Mac OS X Lion is Out

Apple just released their newest, much awaited operating system - Mac OS X Lion along with a New Macbook Air and a New Mac Mini. What's more Lion, with over 250 new features in a single update is available for a mere $29.99 for all your Macs as opposed to previous operating system updates which were priced at $129.99 for a single Mac. 

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Hide all Applications in a Split Second

The keyboard shotcut to hide an application is Command-H. However, to hide all applications except the one you're currently using, just press Command-Option-H.

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Update your Mac and it's Applications

Did you know that your Mac can be updated frequently to a newer bugless version in minutes ? Your apps require updates too to fix bugs. To update, just click on the Apple icon in the top right corner of your screen and click on software update. Select your updates and click Install.

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Know Each Detail of Your Mac

Curious about your mac ? Want to see each and every detail about it with a couple of simple clicks ? Click on the Apple button ( top left of your screen ), hold down the alt/option button on your keyboard and "About this Mac" will change to System Profiler. Click on System Profiler.

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The Mac Tip Series 9 - System Preferences

System preferences on Mac OS X is an application with all your general settings. In other words, it's like "Control panel" on Windows. To go to System Preferences you can -

1. Search for it in spotlight search ( top right corner of screen )
2. Click on the Apple button in the menubar ( top left corner of screen )
3. Click on it in the dock.

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The Mac Tip Series 7 - Get Information about a File / Folder

In Mac, you can get information such as File size, File Type, File Name, Folder Contents, Location on Mac, Date Created, Date Modified, Entension about any file / folder as well as other functions like locking the File / Folder, Making it Read only, etc.

So what's the long drawn complicated procedure for all this ?


Well, first you select the file and then press Command-I. Complicated, huh ? ( For the sarcasm impaired, you want to skip over that last part )

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The Mac Tip Series 3 - Applications

Mac Switch 4 - IMPORTANT Your Mac now runs on an application system (which, by the way, is not the formal term for it) which means that even when you click the cross button on a window (which is to the top-left corner of your screen), the application will usually stay open which can make your computer slow. To quit an application correctly, click on the name of that application in the menubar and click "quit application name". This is shown in the image below. Or simply press Command-Q

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The Mac Tip Series 2 - Macintosh HD

My Computer --> Macintosh HD

Mac Switch #2 - Your "My Computer" folder is now called "Macintosh Hd and should be on your desktop.

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