71. Quickly track all online auctions
Instead of logging in and out of eBay, use a dedicated tracking client such as GarageBuy or GarageSale to manage everything in one window — much faster than trying to juggle multiple heavy web pages.
72. Quick download
In Safari, you can quickly download the target of any link to the Desktop by holding down the “O” key and clicking on it. This bypasses the dialog asking you to choose a destination, and involves no menus. If you perform this action on a link that leads to a page, the page will be downloaded. If you hold down the “Command” key while clicking on a link, it will open in a tab behind the current one (but only if this is enabled in Safari’s Preferences).
73. Prevent clutter
In Safari’s Preferences > General tab, you can choose a location to save downloaded files. In Tiger, the default is the Desktop; in Leopard, it’s the Downloads folder. It makes sense to divert downloads to a specific folder, like in Leopard, as it keeps the Desktop free of clutter and you can manage all downloaded items in a single location. Also, if you’re running antivirus software such as the free ClamXav (www.clamxav.com), you can tell it to “watch” the download folder, which means it will automatically scan that specific folder for any nasties you may inadvertently get from malicious websites.
74. Quick Look Mail
In Mail 3.1. in Leopard, if you receive a message with attachments, you have the option to activate Quick Look from within the message. Click on the “Quick Look” button by the attachments and you can preview them without having to open their associated application. Pictures, movies, sounds, PDFs and text documents can all be previewed from within Mail as easily as from the Finder. The Quick Look window lets you scroll between attachments, view full screen, or view an index sheet of all attachments, then zoom in on any one.
75. Auto-check mail
In Mail’s Preferences > General section, you can set Mail to automatically check for new messages at specific intervals, from every hour down to every minute.
76. Mail this page
In Safari, you can go to the File menu and choose to mail a link to the page. This opens your default email program, inserts the URL of the page, and uses the HTML title of the page as the message subject. All you have to do is enter the recipient name. Another option lets you mail the contents of the page to someone. This is a great feature, as it places a copy of the page, fully working with all links, straight into a new Mail message. Bear in mind that this latter shortcut only works with Mail, and isn’t supported by other email clients.
77. Sending photos
Mail in Leopard supports direct access to your iPhoto and Photo Booth libraries, so it’s quick and easy to drop pictures straight into a message. Once you’re there, some pictures can be very large, so you can right-click on one and choose “View As Icon” to show it in the body of the message as a small icon, which can be much neater. Alternatively, to view it at full size again, right-click and choose “View In Place.”
78. Automatic Gmail notifications
Download the Google Notifier software (http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_mac.html) and you will be able to get notifications of new mail and calendar events in your menu bar, leaving no need to open a browser to check for mail.
79. Build websites faster
In iWeb, choose View > Media Browser and you can access all the music, pictures and movies in your iTunes, iPhoto, and iMovie libraries. These can be dragged and dropped into projects and iWeb will automatically create the right kinds of plug-ins to enable the content to display.
80. iWeb inspector
To show or hide the Inspector quickly in iWeb, press Option/Command/I.
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Instead of logging in and out of eBay, use a dedicated tracking client such as GarageBuy or GarageSale to manage everything in one window — much faster than trying to juggle multiple heavy web pages.
72. Quick download
In Safari, you can quickly download the target of any link to the Desktop by holding down the “O” key and clicking on it. This bypasses the dialog asking you to choose a destination, and involves no menus. If you perform this action on a link that leads to a page, the page will be downloaded. If you hold down the “Command” key while clicking on a link, it will open in a tab behind the current one (but only if this is enabled in Safari’s Preferences).
73. Prevent clutter
In Safari’s Preferences > General tab, you can choose a location to save downloaded files. In Tiger, the default is the Desktop; in Leopard, it’s the Downloads folder. It makes sense to divert downloads to a specific folder, like in Leopard, as it keeps the Desktop free of clutter and you can manage all downloaded items in a single location. Also, if you’re running antivirus software such as the free ClamXav (www.clamxav.com), you can tell it to “watch” the download folder, which means it will automatically scan that specific folder for any nasties you may inadvertently get from malicious websites.
74. Quick Look Mail
In Mail 3.1. in Leopard, if you receive a message with attachments, you have the option to activate Quick Look from within the message. Click on the “Quick Look” button by the attachments and you can preview them without having to open their associated application. Pictures, movies, sounds, PDFs and text documents can all be previewed from within Mail as easily as from the Finder. The Quick Look window lets you scroll between attachments, view full screen, or view an index sheet of all attachments, then zoom in on any one.
75. Auto-check mail
In Mail’s Preferences > General section, you can set Mail to automatically check for new messages at specific intervals, from every hour down to every minute.
76. Mail this page
In Safari, you can go to the File menu and choose to mail a link to the page. This opens your default email program, inserts the URL of the page, and uses the HTML title of the page as the message subject. All you have to do is enter the recipient name. Another option lets you mail the contents of the page to someone. This is a great feature, as it places a copy of the page, fully working with all links, straight into a new Mail message. Bear in mind that this latter shortcut only works with Mail, and isn’t supported by other email clients.
77. Sending photos
Mail in Leopard supports direct access to your iPhoto and Photo Booth libraries, so it’s quick and easy to drop pictures straight into a message. Once you’re there, some pictures can be very large, so you can right-click on one and choose “View As Icon” to show it in the body of the message as a small icon, which can be much neater. Alternatively, to view it at full size again, right-click and choose “View In Place.”
78. Automatic Gmail notifications
Download the Google Notifier software (http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_mac.html) and you will be able to get notifications of new mail and calendar events in your menu bar, leaving no need to open a browser to check for mail.
79. Build websites faster
In iWeb, choose View > Media Browser and you can access all the music, pictures and movies in your iTunes, iPhoto, and iMovie libraries. These can be dragged and dropped into projects and iWeb will automatically create the right kinds of plug-ins to enable the content to display.
80. iWeb inspector
To show or hide the Inspector quickly in iWeb, press Option/Command/I.
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