iPhoto lets you set one of three double-click options in the preferences for editing images: changing to the edit view, opening the image in an edit window, or opening the image in an external editor. If you have Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, you’ll probably prefer to use that to edit your images most of [...]
iPhoto 5 supports RAW files—at least you can import and preview them. But click the Edit button to edit a RAW file and you’re actually editing a JPG version created by iPhoto. Even if you set up Photoshop or Photoshop Elements as your external editor, double-clicking on an image in iPhoto opens the JPG [...]
This tip isn’t new to Tiger—Steve Jobs has been using it in his demos of OS X since the beginning—but it’s still a fun effect and there are more ways than ever to use it in Tiger. You’ve probably seen Jobs minimize a window in slow motion…
The trick is to hold down the [...]
When you search using the Spotlight window (by pressing Option-Command-Spacebar, not by using the Spotlight menu), you’ll notice a small “i” icon to the right of each result. Clicking this icon expands the item to show you more information. For example, if the item is a contact you can view the contact’s phone number, [...]
I haven’t been able to check this out since I have yet to upgrade to QuickTime Pro for version 7, but here’s how to play a QuickTime movie full screen as desktop wallpaper…
Open a QuickTime movie and hit Command-F to play the movie full screen. Use Expose to show all windows (F9, unless you’ve [...]
The shortcut to rotate a photo in iPhoto is Command-R (to rotate counter clockwise, press Shift-Command-R), but you can also press the Option key to reverse the direction of the Rotate button in the bottom left of the iPhoto window. Pressing the Option key also switches the Plus (+) button at the bottom left [...]
Many applications, like Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite, let you customize keyboard shortcuts. But did you know that OS X allows you to edit keyboard shortcuts, or even add custom keyboard shortcuts to almost any application?
I select Revert to Original from the Photos menu in iPhoto so often that I bemoaned the lack [...]
If you want to color correct an image in iPhoto 5, you could bring up the Adjust palette and fiddle with the Temperature and Tint sliders. The Temperature slider makes your image warmer or cooler by adjusting the balance of blue (cooler, toward the left) or orange (warmer, to the right). Tint adjusts the [...]
Just stumbled on this. Not that useful, but I haven’t seen it documented anywhere else.
The Safari History menu shows Shift-Command-H as the shortcut key combination for going to your Home page. But I accidently hit Command-Home and it took me…home (which just makes sense). I prefer it to Shift-Command-H since I’m using an Apple [...]
I almost never send an email with other than normal priority (okay, I don’t think I’ve ever sent one with other than a normal priority). But when I got a High Priority message the other day, I couldn’t figure out how to assign a priority to my mail. Here’s how…
Create a new message in [...]