Archive for the ‘Quick Tip’ Category

Quick Mac Tip: Definitions on the Fly

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
So imagine yourself reading this totally awesome biography about someone’s exciting voyages playing with lions in the African wilderness or their more than cool base jump off their job’s building the day they quit – after winning the lotto and donating all their earnings to charity. Do you think for one second they are going to use some  ‘boring folk’ vocabulary within the book, NO?! And in order to properly envy this person’s phenomenal life, you have to know what “Honorificabilitudinitatibus” and “Hippopotomonstrosequippeddaliophobia“  mean when they use it in their book – yes those are real words. Luckily you can do this in 3 seconds with your oh-so-handy Mac and yes this tip is SO MUCH better than a quick search engine query (at least I hope so, lol).
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Quick Mac Tip: Jump Scrolling

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

System Preferences - SimpleLeap.com

Do you ever find yourself doing just a little more scrolling than you would like to on your Mac? Well I think I might have what may end up being one of your favorite Mac shortcuts to date – The Jump Scroll shortcut. Using the jump scroll shortcut is easy and can speed up your search for anything in almost in application, whether it’s a search in Safari or some text in your favorite to do list app.

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5 Great Resources for Finding Mac Apps

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

If you are anything like me, you are always on the prowl for the “perfect apps” for your Mac. Luckily, there is no better way to find those app than to check these five favorite resources of mine. Check it out:
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Quick-Tips: 5 Mac Tips and Shortcuts You Probably Didn’t Know

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Inline Calculations Mac - SimpleLeap.com

Who has the time in this crazy world to do anything. You are already using one of the finest computers right now (yes I’m referring to your Mac) and now I’m going to show you ways to use it more efficiently , this is just to incredible.

Enjoy the brief tips below and you are going to wonder how you ever managed without them. Learn how to download video from the web (yes, even your favorite cat video from YouTube), color code your friends email in blue (or any color for that matter), and how to become a mathematician on the Mac at any time.

Let’s do it! Click here to read more…

Quick-Tip: Shake to Undo on iPhone

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Undo Typing iPhone - SimpleLeap

Here’s a quick tip for you iPhone users out there that like to save time.

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Quick-Tip: How to Delete Apps on the Mac

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Trash can - SimpleLeap.com

This is totally a beginner tip, but I have to say it is one of my favorite things to discuss with Mac newbies as it demonstrates the ease  and power of the Mac.

There are two simple ways to delete an app and one entails using an app (go figure).

Both are very simple and quick…so let’s get to it. Click here to read more…

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