To create or change your email signature in Apple Mail (white envelope in your dock), follow these steps:

1. Open the Mail app.

2. Click Mail in the upper left corner.

3. Click on Preferences.

4. Choose Signatures.

5. In the left box, choose your school email account.

6. In the middle box, click the + sign. 

7. In the right box, type or change your signature as you wish it to appear on all of your emails.

8. In the Choose Signature drop down menu, choose that signature so it always shows up in all of your emails. 

9. Click the red ball to close that window.

After signing up for a webinar, you usually get an option to add the name, date, time, and link to join to your calendar.  That might right after you finish signing up, or it might be via a confirmation email.  

1. Click the link provided.  

2. You will get an ics file that downloads into your Downloads Folder (it's called Add to Calendar.ics). 

3. Open the Calendar app in your dock.

4. Click File from the menu at the top>Import.  

5. Find and select the ics file in your Downloads folder and click the Import button.  

6. Choose which of your Google calendars you want to import the event into--you may have more than one Google calendar that you have set up using your school Google account.

7. Click OK.

Your event should now be visible on the specific calendar you chose.  You will have all the event information the organizer shared, including the link to the webinar.  

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 need to export a video you edited in iMovie and upload it to YouTube, this tutorial  is for you.

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.

You can set the OCS Info page or any page you use often as your home page.  First, open Safari and navigate to the page you want to make your home page.

1. Click View from the menu at the top.

2. Choose Customize Toolbar.  

3. Drag the home button UP to your tools (to the left or right side of the URL bar).  It will open up to give you room to drop it.  

4. Click Done.  

5. Go to the word Safari in the upper left corner and choose Preferences.

6. Click General>Homepage>Set to Current Page.  

7. You also may want to have new windows and new tabs open to that home page.  If so, choose Homepage for those two options.

Sometimes you want to put a snapshot of something on your screen into a document or presentation.  You may need to email a snapshot of an error message to the Help Desk.  You might even want to share what you have on your screen with a colleague via email. This can be done by taking a screenshot on your Mac. 

1. On your keyboard, type "Command-Shift-4."

2. Let up on those keys and your cursor turns to a crosshairs with a circle.

3. Drag a rectangle around the region you want to capture using your trackpad.  If your volume is up, you’ll hear a sound like taking a photo.

4. The image named “Screen Shot” followed by the timestamp will go to your desktop.

5. You can attach image to an email, put it in a document, or add it to a presentation.  It is just an image for you to use however you need.

By using “Command-Space”, or Spotlight, you can find ANYTHING easily on your computer.  Just start typing a word (whether it is the name of an application, name of a document, or the CONTENTS of anything – inside a Word document, PDF file, or even an email in Outlook) and then pick the item from the list.  The “top pick” is usually correct, but just simply click anything in the list to open it.

On your keyboard, type “Command-Space”

Look in the upper right corner and the blue search box will appear

Just start typing a word (whether it is the name of an application, name of a document, or the CONTENTS of anything – inside a Word document, PDF file, or even an email in Outlook)

It will find the “top pick”, which is usually correct, but just simply click anything in the list to open it.

Remember, if something is highlighted in blue, you don’t have to click it, just hit return to activate that choice.

If you aren't seeing files from your Google Drive, try using the Google Drive Search by typing "Option + Command + G"

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

🖨   ⌘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 

For even more, click here.