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Command-F: Search Web pages and documents. Did you know this speeds up your searching by about 12% and if you know this you (and your students) are in the top 10% of all searchers (according to Google).
Shift-Control-Eject: Puts your Mac's screen to sleep. For extra security when you are away require a password to be entered when exiting sleep mode.
System preferences - Security & Privacy - General - Require password for sleep and screen saver.
Mousepose: Dims your screen and highlights the area around your mouse pointer. Also visualises mouse clicks. Great to use when creating screencasts
Available in the Mac App Store (US$4.99)
Fine Tune Volume
Control your Mac's Volume:
Shift - Volume mutes plinking sound when changing volume or turn off altogether (see left)
System preferences - Sound - Sound Effects.
Fine tune volume levels Shift - Option - Volume
HootSuite: Manage your social media across all your devices. Create multiple tabs and streams to follow #tags, current events and Twitter groups of interest. Once set up on your Mac download the iPad or iPhone Hootsuite App and the view is the same. Make any changes on your Mac and a logout/in on your iPhone/iPad will update your device... Hoot-Sweet ;-)
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