Using your Mac’s speech feature is handy for proofreading a document, or listening to news on your Mac while getting dressed.
To have your Mac read you text from a website like MacMost.com, select System Preferences, and then Speech.
Next, check the “Speak selected text when the key is pressed” checkbox and then press the “set key…” button. Choose a key combination such as “Command + Control + S” and then press OK. Next, choose a voice.
We like “Bruce” because it sounds like Stephen Hawking. Now go to a web page and select some text. Then press Command + Control + S to have the text read to you.
Today’s quick tip is handy for sun glare on your Mac Book screen or as an easy April fools joke.
If you press Command+Option+Control+8, it will reverse the video on your Mac’s screen.
If your fifth generation iPod has locked up or frozen, you may be able to reset it and save a trip to the genius bar at the Apple store. To reset a video iPod, toggle the Hold switch on and off, then press and hold the Menu and Select buttons until the Apple logo appears. This takes about 6 to 10 seconds. You may need to repeat this step. Also, different iPods have different reset procedures, so you might want to go to Reset iPod.com to find out how to reset your iPod.
Have you ever wanted to take a screen shot of only a portion of your Mac’s desktop?
It’s easy! Simply press Command+Shift+4. You will now have a cross-hair cursor that you can click, hold and drag around the area that you want a picture of. When you release the mouse button, you will snap a picture that will appear on your desktop.
