My ID10T's guide to Mac # 3 "How to do a print screen in Mac OS X"

"How to do a print screen in Mac OS X"

1. To capture your entire screen..

• ⌘ cmd (Apple key) + shift + 3, and you should hear a camera capturing sound. Look on your desktop and you will see the picture file there..

2. To capture only a portion or section of your screen

• ⌘ cmd (Apple key) + shift + 4. the cursor will change to +. Drag the + around the section you want to capture.. Again look on your desktop and you will see the picture file there..

3. To capture a active window

• ⌘ cmd (Apple key) + shift + 4. the cursor will change to +. Press the space bar once and the + cursor will change to a camera icon. Now select the active window you want to capture. Look on your desktop for the picture file.

My ID10T's guide to Mac #2 "Networking Part 1"

Here's a simple step by step on how to access your windows PC shared folders and files from your Mac..

1. Now, on your Mac, from Finder's Go menu, choose "Connect to Server."

2. Enter the Pc's name or IP address, preceded by smb://, as shown:

3. Click Connect

4. Once Connected it will ask you to "Select the Volumes to mount:" (what share folders you want to access on the PC)

5. Select the folder you want to access and click OK. Now look on your desktop and you will see the folder that you mounted.

Job Done!

For an even simpler method....

1. From Finder's Go menu, choose "Connect to Server."

2. Instead of Clicking on "Connect" click the "Browse" button.. This will open a window that will display all you devices that are detected/ connected on your network... (windows equivalent of Network Neighborhood)

3. Select the device you want to connect to and away you go...

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My ID10T's guide to setting up and using a iMac #1 "How to enable right clicking on your Mac mouse"

For some unknown reason the default setting for right clicking on a
iMac mouse is setup to be a Primary Button.

To change this very essential setting I had to follow the below
steps.. How anyone can work with only a one button mouse is beyond me..

1.Click System Preferences

2. Under hardware -> Select Mouse and Keyboard

3. Select Mouse tab and change the right click option to Secondary Button.

4. job Done. Close all the windows you opened up above. Now when you right click the mouse you should see the following options, depending on where you are right clicking of course..

Something new.. something unknow.. something iMac

Well its been awhile since the last post..

So i have gone against the grain and all that i know.. and decided to buy an iMac!! for someone like me who has grown up with windows and been brainwashed by Microsoft for the last 16 years....It is a big change..

So i will try and blog my experience... successes and failures...

The old!

The new!

Now let the fun begin...