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1© 2013 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
Mac Users
Simple tricks to save you time
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Which app should I use on Mac?
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FamilySearch Certified on Mac
MacFamilyTree
Crossover: Booth 835
Parallels or VMware Fusion
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Jimmy Zimmerman
Family Historian, Programmer, Inventor, Apple Fan, Jedi
FamilySearch Employee• 6 years• Partner Integration- Connect 3rd Party Apps with
FamilySearch Data- Exchange Data- GEDCOM X [email protected]
@jimmyzimmerman
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I’ve been using a Mac since early 2004
OS X 10.3 “Panther”
OS X 10.4 “Tiger”
OS X 10.5 “Leopard”
OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard”
OS X 10.7 “Lion”
OS X 10.8 “Mountain Lion”
OS X 10.9 “Mavericks”
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I was “forced” to use a Mac
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8http://www.flickr.com/photos/simssototo/141257547/sizes/l/in/photostream/
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It was gorgeous
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It was powerful
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It was expensive
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It was frustrating!!
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So frustrating!!
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Ctrl+CCtrl+V
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Where is the Start menu?
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Why is MS Office so lame?
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Why does the mouse only have one button??
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Where are all of my favorite apps?
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How do I get to the window right behind this window?
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And then I Exposédiscoveredand learned
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and Preview
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and Finder
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and iPhoto
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and Caffeine
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and Skitch
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and Alfred
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And I fell in love
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My Goal Today:Help you fall in love
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Choose Your Own Adventure!!!
1. Moving between apps Slicing, merging, and editing PDFs
2. Reducing clicks Using Alfred
3. Working with files Staying awake
4. Managing window sizes Cleaning up images
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Staying Awake!
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Mac App Store: “Caffeine”http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/
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Caffeine Off
Caffeine On
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Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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Working With Files
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Has this ever happened to you?
• You have a file open in an app (Word, Preview, etc.)
• You need to upload the file to Gmail or another website.
• You can’t find the file in your folders.
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Where is the file?
Tip: hold down “command” and
click on file.
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The icon is the File
Tip: You can drag the file the same as you can when you are in the Finder.
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Demo
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Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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Managing Window Sizes
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What does this do?
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Mac App Store: Window Tidyor
http://www.lightpillar.com/macos/windowtidy/index.html
Not Free
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Drag your window over a Layout to resize.
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Window Resize Demo
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Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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Reducing Clicks
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Reducing Clicks
• Touchpad gestures• Keyboard Shortcuts• Alfred
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Touchpad Gestures
> System Preferences… > Touchpad
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Keyboard Shortcuts
⌘ command ⌥ option
⌃ control ⇧ shift
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Keyboard Shortcuts
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Learn the Shortcuts!
Hotkey Evehttp://www.hotkey-eve.com
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No Shortcut? Create your own.
> System Preferences… > Keyboard
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Text Shortcuts
• omw on my way• brb be right back• jz Jimmy Zimmerman• FS FamilySearch• jze [email protected]• enf Enfield, Middlesex, England
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Text Shortcuts
> System Preferences… > Keyboard
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Demo
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Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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Moving Between Apps
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Mission Control
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Mission Control
• F3• Hot Corners• Trackpad Gesture:
System Preferences… Trackpad
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Hot Corners
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> System Preferences… > Desktop & Screen Saver
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Hot Corners…
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Demo
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⌘ tab
Move Between Apps
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⌘ `
Move Between App Windows
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Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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Using Alfred
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Alfred
Mac App Store: “Alfred”http://www.alfredapp.com
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Alfred Launcher
⌥ + space (option)
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Just start typing!
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Family History Specific Searches
jimmyzimmerman.comSearch for “Alfred”
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Family History Specific Searches
Get genealogy custom searchesjimmyzimmerman.com/blog
Must use Safari
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Things You Can Do With Alfred
• Google Searches• Wikipedia Search• Calculator• Dictionary Lookup
“define probate”• Find files• Find contacts (Contacts App)
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Demo
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Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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Slicing, Merging, and Editing PDFs
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What is a PDF?
• A standard document file that usually has multiple pages, etc.
• Widely supported (Mac, Windows, mobile devices)
• Apps: Preview, Adobe Reader, etc.• You might see this used for:
• Books• Legal documents• Posters
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Slicing, Merging, and Editing PDFs
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“Slicing” a PDF
Goal: To end up with a new pdf that has a subset of the pages from the original.
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Slicing a PDF: Steps
1. Open the “Thumbnails” tray
2. Select pages you want: hold and click.⌘3. Copy: C (Edit > Copy)⌘4. New From Clipboard:
N ⌘(File > New from Clipboard)
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Step 1: Open the “Thumbnails” tray
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Step 2: Select the pages you want
Hold ⌘and click
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Step 3: Copy selected pages
⌘ Cor
Edit > Copy
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Step 4: New from Clipboard
⌘ N
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Merging PDFs
Goal: To copy a page from one pdf into a new page on an existing pdf.
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Merging PDFs: Steps
1. Open both PDFs
2. Open the “Thumbnails” trays
3. Drag and Drop
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Step 1: Open Both PDFs
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Step 2: Open the “Thumbnails” tray
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Step 3: Drag and Drop
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Editing PDFs
Goal: To highlight, rotate page, and add text.
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Highlight a PDF
Only works on PDFs with real Text.
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Rotate Page
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Add Text
1. Open the “Edit” Tools
2. Click on the Text box
3. Draw the box
4. Type your text
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Step 1: Open the Edit Tools
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Step 2: Click on Text Box
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Step 3: Draw the box
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Step 4: Type your text
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Make Sure to “Save”
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Demo
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Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
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Cleaning Up Images
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Step 1: Edit
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Auto Enhance
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Adjust
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Adjust
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Adjust the Levels
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Adjust Levels
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Adjust Temperature
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Adjust Saturation
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Before vs After
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Before vs After
Before Auto Enhance Manual
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Before vs Auto vs Adjust
Before Auto Enhance Manual
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Back to Choose Your Own Adventure
