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Index
Mac Kung Fu
Table of Contents
Early Praise for Mac Kung Fu, Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Preface
How to Read This Book
For All Macs—No Add-Ons Required!
Sharing
Online Resources
Chapter 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
Chapter 2: The Tips
Make Launchpad Bigger (or Smaller)
Turn Off Irritating “Rubber-Band” Scrolling
Stop Scrollbars from Disappearing
Make Your Mac Speak with Siri’s Voice
Supertip: Dictate Like a Pro
Get Rid of Files—Securely
Auto-answer FaceTime Calls
Instantly Add Movies and Music to iTunes
Be a Messages App Keyboard Wizard
Store Absolutely Any File in iCloud
Use a Secret, Alternative Cut and Paste
Correct Misspellings or Typos Without the Mouse
Create iCloud Folders
See What Folders You’ve Accessed Recently
See Bluetooth Signal Strength
Switch to Black Menus in Full-Screen Mode
Create Reminders Ultra-Quickly
Right-Click to Share Anything
View Safari’s Google History
Open a Link Displayed in Terminal
Get Back “Save As”
Quickly Navigate Launchpad
Turn Off Notifications with a Single Click
Increase Settings in Micro-Increments
Access (and Back Up) All iCloud Documents
Sleep Your Mac with a Remote
Restart a Jammed Finder
Quickly Get Documents into (and out of) iCloud
Master Quick Look’s Full-Screen Feature
Put Notes and Sticky Notes on Top
Don’t Delete Files When Copying
Add Your Choice of Search Engine
Forward Only a Mail’s Attachment
Quickly Add to Safari’s Reading List
Get Complex Multiple-Display Setups
Turn a Movie Into a TV Show
See Where You’re Browsing in Terminal
Ultra-Quickly See an App’s Open Files
Use Half-Star Ratings in iTunes
Switch Locations in Terminal via Drag and Drop
Timestamp Zip Filenames
Copy Better in Mail
Instantly Rename Safari Bookmarks
Spruce Up Terminal
Turn Off Trash Sound Effects
Get Handy When Formatting Text
Get Photo Stream Pictures via Finder
Avoid Notifications
Use Fancy Text in Mail Signatures
Install Any App Without Being Blocked
Browse Back via the Keyboard in Safari
Quickly Switch Audio Output (Including AirPlay)
Stop Apps from Auto-Quitting
Turn Off “Smooth Scrolling”
Save Safari Tabs When Quitting
Jump to the Top of Your Emails
Type Weird Characters Ultra-Quickly
Turn Your Mac Into a Surveillance Camera
Modify Messages’ Look and Feel
Use Your Own Choice of Notes Font
Duplicate a File with One Click
Share Google Links
Master Notification Center
Switch Time Machine Disks
Share Reminders and Calendars
Update Your Profile Pic
See Your Mac’s Serial Number
Use a VIP Mailbox
Supertip: Get the Most from Reminders
Turn Off Java
Notify from the Command Line
Stop the Dock from Getting Broken
Control QuickTime Player Using Keys
Let OS X Create Passwords
Prefer Plain-Text Emails
See a Big Long List of Your Contacts
Type into PDFs
Play Ripped DVD Backups
Link to Emails in Notes/Stickies/Docs
When Did I Make That Sticky?
Use Facebook Chat
Preview Widgets
Create a “Drives” Stack
Calculate All File Sizes
Quickly Switch Calculator Modes
Add Your Contacts’ Websites to Safari
Import Twitter or Facebook Contacts
Email Web Pages in a Simple Layout
Quickly Send Files to an iPhone or iPad
Use Time Machine with iCloud
Find Docs by Zooming
Share via Twitter or Facebook with a Keystroke
Stop iCloud from Being the Default
Export in More Formats via Preview
Supertip: Get the Most from QuickTime Player
Subscribe to Useful Calendars
Turn Off Annoying Special Effects
Start Apps Without the Mouse
Select Text In Quick Look
Resize Windows Easily
Get to the Dock in a Full-Screen App
Play Sounds When Certain Mail Arrives
Migrate from Outlook to Calendar
Stop iTunes from Adding Track Numbers
Switch Desktop Space Ultra-Quickly
Protect USB Memory Sticks
Find Out Where Your Wallpaper Lives
Summarize Any Document
Activate Stacks and Mission Control by a Gesture
Quickly Create a List of Files
Supertip: Take Control of Scrolling
Turn a Small Keyboard into a Big One
Fix Ugly Fonts
Type Symbols and Diacritical Characters
Rename Hundreds of Photos
Personalize Every Icon
Bring Widgets to the Desktop
Discover Software Version Numbers
Use a Screensaver as a Desktop Background
Add Folders of Wallpaper Images
Put Notebooks in Deep Sleep
Fix a Slow Boot
Know Exactly Where You Are
Tweak Launchpad Visual Effects
Create “Crazy” Emails
Secure All Your Files Against Hackers
See Every Wi-Fi Detail
Make Launchpad a Personalized App Launcher
Supertip: Get the Most from Spotlight
View a Quick Calendar
Add Magical Links for Email, Messages, Web, and More
Stop Notes from Being Yellow
Simulate an iPhone or iPad
Control Start-up Apps
Watch CPU Load and Activity
Create Doc Templates and Boilerplate Text
Create an Event from an Email or Web Page
Keep Your Mac Wide Awake
Stress Test Your Mac’s Memory
Create an Install and Recovery Stick
Recover Crashes and Lock-Ups
Share Your Contacts with Others
Set Your IM Status—Even If Messages Isn’t Running
Change Fonts Used in Finder
Stress Test Your Mac’s CPU
Find Files by Tagging Them
Bring Back the Library
Add Cool Visual Effects to Stacks
Always See File Info
Create One-Click Shortcuts
Quickly Move Toolbar Icons
Delete iCloud Files (Without Going Insane)
Shrink PDF Files
Turn On Key Repeat
Save Text Snippets
Hide Files
Supertip: Make Better Screenshots
Set Movie Thumbnails
Create a Clever Color Picker
Back Up Without a Time Machine Disk
Make the Dock Really, Really Small
Get a Better Stack List
Supertip: Make Finder Your Hub
Hide Every Single Window
Work Better with Column View
Maximize iTunes Windows
See All Your Mac Knows About Somebody
Print Wall Calendars
Keep a Folder Update Log
Start Terminal in an Instant
Enable Apache and PHP
Change Preview Markup Colors
Download Files Fuss-Free
Hide a File from Spotlight
Create Groups of Contacts
Calm a Bouncing Dock Icon
Spawn New Finder Windows
Pool Printers for Quick Printing
View Photo or Movie’s Hidden Info
Supertip: Be a Quick Look Power User
Print via Drag and Drop
Be Ultra-Accurate with Spotlight
Jump Between Views in Finder
Reset Hardware Settings
Force-Open a Document
See What Free Disk Space There Is
Find Forgotten Passwords
Get the Size of Multiple Files
Manage Projects with Colors
Make Movies, Screencasts, and Podcasts
Print from Finder
Add an Eject Button
Access Hidden Menu Options
Instantly Search Google
Enhance Your Login Picture with Visual Effects
Make the Mouse Cursor Big
View a Cover Flow of Calendar Events
Supertip: Application Switching
Lock Files for Safety
Correct Your Mac’s Dictionary
Make the Volume Ultra-Quiet
View Application Icons Close-Up
Hack Dashboard/Mission Control Backgrounds
View Tech Info When Logging In
Send Somebody a Listing of your Forthcoming Events
Boot via an Apple Remote
Organize Mail by Color Schemes
Stop Automatic File Opening
Create Encrypted Archives for All Computers
Look Up Words Instantly
Turn Off Download “Quarantining”
Where Does This File Live?
Cut Rather Than Copy Files
Avoid the Spring-Load Wait
Print Envelopes
Turn Off Drag and Drop
Quickly Upload Files Using Safari
Map an Address You’ve Been Sent
Install Apps on All Your Macs
Move the Cursor When Using Page Up/Page Down
Jump Around Open/Save Dialog Boxes
Regain Control of a Crashed Mac
Turn a Clipboard Image into a File
Leap Around the Desktop via the Keyboard
Make Email Desktop Shortcuts
Check Your Mac’s Warranty
Secure Your Mac by Locking It
Switch Which App Edits a File You’re Working On
Supertip: Take Control of PDFs
Edit Movies
Eject a Stuck CD/DVD Disc
Cue Through Movies Using Your Fingertips
Take a Picture of the Screen
Ignore a Software Update
Generate Font Samples
Send iMessages from Within Contacts
Instantly View a Command’s Man Page
Autocomplete Words
Make the Dock Show Only Running Programs
Create a “Recent Items” Stack
Personalize the Mission Control Highlight
Fix Broken Passwords
Turn Off the Desktop
Get Quick Access to System Preferences
Temporarily Toggle Dock Magnification
Remove System Preferences Icons
Speed Up Slow PDFs
Turn Off Mail Sounds
Supertip: Take Control of Zip Files
Take Better Snapshots
Select Text like a Pro
Create Cool Dock Stacks
Clean Caches for Smooth Running
Turn the Numeric Keypad into a Launcher
Open a Terminal Window Where You’re Browsing
See Mini-Calendars in the Calendar App
Install Only Printer Drivers and Not Their Add-Ins
Reveal the Desktop
Avoid Trackpad Confusion When a Mouse Is Used
Send Somebody an App Link
Copy Calculator Results
Bookmark Images and PDFs
Manually Manage Software Updates
Add Blank Spaces to the Dock
Work with Background Windows
Find Files Created Today or Yesterday (and More)
Download Any File via Safari
View Two Weeks of Appointments
Scrap the Mac Start-up Chime
Supertip: Be a Mission Control Power User
Switch Between App Windows
Zoom Into the Desktop
Quickly Rename a File
Sleep Hard Disks Sooner
Force a File to be Found via Spotlight
Turn Off New Time Machine Disk Requests
Add Your Own System Sounds
Bulk Shrink, Rotate, or Flip Pictures in Preview
Know When It’s Read-Only
Quickly Email Text or Pics
Quickly Create a New Sticky Note
Open Finder When Saving or Opening Files
Rename Sidebar Folders
Choose Music—Via a Screensaver
Know Whether a PDF Is Multipage at a Glance
Grab Photos and Movies from Your iPhone/iPad
Copy Web Pages to Disk
Recycle Your Apple Hardware (and Get Paid!)
Make Calendar Appointment Times Shorter
Make Your Mac Speak
Get the Most from the Mac Dictionary App
Scroll Finder Windows Better
See Numbers in Huge Type for Easy Jotting
Always See Expanded Save Dialogs
Check Your Grammar as You Type
Cancel Dialog Boxes Instantly
Supertip: Tweak the Dock’s Look and Feel
Add Sketches to PDFs
Prune the Right-Click Menu
Quit Finder
Undo File Operations
Make a New Folder from Some Files
Align Desktop Icons When Dragging
See OS X Animations in Slow Motion
Know Which Apps Are Hidden in the Dock
Cancel Drag and Drop Mid-Move
Make Time Machine Forget a File
Use Multiple Twitter Accounts
Connect to Stubborn Shared Folders or Servers
View Another Country’s App Store
Record Your Terminal Work
Avoid Cluttering Network Shares with .DS_store Files
Access a Secret Dock Visual Effect
Get Better Trackpad Right-Clicking
Convert Images into a PDF
Make Only One Program Window Visible at a Time
Add the Trash to Finder
Save a Movie’s Audio
Save PDFs Automatically to a Folder
Copy and Paste Without the Formatting
Create Secure Notes
Make Use of Boot-Time Options
Make a “Quit All” App
Upgrade RAM
Start GUI Apps from the Command Line
Quickly Turn Emails into Docs
Search Spotlight from Terminal
Enable the Root User
Wake Your MacBook If the Power Is Attached
Pass Command-Line Output to GUI Apps
Supertip: Turn Off OS X Features
Use Option or Command for Shortcuts
Use a Gesture to See App Windows
Change Alias Destinations
Re-create the Dock from Scratch
Reorder the “Menulets”
Wake Troublesome Macs
View the True Size of an Image
Convert Audio and Video Files
Extend Quick Look’s File Knowledge
Use a Hidden Stacks Animation
Google Highlighted Text
Use a Secret Gesture to Switch Spaces
Find Out Where a File Came From
Create a Login Message
Use the “Linen” Background on the Desktop
Start Time Machine at the Command Line
Repair Disk Problems
Tear Off Tabs
Move Time Machine to a Larger Disk
Let Spotlight Search More Files
Supertip: Optimize Screen Sharing
Diagnose Network Problems
Create Font Families
Speed Up Making SSH/SFTP/FTP Connections
Add Your Signature to Docs
Speed Up Mail
Search for System Files
Set the Default Operating System
Dump a Snapshot of Your Mac
Search for Carriage Returns and Tabs
Work Better in Sunlight
Be Clever in Open/Save Dialog Boxes
Make Terminal Delete Words Like Other OS X Apps
Whiz Around Save As Dialogs
Accessing iCloud Without a Mac
Browse Old Time Machine Disks
Explore Within a Website Using Safari
Reorder Finder Sidebar Headings
Switch Tabs Quickly
Quickly Adjust Preferences for Any App
Grab Files from Your Mac While Miles Away
Move Back and Forward in Apps
Play Games
Run X11 (XQuartz) Apps Full-Screen
Get Cool Wallpapers from Screensaver Packages
See What Disk Space Is Taken Up by Media
Switch Dashboard Back to Overlay Mode
Tweak iTunes Visualizations
Add Finder to Launchpad
Create an Instant Wired Network Between Macs
Use Full-Color Emoticons
Supertip: Be a TextEdit Power User
Migrate from Windows to Mac Without Losing Data
Shrink and Expand Fonts in Docs and Emails
Use Safari While Booted to the Recovery System
Expand QuickTime Player’s Knowledge of File Types
Read Apple Manuals for Your Products
Use a Non-Apple Keyboard with Your Mac
Connect to Network Shares at Login
Invert a Selection of Files
Open Duplicates of Dashboard Widgets
Cue Second-by-Second in Movies
Turn a Website into an App
Use Quick Look to Skim Sites
Create a New Folder Anywhere
Grab Files from FTP Servers Using Finder
Turn Off the Caps Lock Key
Make Keyboard Lighting Work
See the Condition of Your Battery at a Glance
Magnify Sections of Photos or PDFs Easily
Tell Your Mac to Do Things
Use Three Fingers and Revolutionize Your Mac Use
Use AirDrop Even on Incompatible Macs
Supertip: Get Some Must-Have Mac Apps
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