Beginners workshop for those new to a Mac.

1. Mac Tips and Tricks
Personalizing Learning
Julia.Leong@me.com
Apple Distinguished Educator
Download notes now at:
www.slideshare.net/julialeong
Thursday, 16 February, 12

2. OSx
Thursday, 16 February, 12

3. System Preferences
I love my Mac
Thursday, 16 February, 12

4. System Preferences
I love my Mac
Thursday, 16 February, 12

5. System Preferences
I love my Mac
Thursday, 16 February, 12

6. System Preferences
I love my Mac
Thursday, 16 February, 12

7. System Preferences
I love my Mac
Setting up your Mac to Personalize how it operates
Thursday, 16 February, 12

8. System Preferences
I love my Mac
Setting up your Mac to Personalize how it operates
How do you PREFER your mac operates
Thursday, 16 February, 12

9. System Preferences
I love my Mac
Setting up your Mac to Personalize how it operates
How do you PREFER your mac operates
Universal Access- Assistive technologies, making it
universally accessible to everyone.
Thursday, 16 February, 12

10. Display student art work or word a day, not
advertising. Personalize Learning
Thursday, 16 February, 12

11. Task: Open Photobooth
Take a photo
Make it your desktop
or add word a day but customize the words in
SCREENSAVER
Thursday, 16 February, 12

12. Finder - Gear icon
Thursday, 16 February, 12

13. Try it:
Click on the FINDER or your desktop
click on ALL MY FILES, then gear icon
ARRANGE BY, DATE MODIFIED
Click on gear icon, SHOW VIEW OPTIONS
Thursday, 16 February, 12

14. Where’d my file go?
Spotlight
Thursday, 16 February, 12

15. Where’d my file go?
Spotlight
In Top right corner, click on magnifying glass icon
Thursday, 16 February, 12

16. Where’d my file go?
Spotlight
In Top right corner, click on magnifying glass icon
Type in what you are looking for
Thursday, 16 February, 12

17. Where’d my file go?
Spotlight
In Top right corner, click on magnifying glass icon
Type in what you are looking for
Search by name, date, file type, etc
Thursday, 16 February, 12

18. Screen shot: Take a photo
of your screen
Thursday, 16 February, 12

19. Screen shot: Take a photo
of your screen
HOLD DOWN: Command + Shift + 4
Thursday, 16 February, 12

20. Screen shot: Take a photo
of your screen
HOLD DOWN: Command + Shift + 4
e.g. when you want to share a photo but the file size is
too large to email
Thursday, 16 February, 12

21. Screen shot: Take a photo
of your screen
HOLD DOWN: Command + Shift + 4
e.g. when you want to share a photo but the file size is
too large to email
when you want to share something on your screen to
give directions
Thursday, 16 February, 12

22. Command + Shift + 4
Thursday, 16 February, 12

23. Write this down to be a Jedi
Command + Z = UNDO repeat for multiple oop’z
Command + C = Copy
Command + V = Paste
Command + S = Save
Command + w = Clowse
Command + Q = Quit
Command + P = Print
Thursday, 16 February, 12

24. More Power User commands
Command Minus = to make something smaller
Function F11 - insta maid
Command + = my eyes are getting old, enlarge it
Command + shift + Plus = Look here class
Command + delete sends item to trash
OPTION + click on any item = duplicate that item
Thursday, 16 February, 12

25. What program is running?
Computer frozen??=
too many programs open
Thursday, 16 February, 12

26. What program is running?
Look in top left corner to see what program you are
actually working on
Computer frozen??=
too many programs open
Thursday, 16 February, 12

27. What program is running?
Look in top left corner to see what program you are
actually working on
Look at the faint blue arrow below the dock items
Computer frozen??=
too many programs open
Thursday, 16 February, 12

28. Don’t panic, internet isn’t broken
Turn wi-fi off then on
see if network appears
all else fails, restart computer
Thursday, 16 February, 12

29. Organizing making folders
Under the FILE menu:
Color code by classes/ subjects.
Smart folders
Color code
by subject
Thursday, 16 February, 12

30. Organizing making folders
Under the FILE menu:
Color code by classes/ subjects.
Smart folders
Color code
by subject
Thursday, 16 February, 12

31. Organizing making folders
Under the FILE menu:
Color code by classes/ subjects.
Smart folders
Color code
by subject
Thursday, 16 February, 12

32. Organizing making folders
Under the FILE menu:
Color code by classes/ subjects.
Smart folders
Color code
by subject
Thursday, 16 February, 12

33. Connecting to the projector
PLUG everything in first, THEN start up your mac
if that fails, SYSTEM Preferences, DETECT DISPLAYS,
MIRRORING
Thursday, 16 February, 12

34. Sharing files/ Hand in folder
Click on desktop or FINDER
GO,
iDisc
Other user’s public folder
Thursday, 16 February, 12

35. Keep your Mac happy
Under Apple:
Update software
regularly
Thursday, 16 February, 12

36. Keep your Mac happy
Under Apple:
Update software
regularly
Thursday, 16 February, 12

37. Keep your Mac happy
Under Apple:
Update software
regularly
Thursday, 16 February, 12

38. Effective use of mail
smart links to calendar and address book
Hover over a date and click arrow to add an item to
your iCal
Hover over a name, phone, email and click on arrow to
add it to address book
Thursday, 16 February, 12

39. Setting up your contacts
In ADDRESS BOOK: Make class group email
parent group email
Send vcards so no typos
Card: look for duplicates
Thursday, 16 February, 12

40. Thank you
Contact me for a classroom visit
Julia.Leong@me.com
604-224-2282
Thursday, 16 February, 12