With an app updated for Mountain Lion, such as Pages, you can choose File, Move To while the document is open. This will place the file in a new location while you are editing it. You can also choose Rename to change the file name of the document while it is open.
If you ever find you are having trouble accessing iCloud, the iTunes store, Siri, FaceTime or any other online service provided by Apple, you can check the page at http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/ to see if the service is down. This can help you figure out if the problem is on your end or theirs.
You can edit the information about a track in iTunes by selecting it and using File, Get Info. But you can also view your library in Song list mode and then edit many of the fields right there. Just click once on a field, wait, and then click again. Or use the Enter key to edit a field you just clicked on. You can even use Tab to move between fields.
Mountain Lion came with a new feature called Power Nap that many users might be benefiting from, without even knowing it is there. It is available on many newer MacBooks. You can see if you have Power Nap by going to System Preferences, Energy Saver and looking for the Power Nap checkbox. There is one for the Battery settings and another checkbox for the Power Adapter settings.
If you have Power Nap have have it turned on, then your MacBook will occasionally do some things like checking email and syncing to iCloud while it is asleep, but plugged in. This feature can help MacBook users by allowing them to get working faster when they wake up their MacBooks. It can even perform Time Machine backups while your MacBook sleeps.
Whether you like the new navigation in iTunes 11, or have already turned back on the left sidebar, the fastest way to get around to see your media library is to use seven keyboard shortcuts. Command+1 to Command+7 will take you through every section of your content.
Many iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users do no realize that you can easily change which apps are shown at the bottom of your home screens. Just tap and hold any icon until they all wiggle. Then, in addition to being able to move the app icons in the middle of the screen, you can also drag icons up out of the bottom dock area. Once you have cleared a space, you can drag another icon down to the bottom. The iPhone and iPod touch can gave four apps down there, while the iPad can have six. Those apps are available on every home screen page as you flip though them, so them this space for your most commonly launched apps.
When you press the yellow button at the top of most windows, the window will minimize and shrink into the Dock. What to watch that animation in slow motion? Hold the Shift key down while you press the yellow button.
In System Preferences, go to Keyboard and then look for the Modifier Keys button. Click it and you’ll get settings for exchanging one modifier key for the other. For instance, you can switch the Option key and the Control key. Not so useful normally, but if you are using a third-party keyboard and don’t like how it is set up, then can help. You can also disable the Caps Lock key, which can be useful.
You can see recent documents by app though the Dock without the app even running. For instance, click and hold an app icon, like for Pages or Keynote, and a menu will appear. The top items in the menu will will be the most recently opened documents.
Seems that the apostrophe is a commonly typed character that should be included on the main iPad keyboard without needing to go to the special characters keyboard. Well, it turns out it is. It is hidden with the exclamation point. Just tap and hold the ! key and you’ll be able to choose an apostrophe. Of course if you are typing common words like don’t, can’t, won’t, shouldn’t, etc. then no need to type the apostrophe at all. Autocorrect will take care of it for you.
A bit a patience can lead to a more secure Mac. Before you click on a link in an email, wait a second for a tool tip to appear that shows the URL of the web page you are about to visit. Then check it to make sure it is what you expect before clicking.
Say you use a wifi hotspot once and now find that whenever you are in range of that network that your Mac automatically connects to it, even if you don’t want it to. You can make your device forget a network by going into System Preferences, Network, Advanced and then selecting that wifi network and pressing the – button to remove it from your Mac’s list. There is also an option on that screen to prevent your Mac from remembering networks in the future.
The Finder menu includes the command Go, Go to Folder with the keyboard shortcut Command+Shift+G. You can use this to quickly go to folders that are otherwise hard to get to. For instance, hit Command+Shift+G and type “/library” and you will go to the system Library folder. “~/library” will take you to your user Library folder (the ~ key is just above the Tab key). Using just “~” will take you to your user folder and “~/” followed by the folder name will take you to any of your user subfolders. You can use this command to go anywhere if you know the folder path.
In iOS 6, you can view your recent browser history. Tap the back button at the bottom of the screen and hold it. A list of your recent pages is shown. Each window/tab has its own history.
Since the first iPhone you could email photos in iOS. But now you have the ability to attach a photo from right inside the email composition window. Tap in your message and you’ll get Select/Select All/Paste plus a right arrow. Tap the right arrow to get the Insert Photo or Video option. You can do it more than once to attach multiple photos to a single message.
Want to see which apps in the Mac App Store will handle certain types of files? Using Mountain Lion, select a file in the Finder and Control+click on it. Then select Open With, and then App Store. The Mac App Store will open with a list of all apps that claim to handle that kind of file. Doesn’t seem to work in a Finder search results window, however.
In Mountain Lion you can check your MacBook battery very quickly by holding down the option key and clicking the power menu icon in the menu bar. Only with the option key held down will you see a “Condition: Normal” in the first line. Or, at least you hope it says “Normal.”
The way you send web pages via email has changed with Mountain Lion. You now have many more options, if you know how to use it. First, click on the Share button in the Safari toolbar. Then, choose Email This Page. You can also choose File, Share Email This Page.
Then, when the page displays in an email message in Mail, you can change what you send. Want to be able to send just a link? Look over on the right side of the Mail message window. There is a pop-up menu there for “Send Web Content As.” Select “Link Only” to just send the link as before. It will even remember your setting for next time. You can also send the page as a PDF file, or the page as it would appear in Safari Reader mode.
In addition to being able to mirror newer Macs to Apple TV with Mountain Lion, you can also choose to send only your Mac’s audio to Apple TV. Just select it as your sound output in System Preferences, Sound, Output. Or, option+click on the speaker icon in the menu bar and select the Apple TV. This works well if your Apple TV is plugged into a home theater system, and you don’t necessarily need to turn on the TV or projector to use audio.
To take a break from notifications in Mountain Lion, you can Option + click on the notifications icon in the upper right corner to turn them off. Option + click again to turn them back on, or they will resume tomorrow morning.
