10 Helpful Tips for MacBook Users

If you are using a MacBook, you will find it very fast and powerful. It gives you a closed system and very cool user interface, and gives you an easy way to get access to your files directly. You may have used the computer so well that you can fully control the computer, but there are still many helpful tips for using the Mac computer. 10 tips have been selected and introduced in the following post, if you are new to Mac computers, these tips will also be helpful in your daily life.

Tip1: Take Advantage of Keyboard Shortcuts

MacBook Provides many keyboard options for the users, and it can be helpful in many aspects. You are allowed to use Command key plus character keys and number keys to do things without using mouse. For example, you can take screenshot by clicking “Command + Shift + 3 and send the screenshot to the clipboard. Other options are listed in detail in the manual about using keyboards on MacBook, so please take a look if you want to get well-knowledge about the options of the keys.

Tip2: Remote Control of the Mac Computer

Controlling a Mac computer across the Internet will bring you much convenience. There are many apps on th4 Internet, such as LogMeIn, Back to My Mac and so on. When you want to start a download, or check the events on your Mac. When using these remotely-control apps for your Mac computer, you should make sure that the Mac computer is connected to Wi-Fi connection.

Tip3: How to Type Exotic Characters

If you want to type a é on your Mac, how can you do that? As a matter of fact, you need to type Option + E and E again to get é. On OS X 10.7 or later, you will get the character by holding down E until you get the one you need. When you are using an app on your Mac, you can go to the Edit Menu of the app, and then you will find “Special Characters” at the bottom. In the list, you will always find the symbols and characters you need.

Tip4: Invert the Screen Colors

When you not able to see your screen clearly, or want to rest your eyes after staring at the screen for a long time, you can invert the screen colors. Before doing this, you should go to “Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Accessibility”, and check “Invert Colors”. Then you are able to invert the screen colors by holding Command + Option + Control + 8.

Tip5: Share Texts with Friends

The text, any you are seeing on your computer, can be shared with friends. You only need to choose the texts you want to share, and right-click the highlighted texts, then choose “Share”. Now you can choose to share the texts via email, messages, twitter or Facebook.

Tip6. Delete Texts from Left to Right

Sometime, when you are using your Mac to type texts, you will want to delete the words from a certain position to avoid the previous word being deleted. Then you can hold fn + delete to delete the texts from left to right.

Tip7: Change Your Views

When you are browsing any Finder window, you can hold Command+1 through Command+4 to switch between different views. You can view the window from a grid layout to CoverFlow, which is all up to you. With this trick, you will get a better visual experience when using your MacBook.

Tip8. How to Make You Icons Bigger

When using Finder, you can click Command + J, or go to View > Show View Options, to change the size of your app icons. You can preview the changed icons after manually adjusting the size, and you can get the best for you within seconds.

Tip9: Find the Location of a Saved File

If you’ve downloaded a file but can’t find the position of the downloaded file, you are able to use Spotlight to find the file. If you don’t want to use Spotlight, you can right-click the top of the window of the application, and then you will see the extract position of the file.

Tip10: Share a DVD Drive over Wi-Fi with Remote Disc

The Mac computers with no DVD drives now are given a feature called “Remote Disc”. With this feature, you are able to enjoy the movies on your Mac computer even if it doesn’t have an optical drive.

I hope these tips about Mac computers may provide you some help when you are using your Mac computer.

Top 10 Christmas-Theme Wallpapers for Windows

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way…" The Christmas songs may have started to play on the streets and in your house. Yes, the Christmas 2014 is approaching, and it is such a peaceful holiday season to enjoy the end of year with your friends and families, and it is also a happy time to open the Christmas gifts and say "Happy new year" to others. To meet with the atmosphere of Christmas 2014, you will have wonderful decorations of your houses, and maybe change your smartphone ringtones with the Christmas carols, or switch the computer wallpaper with a Christmas-theme one.

Speaking of the Christmas wallpapers for computers, you are able to find thousands of wallpapers on Google. The Christmas-theme wallpapers are very easy to be found, but if you are looking for the top ones, I suggest you to read on. The following post will introduce top 10 Christmas wallpapers to you, and its wallpapers are also selected from Google, which means you may have seen the wallpapers before. So check the post out if you are interested.

source: http://www.hindugodwallpaper.com/wallpaper-137-1855.html

source: http://www.wired.it/play/cinema/2014/11/04/buon-natale-film-grumpy-cat/

source: http://wallpaperswa.com/Entertainment/Funny/

source: http://www.smashingbuzz.com/2009/11/45-exceptional-widescreen-christmas-wallpapers/

source: http://www.hdwallpapers.in/happy_holidays_2012-wallpapers.html

source: http://hdwallpappers.com/wall-e-eve-wallpaper/

source: http://bulkhdwallpapers.com/merry-christmas-wallpapers/animated-merry-christmas-wallpaper

source: http://www.coolwallpapers.org/desktop/53691/windows-merry-christmas3-hd-wallpaper06-wallpaper#.VJPlysAOA

source: http://www.anzawallpaper.com/christmas-magic-wide-hd-wallpaper.html

source: http://hdwallpappers.com/jack-and-oogie-nightmare-before-christmas-wallpaper/

These Christmas-theme wallpapers will make your Christmas more interesting and festive. The wallpapers can be found on Google, and if you have certain Christmas wallpaper apps, you are able to find the wallpapers you need. May all of you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Top 5 Web Browsers for Mac Computers

Wonderful browsing experience is very important nowadays. On a Windows computer, you are able to find hundreds of web browsers which you can compare with the Internet Explorer and select your favorite one. The situation could be different on a Mac computer, as there are not so many web browsing apps for Mac computer as for Windows. If you own a Mac computer, and you are getting tired of the Safari web browser, you may want to search for another web browsing app.

You may be familiar with the web browser apps like Google Chrome and Firefox, and you can find their Mac versions effortlessly. But there are several other Mac browser apps that also provide great features. The following post will introduce you top 5 web browsers for Mac computers, and you can check it out if you are interested.

1. OmniWeb

According to the product introduction on its website, OmniWeb is a "feature-rich alternative to the standard web browser". I prefer its user interface than other web browsers, as it provides a very practical interface which allows me to view my saved websites at a glance, and I can pick up the one I need easily. The web browser also provides an add-blocking feature that is the most helpful feature I adore. Also, OmniWeb helps to save your bookmarks, browsing history and so on.

2. Opera

Many people know the mobile version of this app, and use it on their smartphones. Actually, the Mac version of this web browser is also a pretty good choice for Mac computers. Opera provides your favorite webpages in the main window with thumbnails, and you can access to the page with one click. The web browser also contains a "Turbo" plug-in, which makes the web browser run very fast.

3. Stainless

This web browser, at the very beginning, is developed as a technology demo to showcase its multiprocessing architecture in response to Google Chrome. Then it becomes a fully-functional web browser. Stainless is fast, and it allows users to drag and drop their favorite websites to the visual bookmark bar in case that they want to return sometime. This web browser also enables users to enter one site with different credentials at the same time, and it is regarded as a "true browser innovation".

4. Cruz

This web browser is a Twitter built-in browser for Mac computers. The browser allows you to view your Twitter Timeline and "@" mentions in a split pane while visiting other sites. And it also allows you to open the links from Twitter Timeline in new tabs or browse multiple pages simultaneously in split views. It offers a full-screen mode and complete sessions which enhanced its user experience.

5. Fake

Fake for Mac makes the website automation very easy to be done. The feature allows users to drag the browser actions to a graphical Workflow that can be run again and again. The web browser is very helpful for the web developers and designers, and it makes their life quicker and easier.

These web browsers for Mac computers may not be as famous and Chrome or Firefox, but they are all functional and helpful for increasing users' browsing experience. Mac users who are tired of using Safari may want to have a look on them.