Video Tutorial Series
​Mastering the Mac

All sorts of handy tips & tricks

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List of topics in this tutorial series
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In this final part of the 4-class series, we cover all sorts of tips about features that you will love, and apps that you never knew existed - and are so great to use.  We look at how to easily generate PDFs and the super-powered Preview app, a look at Quicktime (an app that can do so much more than you realised), taking screen images, solving performance issues, locating passwords, keyboard shortcuts and tips and much more. We get lots of 'that's so great' moments in this class!

Important:  Please be aware that the sizes of the topic videos range from 2-30MB. It is recommended that these videos are only watched over a Wi-Fi connection.

Introduction

• All sorts of Mac tips - Introduction

PDFs, Images & Preview

• Taking Screen Shots
• Easy creation of PDFs from the Print screen
• Create PDF from multiple files
• Introducing Preview and Annotating PDFs and image files
• Cropping and resizing images and PDFs using Preview
• Editing images using Preview - removing backgrounds
  
• Add a signature or highlighting using Preview​

Passwords on your Mac

• Your Mac's Password Safe - Keychain Access 

Easy Viewing, Recording and Editing of Videos

• Introduction
• Play a video
• Record a movie from Facetime camera or iPhone/iPad
• Screen Recording
• Record audio only
• Easy editing of videos
• Change video format and size​

Resolving problems with your Mac

• Sorting out a slow Mac
• Check health of Mac hard drive
• Repair Hard Drive in Recovery mode​

Typing & Editing

• Matching Colours
• Finding accented letters and other symbols
• Easy font resizing, indenting or outdenting
• Reviewing important keyboard shortcuts

Other

• Get your Mac in the Cloud
• Discovering Sticky Notes 
• Stop your Mac from joining the wrong Wi-Fi

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For iTandCoffee Club Members - Some Handy Hints from the Library

• ​​Editing images using Preview - removing backgrounds
• Matching colours on your Mac
• Merging several PDF or image files into one on your Mac
• A really powerful app built into your Mac - Preview
• Matching colours on your Mac
• Easy creation of PDF's on the Mac
• How to add your signature to a PDF document on a Mac

• Some keyboard shortcuts I use frequently on my Mac
• Some more great Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
• Finding those hidden symbols on your Mac keyboard
• Finding the Emoji keyboard on your Mac
• How to copy formatting from one area to another on a Mac​
• Clearing up old  iTunes backups on your Mac to free up storage