The Mac Attack #103

Snow Leopard tips, tricks and hints on this episode of The Mac Attack. It's a quick episode but I bet you'll find at least one tip about Snow Leopard you didn't know about.

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Snow Leopard tips, tricks and hints:

Visit the show web site at themacattack.tv for show notes and links to the software, hardware, and products mentioned during the podcast.

The Snow Leopard install disc can be used on a blank hard drive. Leopard doesn't need to be installed first.

Rearrange user created mail folders in the mail app. Previously we were stuck looking at those folders in alphabetical order. Now just drag the folders into any order.

option click Sound menu icon (speaker icon) to select input and output audio devices.

option click Sync menu icon to get more detailed sync info.

option click AirPort menu icon shows all sorts of info about the current wireless connection.

option click Bluetooth menu adds 'Open Bluetooth Diagnostics Utility'

option click Battery menu icon shows battery health

option click Time Machine menu icon changes 'Enter Time Machine' to 'Browse Other Time Machine Disks.

Zoom screen while using "Screen Recording" in QuickTime X (zoom screen: control+scroll wheel or trackpad)

Show date in menu bar select via 'Date & Time' preference pane.

Minimize application windows into application dock icon set via 'Dock' preference pane

System Preferences icon shows list of Preference Panes when right clicked (control clicked)

Booting into safe mode now has a progress bar as it verifies the hard drive

When "Screen Sharing" with another Mac, hitting command tab to switch apps will switch the apps on the remote computer, not the one you're sitting in front of.

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