So, you have a document already open and you’d like to use the same file in another program. For example, you have an image open in Preview and would like to insert into a email message as attachment.
The usual way would be, to locate it in Finder and drag it onto the composing window or use the Attach button in Mail (even slower).
Away with that - proxy icons come to rescue you.
Previously we looked at how to install applications in Mac OS X. We identified different forms applications for your Mac can come in and how to handle those different types.
Today we will learn how to uninstall applications again.
It’s not only about the operating system, one uses. What makes a computer great is the software you can run on it - and for Macs there is a lot of great software out there.
In the next two post we will have a installing-software roundup. We will cover all forms, software for your Mac can come in, how to handle different file types and how to install applications. In the following post we will look at how to remove software from your Mac again.
At the end of this post we have a list of great sites to get (mostly freeware) applications for your Mac.
Stacks are a great feature for stuff you need to access quickly. They also help to reduce the clutter on your Desktop, putting downloaded files into a neat Download folder.
Today we will look at some keyboard magic to enhance your Stacks experience.
We already had a post on the Dock and how you can use it to see what’s going on. We also used the contextual menu of the Dock icons a bit.
But there is more to the icons in the Dock, as it might seem. When an application is running, try control-clicking its icon. This will reveal a set of basic commands for this application.
So there are a bunch of applications you use whenever you have your Mac on. Adium for Instant messaging, Safari for web browsing and so on.
Instead of opening them one by one every time you turn your Mac on, control-click their icon in the Dock and select Open at Login.
To remove the automatic start at Login again, just click the icon again. You see there is a little check mark next to Open at Login, click the menu item again to remove the check mark and thus disabling the automatic start.
If the desired application has no icon in the Dock, please read this post on how to get it there.
You can quickly resize the Dock without having to enter the System Preferences pane. Just move your mouse cursor over the “highway strip” of the Dock and the cursor will change into a 2-arrowed pointer.
Now click and drag up or down, to resize the Dock.
The Dock is one of the main parts of your Mac OS X desktop. It consists of two major parts - the applications area and Stacks. They are divided, by a “highway strip”.
We already looked at, how to add a running application to the Dock. Now let’s see , how to add applications, without starting them at all. Furthermore we will learn how to manage Stacks.
If you are using iSync a lot (or any other program) and are annoyed by always having to navigate to your Applications directory, look for the application and start it, you can keep it in your Dock (even when it’s not running).
In the default configuration, the Dock at the bottom of the screen is quite big. This is good, if you have a hard time seeing and don’t want to reach for those glasses all the time.
However, it also takes up some screen space. So we will make it a bit smaller and we will show you, that there is still an option for all those out there, who would really need glasses (but what’s a “would really need” worth, eh?)