September 2005
Beginner to intermediate
528 pages
23h 55m
English
Content preview from Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition
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200 switching to the mac: the missing manual
Tip: If you hold down the Control key as you click or drag (using any of the techniques described above),
you copy the screenshot to your clipboard, ready for pasting, rather than saving it as a new graphics file on
your desktop.
Mac OS X also offers another way to create screenshots: a program called Grab, which
offers a timer option that lets you set up the screen before it takes the shot. It’s in your
ApplicationsÆUtilities folder.
But if you’re really serious about capturing screenshots, you should opt instead for
Snapz Pro X (www.ambrosiasw.com), which can capture virtually anything on the
screen—even movies of onscreen procedures, along with your narration—and save
it your choice of format.
Solitaire
Ah yes, Solitaire: possibly the most overused Windows software in the world.
The Mac doesn’t come with a preinstalled copy of Solitaire, but the Web is crawling
with free and shareware solitaire games for the Mac. Luckily, there’s a quick way to
unearth the most popular 20 or so. On the Web, visit www.versiontracker.com (one of
most popular sources for freeware and shareware Mac programs). Click the Mac OS
X tab if it’s not already selected, and then, in the Search box, type solitaire.
When you click Go or press Enter, you’ll see a substantial list of solitaire games, ready
to download: FreeCell, MacSolitaire, Klondike, and so on.
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