1 © 2013 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Mac Users Simple tricks to save you time

2 Which app should I use on Mac?

3 FamilySearch Certified on Mac MacFamilyTree Crossover: Booth 835 Parallels or VMware Fusion

4 Jimmy Zimmerman Family Historian, Programmer, Inventor, Apple Fan, Jedi FamilySearch Employee 6 years Partner Integration  Connect 3 rd Party Apps with FamilySearch Data  Exchange Data  GEDCOM

5 I’ve been using a Mac since early 2004 OS X 10.3 “Panther” OS X 10.4 “Tiger” OS X 10.5 “Leopard” OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” OS X 10.7 “Lion” OS X 10.8 “Mountain Lion” OS X 10.9 “Mavericks”

6 I was “forced” to use a Mac

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9 It was gorgeous

10 It was powerful

11 It was expensive

12 It was frustrating!!

13 So frustrating!!

14 

15 Ctrl+C Ctrl+V

16 Where is the Start menu?

17 Why is MS Office so lame?

18 Why does the mouse only have one button??

19 Where are all of my favorite apps?

20 How do I get to the window right behind this window?

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22 And then I Exposé discovered and learned

23 and Preview

24 and Finder

25 and iPhoto

26 and Caffeine

27 and Skitch

28 and Alfred

29 And I fell in love

30 My Goal Today: Help you fall in love

31 Choose Your Own Adventure!!! 1. Moving between appsSlicing, merging, and editing PDFs 2. Reducing clicksUsing Alfred 3. Working with filesStaying awake 4. Managing window sizesCleaning up images End

32 Staying Awake!

33 Mac App Store: “Caffeine”

34 Caffeine Off Caffeine On

35 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

36 Working With Files

37 Has this ever happened to you? You have a file open in an app (Word, Preview, etc.) You need to upload the file to Gmail or another website. You can’t find the file in your folders.

38 Where is the file? Tip: hold down “command” and click on file.

39 The icon is the File Tip: You can drag the file the same as you can when you are in the Finder.

40 Demo

41 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

42 Managing Window Sizes

43 What does this do?

44 Mac App Store: Window Tidy or Not Free

45 Drag your window over a Layout to resize.

46 Window Resize Demo

47 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

48 Reducing Clicks

49 Reducing Clicks Touchpad gestures Keyboard Shortcuts Alfred

50 Touchpad Gestures > System Preferences… > Touchpad

51 Keyboard Shortcuts ⌘ command ⌥ option ⌃ control ⇧ shift

52 Keyboard Shortcuts

53 Learn the Shortcuts! Hotkey Eve

54 No Shortcut? Create your own. > System Preferences… > Keyboard

55 Text Shortcuts omw  on my way brb  be right back jz  Jimmy Zimmerman FS  FamilySearch jze  enf  Enfield, Middlesex, England

56 Text Shortcuts > System Preferences… > Keyboard

57 Demo

58 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

59 Moving Between Apps

60 Mission Control

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62 Mission Control F3 Hot Corners Trackpad Gesture: System Preferences… Trackpad

63 Hot Corners

64 > System Preferences… > Desktop & Screen Saver

65 Hot Corners…

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67 Demo

68 ⌘ tab Move Between Apps

69 ⌘ ` Move Between App Windows

70 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

71 Using Alfred

72 Alfred Mac App Store: “Alfred”

73 Alfred Launcher ⌥ + space (option)

74 Just start typing!

75 Family History Specific Searches jimmyzimmerman.com Search for “Alfred”

76 Family History Specific Searches Get genealogy custom searches jimmyzimmerman.com/blog Must use Safari

77 Things You Can Do With Alfred Google Searches Wikipedia Search Calculator Dictionary Lookup “define probate” Find files Find contacts (Contacts App)

78 Demo

79 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

80 Slicing, Merging, and Editing PDFs

81 What is a PDF? A standard document file that usually has multiple pages, etc. Widely supported (Mac, Windows, mobile devices) Apps: Preview, Adobe Reader, etc. You might see this used for: Books Legal documents Posters

82 Slicing, Merging, and Editing PDFs

83 “Slicing” a PDF Goal: To end up with a new pdf that has a subset of the pages from the original.

84 Slicing a PDF: Steps 1.Open the “Thumbnails” tray 2.Select pages you want: hold ⌘ and click. 3.Copy: ⌘ C (Edit > Copy) 4.New From Clipboard: ⌘ N (File > New from Clipboard)

85 Step 1: Open the “Thumbnails” tray

86 Step 2: Select the pages you want Hold ⌘ and click

87 Step 3: Copy selected pages ⌘ C or Edit > Copy

88 Step 4: New from Clipboard ⌘ N

89 Merging PDFs Goal: To copy a page from one pdf into a new page on an existing pdf.

90 Merging PDFs: Steps 1.Open both PDFs 2.Open the “Thumbnails” trays 3.Drag and Drop

91 Step 1: Open Both PDFs

92 Step 2: Open the “Thumbnails” tray

93 Step 3: Drag and Drop

94 Editing PDFs Goal: To highlight, rotate page, and add text.

95 Highlight a PDF Only works on PDFs with real Text.

96 Rotate Page

97 Add Text 1.Open the “Edit” Tools 2.Click on the Text box 3.Draw the box 4.Type your text

98 Step 1: Open the Edit Tools

99 Step 2: Click on Text Box

100 Step 3: Draw the box

101 Step 4: Type your text

102 Make Sure to “Save”

103 Demo

104 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

105 Cleaning Up Images

106 Step 1: Edit

107 Auto Enhance

108 Adjust

109 Adjust

110 Adjust the Levels

111 Adjust Levels

112 Adjust Temperature

113 Adjust Saturation

114 Before vs After

115 Before vs After Before Auto Enhance Manual

116 Before vs Auto vs Adjust BeforeAuto EnhanceManual

117 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

118 Thank you!