djByron [Dan Byron]husband, father, christian, musician & technophile ( but not a dj )

This video made the apple blog rounds a couple days ago and the tune has been stuck in my head ever since. Is it just me or is this a really infectious melody? Yea, the thought that went into video is pretty impressive too.

One of the first things I noticed about OS X when I started using it a month or so ago was the fact that when you tabbed within a form (whether it be in a browser or a system form) it would skip over certain elements such as drop-down menus. After a few days I had to figure this one out. A quick google search revealed this article. Here’s the really simple fix!

1. Open System Preferences
2. Go to Keyboard & Mouse
3. Click the “Keyboard Shortcuts” tab
4. Select “All controls” for Full keyboard access

In Windows you can capture a screen shot by pressing Alt+Print Screen, but how do you do it in OS X? Turns out that it’s just as easy using one of two built-in utilities.

1. Native Screen shot in OS X Leopard

• Capture entire screen (or multiple screens if you have two or more displays) = Command-Shift-3
• Capture a region of the screen = Hold down Command-Shift-4 and drag cursor over the portion of the screen you want to capture

1. Use “Grab” utility that ships with Leopard

• Launch Grab ( Applications > Utilities folder > Grab )
• Use the “capture” menu found in the menu bar to capture a selection, a window or screen.
• Use the “file” menu in the menu bar to save the screen shot.

Of course there are numerious third party apps available of which skitch is my favorite (and it’s free too).