Beginners: 7 tips for working in OS X

OS X has zacluzhennuyu reputation as a sound and logical system. It works the way you want right "out of the box" and that is what its users appreciate. And, the longer you work on OS X, the more you learn new tricks, secrets and other things that accelerate or make everyday tasks more convenient. Experienced users will likely know many of these tricks, but beginners will be useful to get acquainted with them. Today I podogotovil for you a small selection of different tips to help you learn more about the limitless possibilities of OS X.

Terminating current application

It is sad, but the application hangs and slow down not only on Windows. Although Macs are often to blame is not a system, and deficiencies on the part of application developers. If this happens you need to press  in the menu bar, then click ⇧ (Shift) and choose ... forced to complete.

To complete the application force, you can call the corresponding dialog by pressing a combination of keys ⌘⌥⎋ (Command + Option + Esc). Here you can complete any of the busy tasks, regardless of whether it is running or not: select the desired program and press

To complete.

Another option (fastest):

• switch to the hung application using ⌘⇥(Command + Tab)
• Hit ⌘⌥⎋for dialogue call completion
• Hit ⌅ (Enter)
• profit!

Disable notifications

Notification Center is incredibly cool feature that gives us the opportunity to keep abreast of all the events taking place on our Mac. But sometimes you want to get rid of intrusive notifications and concentrate on any task. Apple has provided such a function, but it is not entirely obvious.

To mute notifications, you need to open the Notifications Center (nazhavn extreme icon in the menu bar or swipe gesture using two fingers to the left edge of the trackpad) and make a swipe down with two fingers. It seems hidden switch, which will turn off the notification for exactly 24 hours. The next day they will turn on automatically, so you do not need to remember it.

Emptying the Trash

Shopping on OS X, as well as Windows, and any other OS needs perioicheskoy cleaning. There are several ways to do this. The easiest and most obvious - perform a right click on the Recycle Bin icon in the Dock and select Empty trash. You can also use the Finder hotkey ⇧⌘⌫ (Shift + Command + Backspace) or ⇧⌥⌘⌫ (Shift + Option + Command + Backspace). In the first case, the system will ask for a confirmation to delete files, in the second treatment will be made immediately.

In details of keyboard shortcuts to work with a basket I wrote in one of my previous articles.

restart Finder

Finder - the main application OS X (it is constantly running) with the help of navigating a file system and all operations with files and folders. Finder is much steeper in Windows Explorer, but it happens, and that it freezes. This sometimes happens when you are accessing network drives or other external drives. To remedy the situation, you can simply restart. To do this, hold down the ⌥ do a right click on the Finder icon and select the item Restart.

Organizing icons on the menu bar

All applications in OS X after setting up residence in the menu bar in the form of icons with which we can interact, access the main functions of the application. They are not always placed in the way we want, and beginners can confound what they can not just drag and drop. In fact it is possible and it is very easy to do, just have to hold while dragging magic press ⌘. Such a focus is 100% working with icons sitemnyh applications and some third-party. But sometimes it does not help and you have to resort to using third-party utilities.

I recommend Bartender for such purposes, it significantly extends the use of the menu bar (you can hide any application or place it in a special additional panel) and allows you to customize the behavior of each individual taken icons. Read more about it We have already talked to MakRadare.

Quick view iformatsii System

If you want to see some important information about the "iron" part of your Mac, it is not necessary to spin it. The structure of OS X includes a wonderful utililita providing comprehensive information about your redundant system. For her call to press — About This Mac — More — Report System.

There is an easier way to call the system information. You have to press the same But holding the ⌥ - you want us to point System Information immediately appear in the menu.

Rapid completion of the user session

Another difference between the Mac from the Windows PC is that the Mac can run without rebooting on and off for weeks or months. The users of Windows, this plan are less fortunate (just remember the bearded anecdote about Windows: «The keyboard layout was switched. Reboot required ").

Do not restart or turn off your Mac is perfectly normal usage scenario. But here razloginivatsya to another reason you have to change or the user of some kind.

You can do it quickly by simply clicking ⇧⌘Q and then ⌅ to confirm. Normal user logout method involves pressing  - End user session.

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