Jeffrey Schoenberger

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Mac Tips and Tricks

  1. Update your OS
  2. Office 365
    1. Exchange vs iCloud
    2. Freebies (Outlook 2015)
  3. Backup
    1. Time Machine
    2. Dropbox vs SpiderOak vs iCloud Drive
  4. Evernote vs OneNote
    1. Integrations vs Email
  5. Fluid
  6. Login Items – How to stop things from launching at startup
  7. Spotlight’s new features in Yosemite
  8. Screenshots
    1. Snagit
    2. Cmd + Shift + 3 (screen) and Cmd + Shift + 4 (crosshairs)
  9. Finder
    1. Preferences
    2. View Options
  10. Keyboard Shortcuts
    1. Keycue
    2. Cmd + Shift + A – Apps; Cmd + Shift + D – Desktop
  11. Tabbed Browsing
    1. Ctrl + Tab for Tabs; Cmd + ~ for Windows
  12. Menubar
    1. Opt + Click on Sound and WiFi
    2. Energy usage meter under battery
  13. Run Windows on Your Mac
    1. VMware vs Parallels vs Bootcamp
  14. Screen recording
    1. Quicktime
  15. PDFs on the Mac
    1. Acrobat vs PDFPen vs Preview
    2. Change which app opens a file type
  16. Gatekeeper security
  17. Prioritize WiFi Networks
  18. HMU Office vs HMU Guest
  19. iBook Manuals (for free)
  20. Adding folders to your Dock
  21. Stationary Pad (Cmd + i)
  22. Adding Internet Accounts in System Preferences – then Share Sheets
  23. Install Updates Automatically: iOS 7 included the ability to automatically update apps, so it’s no surprise that this functionality would also eventually extend to the Mac. In System Preferences > App Store
  24. Maps app; mapping contacts in Contacts (Not present in Outlook)
    1. Send to iOS device
  25. Text Replacement
    1. System Preferences > Keyboard > Text vs TextExpander