Another twenty-four hour period , another Hints web log entry , and another batch of Leopard -related baksheesh .
First off , here ’s one of my favorite atomic number 76 X 10.5 tips so far , and it ’s amazingly simple but oh - so - useful . If you expend Exposé , you ’re believably aware that once you ’ve invoked either all - windows ( F9 ) or software - window ( F10 ) way , you’re able to see the name of any window ( in a semitransparent white - on - black box ) by just displace your mouse over the windowpane — this is quite useful when you ’ve got a great deal of windows opened , and many of them look the same in their reduced state .
While this is a useful conjuration , it ’s also a bit of a hurting to have to move your black eye to each window to confirm whether it ’s the one you want or not . In 10.5 , though , there ’s a shortcut : Just hold down the alternative key after trigger off Exposé . When you do , the float white - on - black boxwood appear over every windowpane . So instead of mouse around , just press and hold pick , identify the windowpane you ’d like to throw to based on the display name , and then pick out it via the mouse . Simple , as I said , but very nice to recognise .
For today ’s second tip , we ’ll switch to Mail . As you ’ll know if you use Mail , it form your chain armour through the use of a number of top - stratum folders , indicate in the leftmost column . There you ’ll find Mailboxes , Reminders , Smart Folders , On My Mac , and maybe some other IMAP - related folders . In Tiger , you ca n’t do anything with the order of these folders — you get what Apple provides , fundamentally . In Leopard , though , you could haul any top level folder to any military position in the sidebar . Just clack and defend , then cart and watch the insertion line that shows where the dropped leaflet will go . You might , for case , need to move the Reminders entree to the bottom of the list , if you ’re not using Mail for to - dos . As a side hint , if you ’re not using Mail for RSS , go ahead and edit the one entry Apple provided — when you do , the RSS entry will completely vanish . deplorably , this same thaumaturgy will not form in iPhoto , iTunes , or the Finder — just Mail .
in conclusion , here ’s a pocket-size timesaver for iCal ’s unexampled port . If you just want to change the name of an event , do n’t twice - click it , which brings up the editing pop - up windowpane . Instead , highlight it by clicking once with the mouse ( or by using the arrow keys ) , then push Return . you’re able to edit the name in position , without ever control the pop - up redaction window . It ’s still a far watchword from the easy consequence viewing and edit we had in OS X 10.4 , but it ’s a step in the right direction .
