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Join us tonight for the October 4, 2015 Mac-Forums Sunday Chat. Look for the forum roundup, Apple/Mac news, and a few tips and tricks to round things out. See you there.
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Member HRodMusic reminds us that that going to the Purchased Tab in the Mac App Store and holding the "option" key allowing one to cancel the update and re download.
There’s an interesting thread in the forum now regarding the pros and cons of ad blocking software. It’s an interesting read. So far my thoughts are best summed up by member Vansmith’s comments in post #20.
Apple pulls some older software from users Purchased Software tab As you can tell from later posts in this thread this seems to have been temporary.
The current version of iTunes is missing the power search feature. Kirk McLaren points out that it’s possible to use Google to power search the iTunes Music Store. This probably works for other search engines as well. This can be done because the iTunes Store content has webpages.
Fixit app pulled due to its breaking an nada by disclosing insist teardown of new Apple tv
Amazon appears to have decided to stop selling competing video streaming devices such as the Apple TV and Google’s Chromecast if they aren’t easily compatible with its streaming service.
If you are upgrading to the recently released El Capitan make sure to have an exit strategy should you decide to go back to an earlier version of OS X. The best way to do this is either through a clone of your existing installation or by creating a bootable El Capitan flash drive
The C10 site has a series of 8 tips for El Capitan users.
1. Auto-hide the menubar
2. Use Split View window resizing
3. Delete files immediately Use the Command Option Delete Keyboard shortcut.
4. Pin sites in Safari Open the site in a tab. Right click the tab and choose Pin Tab. Pinned tabs update in the background so the information is always up-to-date. Pinned sites appear as small buttons left of the first tab. If you forget what is pinned there scroll over the buttons. Names of the sites appear as tool tips.
5. Mute all tabs in Safari and
a. Open a new tab that is not playing any sound.
b. Click the Mute All Tabs button in the URL address bar.\
c. All open tabs in your Safari window will be muted.
d. Click on Mute All Tabs again to restore sound to all tabs.
6. Find your cursor by shaking your mouse or trackpad. Shaking the mouse or quickly moving your finger on the trackpad forces the cursor to get larger This is a great feature if you are using a large monitor or dual monitor
7. Enable the three-finger drag gesture
8. Use a gray background in Safari Readers
I neglected to include the addition comments about using smart devices as remote controls. We'll address that next week.
Show Notes
Member HRodMusic reminds us that that going to the Purchased Tab in the Mac App Store and holding the "option" key allowing one to cancel the update and re download.
There’s an interesting thread in the forum now regarding the pros and cons of ad blocking software. It’s an interesting read. So far my thoughts are best summed up by member Vansmith’s comments in post #20.
Apple pulls some older software from users Purchased Software tab As you can tell from later posts in this thread this seems to have been temporary.
The current version of iTunes is missing the power search feature. Kirk McLaren points out that it’s possible to use Google to power search the iTunes Music Store. This probably works for other search engines as well. This can be done because the iTunes Store content has webpages.
Fixit app pulled due to its breaking an nada by disclosing insist teardown of new Apple tv
Amazon appears to have decided to stop selling competing video streaming devices such as the Apple TV and Google’s Chromecast if they aren’t easily compatible with its streaming service.
If you are upgrading to the recently released El Capitan make sure to have an exit strategy should you decide to go back to an earlier version of OS X. The best way to do this is either through a clone of your existing installation or by creating a bootable El Capitan flash drive
The C10 site has a series of 8 tips for El Capitan users.
1. Auto-hide the menubar
2. Use Split View window resizing
3. Delete files immediately Use the Command Option Delete Keyboard shortcut.
4. Pin sites in Safari Open the site in a tab. Right click the tab and choose Pin Tab. Pinned tabs update in the background so the information is always up-to-date. Pinned sites appear as small buttons left of the first tab. If you forget what is pinned there scroll over the buttons. Names of the sites appear as tool tips.
5. Mute all tabs in Safari and
a. Open a new tab that is not playing any sound.
b. Click the Mute All Tabs button in the URL address bar.\
c. All open tabs in your Safari window will be muted.
d. Click on Mute All Tabs again to restore sound to all tabs.
6. Find your cursor by shaking your mouse or trackpad. Shaking the mouse or quickly moving your finger on the trackpad forces the cursor to get larger This is a great feature if you are using a large monitor or dual monitor
7. Enable the three-finger drag gesture
8. Use a gray background in Safari Readers
I neglected to include the addition comments about using smart devices as remote controls. We'll address that next week.
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