![]() After all, one of the reasons why I got a Mac was that it was a Unix system with a nice, polished UI on top. Then key combos such as Crl+Number or Ctrl+Arrow work as intended.įinally I needed something that would let me install all the *nix tools on my machine. It turns out you have to go to System Preferences and Expose & Spaces to enable it by hand. I actually did not realize this and spent a lot of time trying different key combinations (Ctrl+2, Ctrl+F3, Ctrl+Arrow keys etc.) to see if I can change desktop that way. Spaces – Apple’s version of virtual desktops are actually not enabled by default for some reason. But not always – you know, just to keep you on your toes. You just have to remember to click it off before shutting the lid, because it has a nasty habit of keeping the computer awake while closed sometimes. It temporarily suspends the standby mode while you are watching a movie, or just reading something. Caffeine is an app that does exactly that for you. That said, sometimes I would be watching a longer Youtube video and would have to swipe my fingers across the pad every few minutes to prevent the screen from dimming. This prevents people from getting on my machine, and the battery draining down to zero while I’m away. It means that if I accidentally leave my machine on my desk and go off to do something, and get distracted it will quickly lock itself, and go to low power mode. I could of course extend them, but I actually like the default short intervals. My third gripe was the short timeouts for screen dimming and standby mode. It may not be the best app like this out there, but it works good enough for me – and if I ever want to bind some action to say swiping two fingers sideways while keeping the thumb on the pad, I can. I’m currently only using it to middle click with three fingers, but the app allows you to bind a stunning array of pad and mouse gestures to various actions. There are a dozen applications that extend Macs touchpag gesture support though. It turns out that there is no built in support for this. So opening links in a new tab was forcing me to shift position, and that would not do.īut I have a multi-touch pad, no? I should be able to bind for example a three finger click to middle mouse without any problems, right? Wrong. Usually when I just read, I have my right paw on the mouse/pad and my left under my chin (or behind my head when I’m in bed for example). But I hated command clicking on links because it forced me to put my left hand on the keyboard. Mac’s pad is much more sensitive and much bigger and thus comfortable. I actually recently used a Dell laptop with a multi-touch pad and it was not even in the same league. I absolutely love the multi-touch pad on my Macbook. You don’t even need to take your fingers off the home row.Īnother thing that pained me was lack of middle click. In fact, it is probably easier to reach than F5. Yeah, I know – it’s kinda strange, but in a way it makes sense. It turns out that the universal Refresh button on Macs is not F5 but rather a combination of: I was however a bit taken aback when I tried to refresh a page an it would not work. I knew about the single mouse button, and command/control clicks, so that did not surprise me. One of the first things I noticed about my Mac was that F5 did not refresh any pages. If you own a Mac you probably already know all of these, but maybe this will help to jump start a discussion about nifty tricks, and cool apps to download. I figured I will share a few of the tricks I have learned so far. I have been an owner of a shiny Mac Book Pro for about a month now.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |