TekkieBob - All Things Tech!

A cluttered desktop.  Thanks to the powerful way Mac OS X manages memory, it is easy to have several applications open at one time. Posting to your blog, listening to iTunes, burning a picture DVD, monitoring your feed reader, etc... Your desktop can become VERY cluttered indeed! How can you keep track of all those programs?  Well, aside from seeing them on you dock, Mac OS X Leopard has two features that allow you see each window open and select the one you wish.  You can even have several desktops further organizing your workflow. Exposé When you want to see hidden windows on your desktop, quick keystroke or even a mouse movement will separate them so you can see them all. As you can see above, three applications can be viewed at once.  Simply click on the one you wish to switch to!  (Of course you can Command-Tab to swich applications, but this allows you to select a different window.)   Spaces Even further in an effort to keep your work organ...

Quicklook - look at file content without opening a program. New with Mac OS X Leopard is a program called Quicklook. This time saving utility enables a user to view the contents of a file without having to open the program used to edit it. For example, say you have a PDF document and want to quickly review its contents. Normally one would have to open Preview in order to see it. Now with Quicklook, one can simply touch the spacebar and the file 'opens' on screen instantly. You can scroll, view in full screen and even move on to the next file without having to open any other program. Accessing Quicklook is easy. In any finder window simply higlight the file and touch the spacebar. Alternatively, just click on the Quicklook icon. (It looks like an eye) Quicklook will open image files, text, PDF, spreadsheets, documents and even movies! Below is a quick video showing Quicklook in action. There are plugins available that allow Quicklook to work with folders and other suppor...