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Quickly Boot to Bootcamp Windows

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If you are using Bootcamp, you will notice that you can boot to Max OS X quickly using the system tray icon. In order to boot to Windows you need to go to preference and select the startup disk. Is there a way to boot into Windows quickly? Yes. There are several solutions including using the startup disk under system preference and installing an app for it. I will show you how to boot to Windows using Startup disk. Then I will show you the instructions to create an shortcut or alias so that access the startup disk quickly. Using Startup Disk 1. Select System Preference. 2. Click Startup Disk 3. Select "BOOTCAMP Windows" and click restart. Create a Shortcut to Startup Disk 1. Open a Finder. Goto the first level folder of your disk. 2. Select System >> Library >> PreferencePanes. If you prefer to use command line the path is /System/Library/PreferencePanes 3. Under PreferencePanes, find StartupDisk.prefPane. Create a sh...

How to Setup Default Zoom in Safari

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Create a separate css file as below: body { zoom: 130%; } Save the file as anyfilename.css and place the file in a convenient place. Note: When using the text editor, remember to save the file as plain text file instead of default rich text format. Select "Format" and then select "Make plain text". Also make sure that the file extension is .css instead of .txt On safari, Select Preference >> Advanced Under style sheet select your file *****

Screen Capture on Max OS X

To perform screen capture in Mac OS X use the following keys: Command+Shift+3 - Screen capture the whole desktop Command+Shift+4 - Draw custom screen (A + sign appears and you draw the space you need to capture) Command+Shift+4 then Space - A camera icon appears and you can select which application window you want to capture Note: To copy the screen shot to clipboard add Ctrl such as Command+Shift+Ctrl+3 will capture the entire desktop and save to the clipboard. Use Grab.app Applications The application allows you to display drop down menu and cursor while performing screen capture. To use this app from Finder, select Applications >> Utilities and select the app Grab.app. Under "Capture", you are given various options: Selection, Window, Screen and Time Screen. The first 3 options are similar except that it captures the cursor. The most useful option is Time Screen. Once selected, you are given 10 seconds to select the drop down menu and...