MacBook - Trackpad Adjustments

Posted by Wendy

Trackpad plays the most important role on using MacBook, especially when mouse isn't present. How to adjust Trackpad behavior?

Note : It's obvious that reading this article won't be useful for those Macs without trackpad. And, I'm not discussing MacBook Air's smart trackpad here.

Trackpad Preferences Pane

It's really easy to find this pane. These simple steps will do.

1. Go inside ▸ System Preferences...
2. Click on Keyboard & Mouse under Hardware section
3. You will see 4-5 tabs inside, i.e. Keyboard, Trackpad, Mouse, Bluetooth, and Keyboard Shortcuts. Choose Trackpad
4. Now, you're already inside Trackpad Preferences Pane

The Army of Minis

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Browsing around and I found out these funny and cool stuffs. Maybe you've ever seen these stuffs before; But, still, I hope you can enjoy it.

Strange Yet Creative Mods

iRobot

iCar

Keyboard Arrow Tricks, Control Cursor

Posted by Wendy

The first time I switch to Mac, it's very hard for me to move from one word to another when I'm typing.

For Mac, there are many shortcuts we can use for controlling cursor using keyboard arrows. These shortcuts include keystrokes of , and/or .

Num Lock Represents Mouse

Posted by Wendy

My mouse is very noisy when it's being clicked. I think I have to find its substitute.

I am getting addicted to a mini-game. This mini-game is called EggMon. This mini-game requirements are click, more clicks and a lot clicks. Unfortunately, when my mouse is being clicked, it produces a noisy, echoing sound. I have to solve this problem before I got killed by my brother.

I tried to surf the web and ended in vain.

Finally I got the solution; it's Mac Keyboard Num Lock Keys. Num5 can substitute of mouse clicking whereas Num1 up to Num9 (except Num5) can substitute mouse movement to eight directions. Also, Num5 has the same function as Clck.

After reading this article, I hope you can win WMCC. I've already tried and got this satisfying result.

Playing around with Mac Symbols

Posted by Wendy

With Mac we can use many symbols, this is where the fun begins. There are a lot of symbols that actually can be made without our hand leaving the keyboard.

Symbol, symbol, symbol...

There are so many of them, don't spend too much of our precious time to memorize all of them, except you're a super genius person ever born.

Try to grasp how to read it.

Clean Up Mac Keyboard

Posted by Wendy

Dirt is everywhere, even my keyboard..
This is my first time experience in cleaning my Mac keyboard. This idea come in mind when I saw my super-dirty Mac keyboard laid in front of me. This image I took after unplug all the buttons

No choice, I have to clean up my Mac Keyboard

Some of the buttons have additional part (and additional dirt). Make sure you know how to plug that kind of buttons correctly.

Modify Keyboard Modifier

Posted by Wendy

What are those modifier keys?

As you know, there are 4 modifier keys for Mac, i.e. caps, , and

Is it useful?

You can use modifier key to combine with other key. As we know that, caps is rarely used. Therefore, if you want to disable this key, you may follow this article.

Disable or change modifier key

• Move forward to Keyboard & Mouse Pane, QuickSilver way is keypref
• Seek through Keyboard tab and obviously there will be button so called 'Modifier Keys...'
• Click and those 4 modifiers action will be displayed
• They can be disabled or can be assign different action, e.g. caps set to

Mac Treasures Spacebar, Detail Explanation

Posted by Wendy

This fact will be shocking, but it is indeed that Mac values highly the good characteristics of spacebar. Those are easy to reach, easy to spot, and easy to press. There are so many keyboard shortcuts for Mac that using spacebar, from calling up Spotlight with shortcut Space up to clicking button using spacebar. And of course, to separate words.

Today topic will be focused on how spacebar can replace mouse for clicking.

Spacebar Mightiness, Replace Mouse Tasks to Click

Communication with Mac will often perform the pop-up of several dialog boxes for one day.

Maybe it's like the one above, maybe it's different. But the patterns is the same, what are those patterns?

Access Anywhere with Your Keyboard

Posted by Wendy

Just now I went to apple.com and find some interesting keyboard shortcuts. I will share these with you.

First of all, make sure that your Full Keyboard Access is turned on. If not, press F1 to turn it on.

Access Your Apple

Rejoice guys, now you can have access to your (usually at the corner of your desktop). Press F2 and you will find out that your being highlighted.

That means you can also..

Quit It Already, or I Will Force You

Posted by Wendy

If you happen to have so many applications open. It is such a mountain of apps that your Mac become a bit lag to do your command. You feel that it is necessary to close some apps without opening the apps themselves.

Do not worry, I provide you with better way. Closing without opening.

I think you already know that by pressing will perform you display like this

And pressing Q will make that highlighted application being quitted.

Or if your system does not respond immediately to your action, what is the meaning? You have to force your stubborn apps to quit immediately by using Force Quit. *CTRL ALT DEL* right?

Keyboard Mania

Posted by Wendy

Somehow, I feel proud when I can make something like this..

For you that do not feel better to see that do not blame me, it is depend on personal taste. But it is not only make to be seen by someone like me. The creator of Mac called these Sticky Keys.

It is designed for people who have difficulty in pressing a lot of keys all in once. See those keys sticking on my desktop. It is used to indicate those keys is always pressed.

Kick Away Annoying Things

Posted by Wendy

This is very annoying to see something like this..

or like this..