Find Your Mac’s Serial Number
Hey folks! Time for a nice and easy time saver when you’re on the phone with Apple or looking to see how much time you have left on your warranty. Let’s take a look at how to quickly get your serial number!
1. Click the Apple in the upper left hand corner of your screen and click “About This Mac”
2. Put your mouse over where it says “Version X.X.X” and start clicking.
3. Viola! You’ll see your serial number in two clicks!
Type the Apple Logo
Have you ever gotten jealous when you see your friends with a nifty in their type? Well now it’s your turn to show off!
Just press Option+Shift+K on your Mac to create it! Enjoy!
Use Spotlight for Quick Math, Definitions, and Finding Certain File Types
Hi all! Today I’m going to show you how to do some spiffy stuff with Spotlight, which is the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of your screen!
To get started with Spotlight, either click the magnifying glass or press (Command + Spacebar).
Launch Programs
To quickly launch a program (instead of finding it in your applications folder), just start typing in the program name and hit enter!
Quick Math
Spotlight is great for some quick addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division! Just start typing in numbers and spotlight will update the equation right below your entry. Don’t press enter unless you want to open up calculator! Oh.. and it follows PEMDAS too for all you math geeks!
Definitions
Ever need to quickly get the definition of a word? Well with spotlight you can type in a word, highlight the dictionary item that appears, and click enter! Bam, the quickest way you can look a word up. Plus, you don’t even need the internet.
Finding Certain Types of Files
Ever need to find a file where the title is in a song, photo, and word processing document? Well Spotlight can be told to only show results of one file type! Just enter the word, then a :, then the type of file. e.g. Apple:music.
Spotlight away!
Adjust Your Mac’s Volume Without Making a Sound
How many times have you given yourself up watching Hulu in class by changing your volume and hearing a loud SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK? Too many too count right??? Well today’s your lucky day because I’m going to show you how to avoid that!
Hold down shift when you press your volume keys for a change in volume that doesn’t make any sound!
Or if you’d like to turn it off altogether, just go to System Preferences>Sound and uncheck “Play feedback when volume is changed”.
Bam.
Subscribe to ALL of Your Facebook Events in iCal
So the other day Facebook added a brand new feature that let’s you subscribe to your Facebook events in any calendar application, including iCal and Calendar on your iOS device!
1. Simply scroll down to the bottom of any of Facebook event page that’s public or that you have been invited to and click export.
2. Then click the webcal address on the page that pops up.
3. Click “Subscribe”
4. Once you add it to iCal don’t forget to change the auto-refresh settings from never to every few minutes or so.
You’re all set! Every time you click “Yes” I’m attending an event on FACEBOOK, your iCal will automatically update! If you click no, it removes it from you iCal calendar.
Enjoy your newly synchronized social life!
