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ADDING FREQUENTLY USED ITEMS TO THE SIDEBAR

The sidebar is the area on the left column of every window you open in the Finder. It shows Devices (like your Hard Drive and Time Machine Backup Drive), Shared Items and Places.
Every Mac comes with the same Places listed: Desktop, Applications, your Home, Documents. Pictures, Movies, etc.
These listed Places can be clicked as a shortcut to get to that item, either when you’re in the Finder, wanting to open something, or when you are Saving a document.
If you frequently use other folders that you have created, why not add them to the sidebar for easier access?
  1. Locate the item you want to add to the Sidebar
  2. Drag it into the Sidebar. A faint horizontal line with a small circle on the left end will indicate where you are putting it
The item will still be in its original location–the icon in the Sidebar is just a shortcut to get there.

THE EASIEST WAY TO RENAME SOMETHING

  1. Locate the item you want to change and click ONCE on it. It will turn a dark blue, indicating the item is selected
  2. Instead of clicking in the words, press the Return key and the words will be highlighted in light blue
  3. Without clicking, type over the existing words. You can press the right or left arrow keys on the keyboard to quickly move to the beginning or end of the existing words.
  4. Press the Return key when you are done.

RECENT ITEMS

Your computer remembers the most recent applications and documents you have worked with.

To quickly return to something you’ve recently used:

  1. Click on the Apple menu
  2. Choose Recent Items
  3. Follow the menu to reveal the list
  4. Click on the item you want to open
If you have deleted a document, it may still appear in the list, but you will not be able to open it.

COMPARING PHOTOS IN iPHOTO

Often you will have two similar pictures and it’s hard to decide which one is better. Instead of looking at one, then the other, you can compare them, side by side.

  1. Click on the first photo

  2. Hold down the Command key and click on the other photo

  3. Click the Edit button in the bottom toolbar

  4. They will open in the Edit mode, side by side

  5. Now you can choose which one to keep or use in your project

Slow iPhone 3G

If you have a 3G or 3GS phone and you are experiencing a major slowing down since you upgraded to the new iOS4, try this:

Turn Off Spotlight:

  1. In Settings, click General
  2. Click Home Button
  3. Remove the check Marks next to everything

You should notice a major improvement in the speed of things now.