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    Whoa...cool feature!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Sam, Jun 18, 2007.

  1. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hey guys...this is slightly random but pretty cool, I never noticed it before.

    This is for the Mac users only, now press Ctrl+Option+Command+8.

    Whoa, eh? :p

    Sorry if some of you guys already knew this, but its cool, I just found out from another forum member at another forum.
     
    Sam, Jun 18, 2007
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  2. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Wow it inverts your Mac Screen( i do not have a Mac ;)
     
    Kdawgca, Jun 18, 2007
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  3. Camel

    Camel Notebook Guru

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    one feature that I really like in my MacBook Pro .. is how it remembers where I set the speaker volume for my earphones .. so, for example, if I have my speaker volume set at 3 .. and then plug in earphones, which I set to say 8 on the volume meter .. when I unplug the earphones, the volume will go back to the original setting (i.e. 3) .. [i'm just using numbers here as an example] .. and then when I plug in the earphone again, it'll remember to take the volume up to 8! .. isn't that cool?! ..

    (err .. I hope that's a feature and not some freak accident only possibly on my machine!)
     
    Camel, Jun 18, 2007
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  4. JimyTheAssassin

    JimyTheAssassin Notebook Evangelist

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    This is some pretty messed up stuff Sam. NBR looks wicked cool now
     
    JimyTheAssassin, Jun 18, 2007
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  5. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Check out the dock icons, they're so cool!
     
    Sam, Jun 18, 2007
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  6. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    OMG! Look at what happens when you press F9! It's ORGASMIC!
     
    Budding, Jun 18, 2007
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  7. HLdan

    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    Cool stuff! I got one! This one takes a screen shot pic but the cursor changes to a real camera. Here's the way:

    Command+Shift+4 then Space bar
    "Capture a window, menu, desktop icon, or the menu bar and save as a file"
     
    HLdan, Jun 18, 2007
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  8. Macdaddy07

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    wrong thread... srry.
     
    Macdaddy07, Jun 18, 2007
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  9. steve_emb

    steve_emb Notebook Consultant

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    Yeh I knew that already, pretty cool. Know whats even cooler? Going to the computer store and inverting the screen colors of every mac in there, haha.
     
    steve_emb, Jun 20, 2007
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  10. Cloud_9

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    I wish I had my MacBook so I knew what you guys were talking about. Take pics!
     
    Cloud_9, Jun 20, 2007
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  11. randfee

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    I like the zoom function even better!! Hold Control then scroll "up" (either moving 2 fingers up the trackpad or using a mouse!)

    This is so useful if you wanna show something to people from afar or make a small movie full screen :)

    @Cloud 9:
    Here is your screen of the inverted Desktop!
    [​IMG]
     
    randfee, Jun 20, 2007
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  12. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    a lot of people do this when they are taking notes in a dark room at my school, lots of art history classes at an art institute, so slides projected on a wall, so less white on the screen=less bright screen. and i am sure some people find the white on black easier to read.

    also very useful for people doing graphics illustrations or whatnot, an easy way to check what something looks like inverted without having to mess with photohop or whatever.
     
    circa86, Jun 21, 2007
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  13. britinusa

    britinusa Notebook Enthusiast

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    wow some of these shortcuts are awesome, is there a website or another thread of these short cuts/cool features
     
    britinusa, Jun 21, 2007
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