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Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Tips and Tricks

Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Tips and Tricks

with Christopher Breen

 


Are you getting the most from your Mac? Mountain Lion is one of the most robust OS X offerings from Apple, and there are many hidden features that power uses have yet to discover. Join Macworld senior editor Christopher Breen as he reveals the top tips and tricks for Mac OS X 10.8. Discover new ways of working with Mail and Calendar—from creating smarter mailboxes to exporting, configuring, and delegating your calendar. Then make the system preferences work for you—from zooming tricks to showing the caps lock who is boss. And Finder will start to work even better for you once you organize your desktop, customize the toolbar, and learn the hidden tricks of Menu bar icons. Plus, learn how to force the stubborn Trash to empty and work with passwords across the system.
Topics include:
  • Creating smarter Smart Mailboxes
  • Sharing and delegating calendars
  • Syncing Google contacts
  • Discovering hidden tricks within contact headings
  • Scheduling startup and shutdown
  • Copying files via Bluetooth
  • Using a remote disc
  • Creating password-protected archives
  • Creating a bootable installer drive
  • Repairing your keychain
  • Resetting your login password

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author
Christopher Breen
subject
Business, Operating Systems
software
Mac OS X 10.8
level
Intermediate
duration
2h 48m
released
Jul 08, 2013

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Christopher Breen

Christopher Breen

Macworld senior editor Christopher Breen has been writing about technology since the mid-1980s for such publications as MacUser, MacWEEK, and Macworld. Christopher is the author of Macworld's popular "Mac 911" tips and troubleshooting column, and he hosts the Macworld Podcast. He is also known as Macworld's iPod Guru, having penned Secrets of the iPod, The iPod and iTunes Pocket Guide, and The iPhone Pocket Guide for Peachpit Press.
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