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

2 2 Which app should I use on Mac?

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

4 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

5 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 6 I was “forced” to use a Mac

7 7 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus/2049076861/sizes/o/in/photostream/

8 8 http://www.flickr.com/photos/simssototo/141257547/sizes/l/in/photostream/

9 9 It was gorgeous

10 10 It was powerful

11 11 It was expensive

12 12 It was frustrating!!

13 13 So frustrating!!

14 14 

15 15 Ctrl+C Ctrl+V

16 16 Where is the Start menu?

17 17 Why is MS Office so lame?

18 18 Why does the mouse only have one button??

19 19 Where are all of my favorite apps?

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

21 21 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1327383/

22 22 And then I Exposé discovered and learned

23 23 and Preview

24 24 and Finder

25 25 and iPhoto

26 26 and Caffeine

27 27 and Skitch

28 28 and Alfred

29 29 And I fell in love

30 30 My Goal Today: Help you fall in love

31 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 32 Staying Awake!

33 33 Mac App Store: “Caffeine” http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/

34 34 Caffeine Off Caffeine On

35 35 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

36 36 Working With Files

37 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 38 Where is the file? Tip: hold down “command” and click on file.

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

40 40 Demo

41 41 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

42 42 Managing Window Sizes

43 43 What does this do?

44 44 Mac App Store: Window Tidy or http://www.lightpillar.com/macos/windowtidy/index.html Not Free

45 45 Drag your window over a Layout to resize.

46 46 Window Resize Demo

47 47 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

48 48 Reducing Clicks

49 49 Reducing Clicks Touchpad gestures Keyboard Shortcuts Alfred

50 50 Touchpad Gestures > System Preferences… > Touchpad

51 51 Keyboard Shortcuts ⌘ command ⌥ option ⌃ control ⇧ shift

52 52 Keyboard Shortcuts

53 53 Learn the Shortcuts! Hotkey Eve http://www.hotkey-eve.com

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

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

56 56 Text Shortcuts > System Preferences… > Keyboard

57 57 Demo

58 58 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

59 59 Moving Between Apps

60 60 Mission Control

61 61

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

63 63 Hot Corners

64 64 > System Preferences… > Desktop & Screen Saver

65 65 Hot Corners…

66 66

67 67 Demo

68 68 ⌘ tab Move Between Apps

69 69 ⌘ ` Move Between App Windows

70 70 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

71 71 Using Alfred

72 72 Alfred Mac App Store: “Alfred” http://www.alfredapp.com

73 73 Alfred Launcher ⌥ + space (option)

74 74 Just start typing!

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

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

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

78 78 Demo

79 79 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

80 80 Slicing, Merging, and Editing PDFs

81 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 82 Slicing, Merging, and Editing PDFs

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

84 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 85 Step 1: Open the “Thumbnails” tray

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

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

88 88 Step 4: New from Clipboard ⌘ N

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

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

91 91 Step 1: Open Both PDFs

92 92 Step 2: Open the “Thumbnails” tray

93 93 Step 3: Drag and Drop

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

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

96 96 Rotate Page

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

98 98 Step 1: Open the Edit Tools

99 99 Step 2: Click on Text Box

100 100 Step 3: Draw the box

101 101 Step 4: Type your text

102 102 Make Sure to “Save”

103 103 Demo

104 104 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

105 105 Cleaning Up Images

106 106 Step 1: Edit

107 107 Auto Enhance

108 108 Adjust

109 109 Adjust

110 110 Adjust the Levels

111 111 Adjust Levels

112 112 Adjust Temperature

113 113 Adjust Saturation

114 114 Before vs After

115 115 Before vs After Before Auto Enhance Manual

116 116 Before vs Auto vs Adjust BeforeAuto EnhanceManual

117 117 Back to Choose Your Own Adventure

118 118 Thank you! jimmy@familysearch.org jimmyzimmerman.com @jimmyzimmerman


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