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1 © 2013 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Mac Users Simple tricks to save you time
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2 Which app should I use on Mac?
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3 FamilySearch Certified on Mac MacFamilyTree Crossover: Booth 835 Parallels or VMware Fusion
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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 X jimmy@familysearch.org @jimmyzimmerman
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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”
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6 I was “forced” to use a Mac
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7 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/2049076861/sizes/o/in/photostream/
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8 http://www.flickr.com/photos/simssototo/141257547/sizes/l/in/photostream/
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9 It was gorgeous
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10 It was powerful
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11 It was expensive
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12 It was frustrating!!
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13 So frustrating!!
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15 Ctrl+C Ctrl+V
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16 Where is the Start menu?
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17 Why is MS Office so lame?
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18 Why does the mouse only have one button??
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19 Where are all of my favorite apps?
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20 How do I get to the window right behind this window?
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21 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1327383/
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22 And then I Exposé discovered and learned
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23 and Preview
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24 and Finder
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25 and iPhoto
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26 and Caffeine
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27 and Skitch
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28 and Alfred
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29 And I fell in love
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30 My Goal Today: Help you fall in love
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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
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32 Staying Awake!
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33 Mac App Store: “Caffeine” http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/
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34 Caffeine Off Caffeine On
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35 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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36 Working With Files
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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.
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38 Where is the file? Tip: hold down “command” and click on file.
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39 The icon is the File Tip: You can drag the file the same as you can when you are in the Finder.
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40 Demo
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41 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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42 Managing Window Sizes
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43 What does this do?
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44 Mac App Store: Window Tidy or http://www.lightpillar.com/macos/windowtidy/index.html Not Free
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45 Drag your window over a Layout to resize.
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46 Window Resize Demo
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47 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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48 Reducing Clicks
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49 Reducing Clicks Touchpad gestures Keyboard Shortcuts Alfred
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50 Touchpad Gestures > System Preferences… > Touchpad
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51 Keyboard Shortcuts ⌘ command ⌥ option ⌃ control ⇧ shift
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52 Keyboard Shortcuts
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53 Learn the Shortcuts! Hotkey Eve http://www.hotkey-eve.com
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54 No Shortcut? Create your own. > System Preferences… > Keyboard
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55 Text Shortcuts omw on my way brb be right back jz Jimmy Zimmerman FS FamilySearch jze jimmy@familysearch.org enf Enfield, Middlesex, England
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56 Text Shortcuts > System Preferences… > Keyboard
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57 Demo
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58 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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59 Moving Between Apps
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60 Mission Control
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62 Mission Control F3 Hot Corners Trackpad Gesture: System Preferences… Trackpad
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63 Hot Corners
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64 > System Preferences… > Desktop & Screen Saver
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65 Hot Corners…
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67 Demo
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68 ⌘ tab Move Between Apps
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69 ⌘ ` Move Between App Windows
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70 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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71 Using Alfred
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72 Alfred Mac App Store: “Alfred” http://www.alfredapp.com
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73 Alfred Launcher ⌥ + space (option)
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74 Just start typing!
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75 Family History Specific Searches jimmyzimmerman.com Search for “Alfred”
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76 Family History Specific Searches Get genealogy custom searches jimmyzimmerman.com/blog Must use Safari
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77 Things You Can Do With Alfred Google Searches Wikipedia Search Calculator Dictionary Lookup “define probate” Find files Find contacts (Contacts App)
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78 Demo
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79 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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80 Slicing, Merging, and Editing PDFs
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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
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82 Slicing, Merging, and Editing PDFs
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83 “Slicing” a PDF Goal: To end up with a new pdf that has a subset of the pages from the original.
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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)
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85 Step 1: Open the “Thumbnails” tray
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86 Step 2: Select the pages you want Hold ⌘ and click
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87 Step 3: Copy selected pages ⌘ C or Edit > Copy
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88 Step 4: New from Clipboard ⌘ N
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89 Merging PDFs Goal: To copy a page from one pdf into a new page on an existing pdf.
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90 Merging PDFs: Steps 1.Open both PDFs 2.Open the “Thumbnails” trays 3.Drag and Drop
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91 Step 1: Open Both PDFs
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92 Step 2: Open the “Thumbnails” tray
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93 Step 3: Drag and Drop
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94 Editing PDFs Goal: To highlight, rotate page, and add text.
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95 Highlight a PDF Only works on PDFs with real Text.
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96 Rotate Page
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97 Add Text 1.Open the “Edit” Tools 2.Click on the Text box 3.Draw the box 4.Type your text
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98 Step 1: Open the Edit Tools
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99 Step 2: Click on Text Box
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100 Step 3: Draw the box
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101 Step 4: Type your text
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102 Make Sure to “Save”
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103 Demo
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104 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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105 Cleaning Up Images
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106 Step 1: Edit
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107 Auto Enhance
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108 Adjust
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109 Adjust
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110 Adjust the Levels
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111 Adjust Levels
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112 Adjust Temperature
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113 Adjust Saturation
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114 Before vs After
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115 Before vs After Before Auto Enhance Manual
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116 Before vs Auto vs Adjust BeforeAuto EnhanceManual
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117 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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118 Thank you! jimmy@familysearch.org jimmyzimmerman.com @jimmyzimmerman
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