Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Hide your video display in iChat

During an iChat video chat session, to turn off the small display of yourself seen in the corner of the chat window, do Video>Hide Local Video.

Preview a Pages template before opening it

In the Template Chooser in Pages '09, hover your mouse over the thumbnail of a multi-page template to preview all of the pages contained within it.

Show detailed photo info in iPhoto

In iPhoto '09, to show more details about a selected photo such as exposure settings or camera model, do Photos>Show Extended Photo Info.

Send a Safari web page as a Mail message

To send the entire layout of a Safari web page (including all images, links, etc.) as a message in Mail, do File>Mail Contents of This Page, in Safari.

Do "Get Info" on multiple items simultaneously

In the Finder, to show a “Get Info” summary of all selected items, vs. each item individually, press Option and do File>Show Inspector.

Hide or show the Apple the logo watermark in iDVD

To hide or show the Apple logo watermark in an iDVD project, do iDVD > Prefs > General and check on or off ”Show Apple logo watermark".

Split regions of tracks in GarageBand

In GarageBand, to split a region of a track, click on the track to select it, slide the playhead to where you want the split to occur and then do Edit>Split.