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Saving Internet Links to Stickies
Keeping links for easy reference
Sticky with an internet link
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Stickies is an underused application in my opinion, especially since Mac screens have gotten larger and larger. I have sticky notes all over my work desk so why not all over my computer screen?

Just like regular sticky notes, Stickies (on the Mac) are great for saving tidbits of information that you want or need in the near term. Of course you can type text on them, but you can also save internet links (URLs) to Stickies and they are clickable. In other words, if you save a URL to a Sticky, you can click on the link later and it will open in Safari.

Moving URLs to a Sticky note is a simple process.

 

Controlling iTunes from the Keyboard
iTunes controls
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The Mac has iTunes control keys on the top row of the keyboard. You don't need to have iTunes as the front app to use them.
 
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Letting Your Mac Say It For You - Updated
Free speech
Speech Preferences
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A user told me about a text-to-speech program she had seen on the PC and wanted to know if there was any equivalent software for the Mac.

I replied that text-to-speech is built into OS X and can be used in almost every application.

 
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Magnify a Portion of the Screen
Easier to see
Screen magnifier
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If the text on the screen isn't quite big enough or your eyes aren't quite what they used to be or you want a quick look at the detail in a photo, Lion can put a "magnifying glass" on the screen to make a part of the screen larger.

(Snow Leopard has a similar feature so if you aren't on Lion yet, read on.)

Here's how to use the magnifying glass.

 
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Adding and Removing Items from the Finder Sidebar
Manage your Finder shortcuts
Remove an item from the Finder sidebar
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The Finder sidebar is the light blue panel at the left of every Finder window. The sidebar is a list of shortcuts to different places on your hard drive.

The FAVORITES section (called PLACES in Snow Leopard) has some common locations in your User folder. You can add shortcuts to the FAVORITES/PLACES section and removed ones you don't need.

 
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