Trick I found...

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in macOS edited January 2014
Most people here prolly already know this but:



If while pressing command-tab (switching apps), you have one app highlated, you can press Q to quite that program without going to it.



Edit: changed alt to command...sry...I was typing this on my PC.

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  • Reply 1 of 20
    Didn't know this. It sounds logical, now that I know it, but it never occurred to me.



    Thanks.
  • Reply 2 of 20
    lundylundy Posts: 4,466member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by icfireball

    Most people here prolly already know this but:



    If while pressing command-tab (switching apps), you have one app highlated, you can press Q to quite that program without going to it.




    And "H" to hide it.

    Or click one with the mouse to go to it.
  • Reply 3 of 20
    Quote:

    Originally posted by icfireball

    Most people here prolly already know this but:



    If while pressing alt-tab (switching apps), you have one app highlated, you can press Q to quite that program without going to it.




    Cool isn't it. However you might find it works better with command tab on OS X.
  • Reply 4 of 20
    If you press tilde or press Shift-Tab, you can scroll backwards.
  • Reply 5 of 20
    This thread has some other neat stuf



    http://forums.appleinsider.com/showt...threadid=58620
  • Reply 6 of 20
    cool thanks for that tip, I just started on a Mac and Love it, dont think I will be switching anymore, I wonder how my job is going to be now? Im a PC Specialist at Circuit City...LOL
  • Reply 7 of 20
    guarthoguartho Posts: 1,208member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by evazquez757

    I wonder how my job is going to be now? Im a PC Specialist at Circuit City...LOL



    My guess is that it will slowly get more frustrating. Things that you wouldn't bat an eye at before will now drive you crazy as you slowly become spoiled.



    Maybe not though.



    It's also possible that things will go the other way for you. PCs are a lot more fun when you don't have to actually depend on them. If something strange happens you could find yourself thinking "Hmm.. that's odd," where you used to think "NO! I'VE GOT WORK TO DO DAMN IT!"



    My PC used to drive me insane with its suckiness. It's why I, a former Mac-hater even looked at Apple to begin with. Now it's just a glorified game console that happens to be able to browse the web if my Mac is chewing on some serious rendering. It's so much more fun. There's nothing important on it so its goofiness doesn't bother me.
  • Reply 8 of 20
    That's an excellent way of looking at things. Come to think of it, yes, working on a friend's Windows lappy wasn't that bad; It was actually fun when it crashed and I found myself saying just, "Windows" to justify it :P lol
  • Reply 9 of 20
    Yep. I love Command-Tab. Most of the time, I'm switching between Safari, iChat, iTunes, and other open apps. It's just so quick and easy!
  • Reply 10 of 20
    LOL I didnt know anyone else thought this way too,yeah its rather amusing to work on my Girlfriends dell and go, "whoah" where did my stuff go? and where did all these shortcuts come from? ha ha ha ha........ or when it takes the thing forty minutes to clear out the recycle bin once i have clicked yes, lol what the hell?



    Or when stuff works one day, doesnt work the next,up down up down like Mr. Miyagi said , when i know i can safley go back to my Mac "and it just WORKS" its all a vaudeville act ,but i feel sorry for windows users who think that thats how it is.



    My brothers blood pressure goes up constantly when his brand new dual core dell thing starts acting funny but then when it finally works right he goes on about how he loves it. the pooor mindless zombie.



  • Reply 11 of 20
    sc_marktsc_markt Posts: 1,401member
    If you open the dictionary to look up a word, I found that if you click on one of the words in the description of the word you looked up, the dictionary will then give you the definition of this new word.
  • Reply 12 of 20
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Catman4d2

    LOL I didnt know anyone else thought this way too,yeah its rather amusing to work on my Girlfriends dell and go, "whoah" where did my stuff go? and where did all these shortcuts come from? ha ha ha ha........ or when it takes the thing forty minutes to clear out the recycle bin once i have clicked yes, lol what the hell?



    Or when stuff works one day, doesnt work the next,up down up down like Mr. Miyagi said , when i know i can safley go back to my Mac "and it just WORKS" its all a vaudeville act ,but i feel sorry for windows users who think that thats how it is.



    My brothers blood pressure goes up constantly when his brand new dual core dell thing starts acting funny but then when it finally works right he goes on about how he loves it. the pooor mindless zombie.







    When it takes 40 minutes to empty the recycle bin, there's something seriously wrong with the way you manage your system.



    I don't know if he's a poor mindless zombie or not, but a brand new dual-core Dell should not "act funny".
  • Reply 13 of 20
    Quote:

    Originally posted by icfireball

    If while pressing command-tab (switching apps), you have one app highlated, you can press Q to quite that program without going to it.



    It even works on OS X 1.2.8.
  • Reply 14 of 20
    tednditedndi Posts: 1,921member
    sweet tip.
  • Reply 15 of 20
    I have the mighty mouse and i designated the side buttons to expose all windows. It is SO incredibly nice.
  • Reply 16 of 20
    i would like to be able to do the same thing but in expose. F9 then hover over the one i want to quit then press Q.
  • Reply 17 of 20
    Quote:

    Originally posted by majorp

    i would like to be able to do the same thing but in expose. F9 then hover over the one i want to quit then press Q.



    Not sure if you saw this yet, or if it was in this thread yet (I had another thread about this) but if you do Command-Tab and an App is selected, you can press "Q" and it will quit.



    But that wouldn't work for expose because you can have multiple windows for an application. Maybe "w" to close a window.
  • Reply 18 of 20
    icfireballicfireball Posts: 2,594member
    Another trick I just found! Press the Command button while clicking a item in the dock...and it will show you where it is in the finder!
  • Reply 19 of 20
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Gene Clean

    When it takes 40 minutes to empty the recycle bin, there's something seriously wrong with the way you manage your system.



    I don't know if he's a poor mindless zombie or not, but a brand new dual-core Dell should not "act funny".




    You know you would have thought that but I can honestly vouch for the problem with the Recycle Bin and other weird problems. My wife just bought a new Dell for work and I think there is a Gremlin living inside it. It?s a dual core 3.4 GHz with a 1 Gig memory so it?s plenty fast but I swear to you the machine hangs at the strangest times, like I?ll be streaming a simple video through Winamp and then try to open up another app and it will take 2 minutes. Plus some applications like Firefox take forever to come up all of the time. I don?t really care since this is her machine but my impression with Dell so far is el-cheapo, o-crappo. I guess I?m spoiled with my Windows free bulletproof Sun Workstation for work and my G5 for play.
  • Reply 20 of 20
    Quote:

    Originally posted by icfireball

    Another trick I just found! Press the Command button while clicking a item in the dock...and it will show you where it is in the finder!



    That's a great one! Thanks!
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