The document provides tips and tricks for using Mac OS Lion, including how to customize trackpad corners to perform functions like showing Mission Control or Launchpad. It also explains how to enable natural scrolling, gestures, use multiple desktops, add or remove apps from the dock, add files to the sidebar, always show scrollbars, and customize function keys.

1. Mac OS
Lion !
Tips and
Tricks
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Mr. Glennon

2. Hot Corners
Assign functions to Trackpad
Corners
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3. Here’s How:!
System Preferences

4. Mission Control

5. Hot Corners

6. Choose what each
trackpad corner does

7. Mission Control:
Show All Open Windows

8. How Do I Use Mission Control?
Use a Hot Corner OR
the F3 Key
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9. Launchpad:
Open Applications

10. How Do I Use Launchpad?
Use a Hot Corner, Launchpad
Dock Icon OR
the F4 Key

11. Natural Scrolling:
Decide how you want to scroll
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12. Here’s How:!
System Preferences

13. Trackpad

14. Natural
Scrolling
Scrolling follows
the direction of
your finger
movement.
Hard one to
explain…
If scrolling feels
awkward use the
checkbox to change
this setting

15. Gestures:
Use Trackpad Gestures
to Get More Done
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16. Here’s How:!
System Preferences

17. Trackpad

18. More Gestures

19. Trackpad
Check the boxes you
want
Click the small black
arrows to set gestures

20. Tip!
If you’re used to Windows,
you can “Right-click” on a
Mac by clicking the
trackpad with 2 fingers
OR
Holding the Control key
while clicking
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21. Spaces:
Use Multiple Desktops

22. How Can I Use It?
Spaces allows you to
create a second desktop
The second desktop can
be used as a separate
workspace

23. How Can I Use It?
EXAMPLE:
Work on a presentation
or lesson plans on
Desktop 1
Leave email open on
Desktop 2
Use a simple gesture to
move between desktops
instead of constantly
moving windows around

24. Why Use It?
Manage your workflow
more efficiently
Keep applications open
but out of the way

25. Here’s How:
Enter Mission Control
(F3 Key or Hot Corner)
Move the pointer near
the top, right-hand edge
of the screen
Look for the tile with the
+ that appears

26. Here’s How:
Click the + icon to create
a new desktop
(Once it’s created, it will
remain until you delete it)
To move windows
between desktops, go to
Mission Control and drag
them to a desktop

27. Here’s How:
To delete a desktop,
move the pointer over it
in Mission Control.
Click the X that
appears. All windows
will be sent back to
desktop 1.
*Desktop 1 cannot be
deleted. This is the
original desktop.

28. Tip!
You can give each desktop
a separate wallpaper. Go
to the desktop you want to
change:
-System Preferences
-Desktop and Screen Saver

29. Add or Remove Applications
from the Dock

30. Here’s How:
Open an application
Once open, it will appear
in the dock
Click the icon with 2
fingers
Select “Options,” then
“Keep in Dock”

31. Tip!
You can REMOVE an
application from the
dock with the same
method
After clicking the icon
with 2 fingers, select
“Remove from Dock”

32. Add or Remove Files and
Folders from the Sidebar

33. Here’s How:
Open the Finder
Click once to highlight
desired file or folder
Click File menu
Click “Add to Sidebar”

34. Tip!
Once items are in the
sidebar, you can click
and drag them to
change their order.
Remember: You can add
files and folders to the
sidebar.

35. Always Show Scrollbars:
Scrollbars are hidden by
default
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36. Here’s How:!
System Preferences

37. General

38. Select “Always”
under Show
Scroll Bars

39. Function Keys:
What Do They Do?
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