{"id":648044,"date":"2010-01-29T16:28:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T21:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/?p=39699"},"modified":"2010-01-29T16:28:51","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T21:28:51","slug":"os-x-hidden-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/648044","title":{"rendered":"OS X Hidden Gems"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you ever noticed that little dark circle that appears within the close button of a document window in OS X when you have unsaved changes? Yeah, me neither. After years of diligent Mac use, this subtle little element somehow escaped me until now. I guess I remember noticing it at times but never realized it was telling me to save my work. It’s a nice touch and got me wondering about what other subtle elements I might have missed over the years.<\/p>\n

I spent some time gathering up a number of these hidden gems and figured I’d list them here in the hopes that our readers could add to the list in the comments. <\/span><\/p>\n

Save Dialog<\/h3>\n

When saving a file you can press \/<\/strong> at the save dialog box to choose from any point in the file system via a file path.<\/p>\n

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Displays<\/h3>\n

You can press Shift + Ctrl + Eject<\/strong> to put external displays to sleep. On a MacBook this will force the system to sleep without having to close the lid.<\/p>\n

Airport<\/h3>\n

Pressing the Option<\/strong> key when clicking on the AirPort icon in the menubar will display some detailed information about your wireless connection, including the transmit rate.<\/p>\n

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Finder<\/h3>\n

Pressing Control<\/strong> while clicking on the current location icon at the top of the Finder window opens a menu to let you select any parent location along that particular file path.<\/p>\n

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Screen<\/h3>\n

Pressing Ctrl + Option + Command + 8<\/strong> will invert the color of your screen.<\/p>\n

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Dictionary<\/h3>\n

Pressing Ctrl + Command + D<\/strong> while hovering over a word in any Cocoa application (Safari, Mail, etc.) will automatically look up that word in the OS X dictionary app.<\/p>\n

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This list just scratches the surface of what I know are a huge number of hidden gems buried inside OS X. If you have any others you want to add to the list, please share it with us in the comments.<\/p>\n

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