Apple Calendar Users

MacBook

1. Open the Calendar app in your Dock

2. Next to the Apple icon in the top left corner of your screen, click Calendar > Settings

3. Click Accounts > Delegation

4. Make sure your OCS Google Account is selected

5. Check the box next to the calendar you need

iPhone

1. Open Chrome on your MacBook

2. Go to https://calendar.google.com/calendar/syncselect

3. Check the box next to the caldendar you need

4. Restart your iCalendar on your phone (close the app and reopen)

Note: it may take a few minutes to sync

Look at your dock and find a little vertical line towards the right side (left of the trash can).  You can add things to either side for easy access.

• You can drag applications that you use often to the LEFT of that line (which you did when you set up your laptop).

• HOWEVER, if there’s a folder, ore even a single document, or website that you use often, drag the name of THAT item from a finder (smiley face guy) window or the lock that is to the left of the URL (web address) to the RIGHT of that line in the dock.  It serves as a shortcut to that folder, document, or website.

Don’t forget about your hot corners.  Setting one as your Screen Saver is a great way to secure your screen when you need to walk away from your desk.  To make a hot corner:

1. Open System Settings.

2. Choose Desktop & Dock.

3. Choose Hot Corners (in the lower left corner of dialog box).

4. Make each corner do what you want.

5. When you move your pointer to that corner, the action will be performed.

If you activate a hot corner by mistake, just go there again to get back to where you were 

Some helpful hot corners:

• Upper Left – Mission Control

• Upper Right – Desktop

• Lower Left – Application Windows

• Lower Right – Lock Screen (great when you need to walk away from your computer and secure it;   password required to log back in)

If you are plugging in your MacBook to a new projector or TV for the first time, there are several steps you must take to ensure optimal display. 

Connecting a projector? Use this tutorial.

Connecting to a TV? Use this tutorial.

⌨️ Keyboard shortcut: Try Command F1 to toggle between a mirrored/unmirrored display.

Capture a selected area of your screen to attach to a Help Desk ticket, email to a colleague, or drop into a lesson.

1. Press Command + Shift + 4 on your keyboard at the same time.

2. Click & Drag: Your cursor will change to a crosshair. Click and drag a box around the area you want to capture.

3. Find Your Image: When you release your trackpad, the screenshot automatically saves to your Desktop as an image file.

💡 Shortcut Tip: Need to copy it straight to your clipboard without saving it as a file on your desktop? Press Control + Command + Shift + 4, then paste (Cmd + V) directly into your document or email!

Use Spotlight Search as a universal shortcut to instantly find and open apps, documents, emails, or even search inside file text on your Mac.

1. Open Spotlight: Press Command + Space on your keyboard.

2. Type Your Search: Type the name of an app, document, or keyword contained within a file (like a PDF or email).

3. Open the File: Press Return to launch the top result (highlighted in blue), or click any item in the list to open it.

💡 Google Drive Search: Looking for a cloud file stored in Google Drive instead of on your Mac? Press Option + Command + G to open Google Drive's built-in search shortcut.

📄Check out these common Mac shortcuts that can save you valuable time.

NOTE:  ⌘ = the Command key

✂️   ⌘X   cut the selection and copy it to the clipboard

📑   ⌘C   copy the selection to the clipboard

🧴   ⌘V   paste the contents of the clipboard into a document or application

📄 SHIFT⌘V paste the clipboard contents without its original formatting

🖨   ⌘P   print the current document, presentation, spreadsheet, selection

💾   ⌘S   save the current document, presentation, spreadsheet

B    ⌘B   bold the selected text, do it again to turn bolding off

Here are a few other really helpful shortcuts.

↩️   ⌘Z   undo the previous command; like the undo button but also works 

                for tools that don't have their own undo button

🔍   ⌘F find a specific word in a document; very helpful when trying to find

                something on a website or a lengthy PDF

🔗   ⌘K   link to any URL; you can replace the lengthy link with text, such as

                click here or the name of the document or website