Dock is one of the important elements in Mac OS X, because in the Dock we can put the applications and the folders that you often use. To access the Dock using the keyboard, press Control + F3, then you can use the arrow keys to select the objects in the Dock.

Running applications are marked with white dots glow, which is not marked application means the application is not running.

Manage Applications and Folders

To add applications to the Dock, we have to do is just pull the application icon from the Applications folder to the area between the Finder icon and the dividing line.

To add a stack folder, drag the folder you want into the area between the boundary and Trash.
If you want to remove the application or stack in dock, pull out your stay Dock. This application or folder will disappear. Applications or existing folders in the Dock is not real, application files and folders are not deleted the original. Running applications you can not remove from the Dock, you must close it first.
Dock can also serve to close an application for a while. Icon in the Dock can right-click (or Control + click) to bring up the contextual menu.
You can stop the problematic application by using the dock, the way he is after the right-click and then press Option. Thus Hide and Quit menu will change to Force Quit and Hide Others. Hide Others means other active applications will be hidden while icon selected applications will remain visible.

You can stop the problematic application by using the dock, the way he is after the right-click and then press Option. Thus Hide and Quit menu will change to Force Quit and Hide Others. Hide Others means other active applications will be hidden while icon selected applications will remain visible.

Changing Dock

Dock If you’re not fit with the existing Dock, you can change it through System Preferences. Here you also can change the zoom icon, dock position, or when the minimize effect.

Description

1. Changing the size of a small dock to bigger
2. Check Maginifation to resize the zoom icon in the Dock
3. Changing the Dock’s position, on the bottom left and right of the screen. When the Dock is on the left or right, are automatically turned into a 2-dimensional Dock
4. Choose Effect of Minimize
5. Application to Animate opening jump effect icon that you run the application, the icon will stop jumping when it was open.
6. Dock disappear temporarily, to bring it up again slide your Pointer to where you are Dock

Shortcut

Here are some shortcuts to change your Dock without the need to access the System Preferences.
Here are some shortcuts to change your Dock without the need to access the System Preferences.

Dock resize

You can change the size of the Dock by placing the cursor on the dividing line and then while pressing the left click and drag mouse up and down.

You can also while pressing the Option key to change the size of the Dock to the size of the sticky (I’m not sure the term tau). But the result icon in Dock will be seen more clearly not too Blur. Perhaps, Dock icon size mac used as a benchmark.

Moving Dock

To move the Dock, hold down Shift, and drag the dividing line in the Dock and drag the Dock to the position you want, such as the Right or to the left of your screen.

Hiding Dock

Dock can be hidden as well as in the Windows taskbar. Press # + Option + D, the dock will be under your screen. Stick the cursor at the bottom of the monitor to make the Dock rise again. To create a permanent Dock press return # + Option + D.

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Finder doesn’t have Cut

For those who have just moved to a Mac or are trying Mac OS X, one feature that is missed the cut. In the case of the Mac file transfer feature does not support the cut, that there is a feature in Mac drag-n-drop the sophisticated. For Mac OS X, the cut is a feature that does not make sense, imagine you want to move an invoice file into another folder, but what you do is cut first and then move it, what happened? Well, certainly it will cut file.

But, Finder has this feature.

Spring-loaded Features

If you review the Finder Preferences. Press ? +, or can be accessed through the Finder menu> Preferences …. You’ll find a feature Spring-Loaded folders and Windows. Here you can determine how long to wait to issue Finder Spring-Loaded. You also can press the space key to activate the spring-loaded without having to wait for a few seconds.

spring-loaded

Spring-loaded is a feature drag-n-drop in the Finder, without having to open many Finder windows. We can copy the file, move it just by pressing the left click and hold then pull it to a folder or volume you want.

Additionally, Finder also has an Undo

Did you know if the Finder also has Undo and Redo? Yes, although only one time. If you are wrong move files, you will be able to undo it.

Conclusion

For me Spring-loaded has saved me a lot of time when moving files scattered on the Desktop. Do you often use a Spring-Loaded?

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The picture above is a screenshot of Leopard Desktop. If you are still using Tiger (Mac OSX 10.4) will be slightly different appearance, especially in the Finder window. Let us discuss one by one.

1. Apple Menu

Within this menu there are menus associated with the Mac Operating System. Like Shut Down, Restart or Log Out. Shortcut key to access the menu? is a group with CTRL + F2.

To find your Mac version, you can open the About This Mac. Here you can see the version of the operating system, processor speed, amount of memory installed on the computer and speed. When you press the Software Update, you will open the system to automate update the Mac , we will discuss about software on the other update day. By pressing the More Info, you will be shown your Mac System Profile. Here you can see the types of hardware installed in your Mac is more detailed. We better skip this part first, because it is very complex and diverse.

One part of the menu that will often (perhaps) you use the Force Quit … menu. This menu will open the Force Quit window, the window that serves to force applications to close the problem.

2. Menu Applications

Applications menu on the Mac is not like in Windows, where the application menu on Mac is always on top, while in Windows are in any application window.

Applications menu will change following the current application. To access the menu via the keyboard press Control + F2 and then press the letter in front of the menu. Suppose we want to access the Edit menu, after press Control + F2 E, or you can also use the arrow keys to select menus available.

3. Extra Menu

This is where the menu is extra, a small icon that can be a shortcut to your application menu or can also be an application itself, or also could be the status of such a system clock or your laptop battery capacity.

4. Desktop Icon

Icon on the desktop Mac is similar to the desktop icon in Windows, the difference is, if the windows desktop icon on the left, if the Mac is the right of the screen .. hehehehe. Not only that, but still, when you go into the Mac desktop the first time, there is only one icon ie Macintosh HD. In the picture below I’ve menggati Hardisk name and there is one additional hard drive.

To be able to resize your desktop icon through Show View Options. In this window you can change the icon size, icon spacing (only in Leopard), the position of the text, and text size icon.

5. Spotlight

Spotlight is a smart search feature. You can find everything with Spotlight, your old email messages, Mac applications in the Application folder, what is in your Mac.

Spotlight you can access by pressing the button? + Space. In the next article we will discuss about the further use of Spotlight.

6. Application windows

The application window is shown Finder, the file-processing applications built Mac. Mac application window has a shadow that give the impression of depth to the pile each window. If you’re curious about the Finder, we will examine the use Finder as much as possible, including a few tricks that can save you time.
7. Finder icon

Finder icon in the dock can not lose. By pressing this icon will bring up Finder window.
8. Application Dock icon

Dock is one of the leading feature in the Mac. Dock serves as a launcher as well as an application or switching between applications. Application running on the mark with fluorescent white light for the Leopard, the Tiger is marked with a triangle. You can access the Dock by pressing CTRL + F3.

9. Stack

Stack only found in Leopard, the Tiger stack replaced the shortcut to the folder of your choice. In Leopard stack looks much cooler than Tiger who only just got a List View.

Stack in Leopard there are three kinds of views, namely: Grid (picture above), Fan (as fans), and the List view (as in Tiger). To change the display mode, you need to do right click the stack icon and select the view you like.

10. Tong trash icon

In Windows called the Recycle Bin, the Mac is called the Trash or Trash. The files are deleted will enter into the Trash, the file will be in the trash until you clean it.

To clean your garbage can do with a Right Click on the Trash icon and choose Empty Trash, or press the button? + Shift + Delete the selected Finder window.

Trash icon can also change the icon when you click on eject media that can be removed like a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM drive or network volume.

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