Apple® Mac OS X Mountain Lion Quick Reference Card The Mac OS X Mountain Lion Desktop Shortcuts Application menu AirPort Spotlight General Apple menu Notification Center Minimize Window <> + Delete a File <> + Window Open a File <> + buttons Search Close a Window <> + Toolbar field Select All <> + Duplicate File <> + Make Alias <> + Sidebar Search for a File <> + Quit Application <> + Force Quit <> + + Eject Disk <> + Empty Trash <>+ + Dot indicates Mac Help <> + the program Dock Hide Application <> + is running Show/Hide Dock <> + + Mac OS X Dock Items Go to a Folder Finder: The gateway to your computer. Use Calendar: Create and organize events, invite Computer + <> + Finder for easy access to all your files, contacts to events, set event alerts, and share Home + <> + applications and folders. calendars to contacts and the web. Network + <> + System Preferences: Control how your iTunes: Manage your music files. Create play Applications + <> + computer works: display settings, networking, lists, buy music from the online music store, language, hardware/software settings & more. manage syncing to iPhones, iPods, and iPads. Trackpad Gestures Mail: Send, receive and manage e-mail from App Store: Purchase and download new Tap to Click: Tap the trackpad when cursor is multiple accounts, and set a VIP list of mail applications for your Mac. Receive updates for over the object. contacts. downloaded applications. Secondary click: Click the trackpad with two Messages: Keep in touch with instant Mission Control: View and access all open fingers. apps and windows, and create multiple virtual messaging and audio and visual conferencing Scroll: Move two fingers along the trackpad to desktops. over the Internet or a local network. scroll. Safari: Browse pages on the web, create a Reminders: Create reminders that can be Zoom Objects: Pinch two fingers apart on the reading list of pages to read later, and view sorted into lists, remind you at a certain time or trackpad. Cloud Tabs open on your other iCloud devices. location, and sync to other iCloud devices. Rotate Objects: Rotate two fingers along the Launchpad: Quickly view and access all of the Notes: Create quick plaintext notes that sync trackpad. apps on your Mac. across your iCloud devices. Swipe between pages: Move two fingers horizontally across the trackpad to navigate Contacts: Store, organize, sort contact Trash: Temporarily stores deleted files and back and forward between webpages. information using different views and groups, folders. Click and drag to the trash icon, or Swipe between full-screen applications: and sync contacts across your iCloud devices. press <> + to delete a file. Move three or four fingers horizontally across the trackpad to switch to other full-screen Using the Desktop applications and virtual desktops.  The Apple menu: The Apple menu is your Mac’s  To Add an Item to the Dock: Click and drag the View the Notification Center: Move two fingers control center. Use the Apple menu to open System folder or application into the Dock. left from the right edge of the trackpad. Preferences, change the way the Dock works,  To Remove an Item from the Dock: Click and drag Show Launchpad: Pinch three or four fingers access recent documents you’ve worked with, shut the item out of the Dock. together to view all your apps. down, restart or log out of your computer. Minimized windows are kept in the Dock. Click a Show Desktop: Spread three or four fingers  Application menus: The menus for the active window in the Dock to expand it to its original size. apart to hide quickly all windows and apps, application appear at the top of the Desktop, next to showing your desktop. the Apple menu. Interactive Online Learning Cheat Sheet © 2012 CustomGuide  Courseware  Online Learning  Skills Assessments cheatsheet.customguide.com | Phone 888.903.2432 Using the Desktop |continued| Working with Files and Folders  To Connect to a Server: If you know the server address, select Go  The Finder Toolbar Connect to Server from the menu, or press <> + . To browse for the Arrange server, click Network in the Finder Sidebar. Double-click the server you want Window Icons to connect to. views Actions Share  To Change Dock Preferences: Click the Apple menu, select Dock, and Go back Search choose what you want to change. one folder for an  To Get Help: Select Help  Help Center from the menu. Type the topic you level item want help with in the Search box and press . Click a link to view the help topic.  To Organize Desktop Icons: Select View  Clean Up from the menu and select how you want to clean up the icons (by Name, Kind, Date Modified, Date Created, Size, or Label).  To Arrange Desktop Icons: Select View  Arrange from the menu and  To Open a File or Folder: Double-click the file or folder. select how you want to arrange the icons (by Name, Kind, Date Modified, Date Created, Size, or Label).  To Create a Folder: Select File  New Folder from the menu, or press + <> + .  To Connect to a Wireless Network: First make sure AirPort is turned on: click the AirPort icon and select Turn AirPort On. When AirPort is turned on,  To Rename a File or Folder: Click the folder, press and type the it automatically connects to the strongest network signal, unless the network new name of the file or folder. is password-protected. The AirPort icon shows the strength of the network  To Delete a File or Folder: Select the file or folder and press signal you’re connected to. <> + . Or click and drag the file or folder into the Trash.  To Search the System: Click the Spotlight icon and enter your search  To Restore a File from the Trash: Double-click the Trash icon in the Dock to terms. Spotlight searches your system’s file names and file contents for the open it, select the file you want to restore, and select File  Put Back. Or, terms you search. select the file in the Trash and press <> + .  To Empty the Trash: In Finder, select Finder  Empty Trash from the Customizing Your Mac menu. Or, press <> + + .  To Move a File or Folder: Select the file or folder you want to move. Click System Preferences and drag the item to another file or folder. To open a window for the new folder location, hold the item over the folder and a new window will appear.  To Copy a File or Folder: Select the file or folder you want to copy. Press and hold the key as you click and drag the item to another file or folder. Or, select the item and select Edit  Copy from the menu, go to the new location and select Edit  Paste from the menu.  To Change Window Views: In Finder, click View and select the view you want to use. Or, click the View button on the toolbar: Icon: All items in the folder are represented by a large or small icon with the item’s name. List: Items in the folder are listed top to bottom with details for each item, such as file size and date modified. Column: Folder levels and folder contents are broken up into columns. Cover Flow: Icons can be flipped through like album covers in iTunes.  To Find a File or Folder: Click in the Search box on the toolbar. Type the name of the file or folder you’re looking for and press .  To Go To a Folder: Select Go  Go to Folder from the menu, or press  Personal: Specify how you want to work with the computer. Change the <> + + . Type the location and press . window appearance, the desktop and screen saver effects, the dock, Mission  To Go to a Location: Click the icon in the Sidebar. Or, select Go and select Control settings, language & text preferences, computer security, search the location: All My Files, Documents, Desktop, Downloads, Home, settings, and notifications. Changes only affect the current user account. Computer, Network, Applications, or Utilities.  Hardware: Specify how the computer’s hardware devices act. Change how  To Add a Location to the Sidebar: Click and drag a folder onto the sidebar. the computer responds to input disks, monitor settings, energy saving, keyboard, mouse, and trackpad settings, printer settings, and sound. Maintenance and Repair  Internet & Wireless: Control how you work online. Manage your iCloud account, your Mail, Contacts, and Calendars apps and accounts, network  To Repair or Test a Disk: Open the Applications folder. Go to the Utilities settings, Bluetooth devices, and sharing preferences. folder, click Disk Utility, and select the disk or volume you want to test or repair in the left column. Click the First Aid tab. You cannot repair the Startup  System: Change how the computer system works. Create new accounts, Disk unless you start the computer on a different volume or from an manage parental controls, change date & time, update software, change installation disc. dictation and speech settings, manage backups, Accessibility options, and startup disk settings.  To Uninstall an Application: Click and drag its icon into the Trash.

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