Here some tips exclusive to Mission Control in Mac OS X Lion: -You can use the Quick Look feature introduced with Leopard to preview any window in Mission Control. Simply select the window and hit the Space Bar. -To create a new Desktop for an application or a window Click and hold on [...]
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Mac OS X Lion: some more tricks and tips
July 31, 2011
Here are some more tricks for Mac OS X Lion newbies: Autocorrect OS X Lion introduced the auto-correction similar to what you have on iOS…but it can be handy but it can be a pain in the butt, and you might not notice a correction took place while typing and it got changed with a [...]
Apple OS X Lion: 3 tricks you haven’t discovered yet
July 28, 2011
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How to reveal the Dock when in full-screen applications Apple, with the new OS X Lion, introduced the full-screen applications, which is great. Doing that though, they hid the Dock. To claim your Dock from the fullscreen app, move the pointer to the edge of the Dock where it is pinned. Move the mouse or [...]
Random tips & tricks for Lion OS X
July 26, 2011
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Here are a few tips for Lion nub…well i guess we all are! Enlarge the windows in Mission Control This is basically making use of the Quick Look ability. Select the window with the mouse or the trackpad and press the Space Bar to enlarge. Remove icons from the Sidebar Dragging it away from the [...]
Mac OS X Lion: how to remove apps icons from Launchpad
July 26, 2011
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How to remove Application’ icons from Launchpad You’ve probably seen that, same as with iOS, if you hold the left button on the mouse the apps start to wiggle, but you can only remove from the Launchpad those apps that you’ve downloaded from the Mac App Store. Open the Terminal (Applications > Utilities), copy and [...]
OS X Lion: how to reveal hidden Library folder
July 21, 2011
Many users switching from Apple‘s Snow Leopard to OS X Lion are unhappy with the default hidden Library folder. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, don’t worry then…not something you need to do. For those who wants to be able to access the ~/Library folder, run the following command in the Terminal (Applications [...]
How to watch free Hulu or Netflix from outside the U.S.
July 18, 2011
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If you live outside the US and you wold like to watch the HULU‘s free television programs, there’s a way. Unfortunately for non US residents, copyright laws are making it ‘almost’ impossible to use services like HULU or Netflix. Fortunately though there is a simple way to get around this restriction by using a commonplace [...]
August 2, 2011
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