302. Make a New Folder from Some Files? Tip 303. Align Desktop Icons When Dragging? Tip 304. See OS X Animations in Slow Motion? Tip 305. Know Which Apps Are Hidden in the Dock? Tip 306. Cancel Drag and Drop Mid-Move? Tip 307. Make Time Machine Forget a File? Tip 308. Use Multiple Twitter Accounts? Tip 309. Connect to Stubborn Shared Folders or Servers? Tip 310. View Another Country s App Store? Tip 311. Record Your Terminal Work? Tip 312. Avoid Cluttering Network Shares with.ds_store Files? Tip 313. Access a Secret Dock Visual Effect? Tip 314. Get Better Trackpad Right-Clicking? Tip 315. Convert Images into a PDF? Tip 316. Make Only One Program Window Visible at a Time? Tip 317. Add the Trash to Finder? Tip 318. Save a Movie s Audio? Tip 319. Save PDFs Automatically to a Folder? Tip 320. Copy and Paste Without the Formatting? Tip 321. Create Secure Notes? Tip 322. Make Use of Boot-Time Options? Tip 323. Make a Quit All App? Tip 324. Upgrade RAM? Tip 325. Start GUI Apps from the Command Line? Tip 326. Quickly Turn s into Docs? Tip 327. Search Spotlight from Terminal? Tip 328. Enable the Root User? Tip 329. Wake Your MacBook If the Power Is Attached? Tip 330. Pass Command-Line Output to GUI Apps? Tip 331. Supertip: Turn Off OS X Features? Tip 332. Use Option or Command for Shortcuts? Tip 333. Use a Gesture to See App Windows? Tip 334. Change Alias Destinations?

14 Contents xiv Tip 335. Re-create the Dock from Scratch? Tip 336. Reorder the Menulets? Tip 337. Wake Troublesome Macs? Tip 338. View the True Size of an Image? Tip 339. Convert Audio and Video Files? Tip 340. Extend Quick Look s File Knowledge? Tip 341. Use a Hidden Stacks Animation? Tip 342. Google Highlighted Text? Tip 343. Use a Secret Gesture to Switch Spaces? Tip 344. Find Out Where a File Came From? Tip 345. Create a Login Message? Tip 346. Use the Linen Background on the Desktop? Tip 347. Start Time Machine at the Command Line? Tip 348. Repair Disk Problems? Tip 349. Tear Off Tabs? Tip 350. Move Time Machine to a Larger Disk? Tip 351. Let Spotlight Search More Files? Tip 352. Supertip: Optimize Screen Sharing? Tip 353. Diagnose Network Problems? Tip 354. Create Font Families? Tip 355. Speed Up Making SSH/SFTP/FTP Connections? Tip 356. Add Your Signature to Docs? Tip 357. Speed Up Mail? Tip 358. Search for System Files? Tip 359. Set the Default Operating System? Tip 360. Dump a Snapshot of Your Mac? Tip 361. Search for Carriage Returns and Tabs? Tip 362. Work Better in Sunlight? Tip 363. Be Clever in Open/Save Dialog Boxes? Tip 364. Make Terminal Delete Words Like Other OS X Apps? Tip 365. Whiz Around Save As Dialogs? Tip 366. Accessing icloud Without a Mac? Tip 367. Browse Old Time Machine Disks? Tip 368. Explore Within a Website Using Safari? Tip 369. Reorder Finder Sidebar Headings? Tip 370. Switch Tabs Quickly? Tip 371. Quickly Adjust Preferences for Any App? Tip 372. Grab Files from Your Mac While Miles Away? Tip 373. Move Back and Forward in Apps? Tip 374. Play Games?

15 Contents xv Tip 375. Run X11 (XQuartz) Apps Full-Screen? Tip 376. Get Cool Wallpapers from Screensaver Packages? Tip 377. See What Disk Space Is Taken Up by Media? Tip 378. Switch Dashboard Back to Overlay Mode? Tip 379. Tweak itunes Visualizations? Tip 380. Add Finder to Launchpad? Tip 381. Create an Instant Wired Network Between Macs? Tip 382. Use Full-Color Emoticons? Tip 383. Supertip: Be a TextEdit Power User? Tip 384. Migrate from Windows to Mac Without Losing Data? Tip 385. Shrink and Expand Fonts in Docs and s? Tip 386. Use Safari While Booted to the Recovery System? Tip 387. Expand QuickTime Player s Knowledge of File Types? Tip 388. Read Apple Manuals for Your Products? Tip 389. Use a Non-Apple Keyboard with Your Mac? Tip 390. Connect to Network Shares at Login? Tip 391. Invert a Selection of Files? Tip 392. Open Duplicates of Dashboard Widgets? Tip 393. Cue Second-by-Second in Movies? Tip 394. Turn a Website into an App? Tip 395. Use Quick Look to Skim Sites? Tip 396. Create a New Folder Anywhere? Tip 397. Grab Files from FTP Servers Using Finder? Tip 398. Turn Off the Caps Lock Key? Tip 399. Make Keyboard Lighting Work? Tip 400. See the Condition of Your Battery at a Glance? Tip 401. Magnify Sections of Photos or PDFs Easily? Tip 402. Tell Your Mac to Do Things? Tip 403. Use Three Fingers and Revolutionize Your Mac Use? Tip 404. Use AirDrop Even on Incompatible Macs? Tip 405. Supertip: Get Some Must-Have Mac Apps? Index ?

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