{"id":364,"date":"2018-08-12T17:28:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T22:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmediaproduction.mynmi.net\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2025-08-11T18:24:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:24:45","slug":"setting-up-your-mac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nmi.cool\/webdev\/setting-up-your-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up your Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/nmi.cool\/newmediaproduction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/1MhFawAyHU6qkaqF1UV8ulw.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmi.cool\/webdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/1MhFawAyHU6qkaqF1UV8ulw.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/nmi.cool\/webdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/1MhFawAyHU6qkaqF1UV8ulw-300x216.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nmi.cool\/webdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/1MhFawAyHU6qkaqF1UV8ulw-1024x736.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nmi.cool\/webdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/1MhFawAyHU6qkaqF1UV8ulw-768x552.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Original Macintosh (<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/nulla-di-personale\/hello-1984-typography-revolution-has-begun-30ebbea978d5\">source<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you may have noticed, 401 is equipped with a beautiful iMac desktop for each student. We encourage you to use this desktop while you take this course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: You <strong>do not have to use a Mac for this course.<\/strong> This lesson includes helpful hints and shortcuts for Mac users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you&#8217;ve been using a Mac for a while, chances are you can learn to use it more effectively and efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d encourage everyone working on a Mac this semester to try all of these settings and shortcuts for at least a couple weeks. If, after giving them a go, you develop your own preferences, by all means, use those!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Initial Set-up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Enable right-click<\/em>&#8211; You&#8217;ll work&nbsp;<em>so<\/em> much more quickly with this enabled. Go to:&nbsp;System Preferences &gt; Mouse \/ Trackpad &gt; Secondary Click.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Set up Hot Corners<\/em>&#8211; This is one of the biggies for taking advantage of all the drag and drop niceties the Mac offers. Go to: System Preferences &gt; Mission Control &gt; Hot Corners. I set the bottom-left&nbsp;corner to Mission Control and the bottom-right corner to Desktop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just for fun, while you&#8217;re still in System Preferences, go to Accessibility, then choose &#8220;Zoom&#8221; and check the box next to &#8220;Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom.&#8221; Once checked, you can hold down Control and then scroll your mouse wheel \/ swipe on your trackpad to zoom in and out on the screen. In addition to being kind of fun (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LhF_56SxrGk\">Enhance<\/a>!), this ends up being more useful than you might expect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/nmi.cool\/newmediaproduction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-12-at-2.06.38-PM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of properly configured finder\" class=\"wp-image-404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmi.cool\/webdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-12-at-2.06.38-PM.png 882w, https:\/\/nmi.cool\/webdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-12-at-2.06.38-PM-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/nmi.cool\/webdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-12-at-2.06.38-PM-768x498.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Also in Finder, choose View &gt; Show Path Bar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You could also, for this class,&nbsp;type&nbsp;<em>\u2318 + &nbsp;, <\/em>(command and comma at the same time)&nbsp;and set&nbsp;&#8220;New Finder windows show&#8230;&#8221; to whatever folder you&#8217;ll be using for your class projects. This could be a local folder, your flash drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc. This just makes it a little easier to access your class work quickly. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set your Dock to the left by placing your cursor over the thin black divider bar between your app icons and the trash can, right clicking, and choosing &#8220;Position on screen &gt; Left&#8221;. Then, shrink your dock down a bit by keeping your cursor over that thin black divider bar, clicking, and dragging.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next, remove (either by right-clicking or, more satisfyingly, by clicking and dragging toward the middle of your screen until a dust cloud appears) any applications you won&#8217;t be using every day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finally, open Visual Studio Code and Cyberduck. Once each application is open, right-click on its icon in the Dock and choose &#8220;Options &gt; Keep in Dock.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One last thing in Cyberduck: open Preferences, select Editor, click where it says &#8220;TextEdit&#8221;, choose &#8220;Other&#8221; and select Visual Studio Code. Then, make sure you check the box next to &#8220;Always use this application.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keyboard Shortcuts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You must must must must must learn to use keyboard shortcuts to use a computer at all efficiently. You&#8217;ll have to force yourself to do this at first, but once you learn these, you&#8217;ll wonder how you lived without them. Study and practice these until they become second nature. Some of the most frequently used shortcuts are below, but here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/HT201236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">huge list of shortcuts<\/a> in case you are curious!<a href=\"#footnote-1-364\" id=\"note-1-364\" rel=\"footnote\">1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">System-level<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>\u2318 + C<\/em> &#8211; Copy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 + V<\/em> &#8211; Paste<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 + X<\/em> &#8211; Cut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 + S<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; Save<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 + Q<\/em> &#8211; Quit the current application<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Shift (Hold down) + Arrow<\/em> &#8211; Select text<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 + Shift (Hold down both) + Arrow<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; Select text until end of line<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 + Tab<\/em> &#8211; Alternate between current and previous applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 (Hold down) + Tab<\/em> &#8211; Select among open all applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 + ` (To the left of the 1 key)<\/em> &#8211; Switch among open windows within an application<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 + Space<\/em> &#8211; Open Spotlight (Quickly find and open applications and files)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 + Option + Escape<\/em> &#8211; Force Quit (Brings up a dialog that lets you force a frozen application to quit \/ restart)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Chrome<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>\u2318 + T<\/em> &#8211; Create a new tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 + R<\/em> &#8211; Refresh the current tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 + Shift + T<\/em> &#8211; Reopen closed tabs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u2318 + 1,&nbsp;\u2318 + 2, etc.<\/em> &#8211; Switch to the<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">System Utilities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keychain Access<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever taken up your Mac on its offer to save a password for you? If so, it&#8217;s been saved to your keychain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using Spotlight (<em>\u2318 + Space<\/em>), open Keychain Access to view all passwords saved to your account. Scroll through the list or search in the box to find the site \/ app you want to see the password for. Double-click on its name, and when the window pops up, click the checkbox to &#8220;Show password&#8221; and then enter your user password (the one you use to log on to the computer) to display the password.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes\"><hr \/><ol><li id=\"footnote-1-364\" class=\"footnote\"><p>Not a Mac user? Here&#8217;s a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/12445\/windows-keyboard-shortcuts\" target=\"_blank\">handy list of shortcuts<\/a> for PC\/Window&#8217;s users<a href=\"#note-1-364\" class=\"footnote-return\">&#8617;<\/a><\/p><\/li><!--\/#footnote-1.footnote--><\/ol><\/div><!--\/#footnotes-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may have noticed, 401 is equipped with a beautiful iMac desktop for each student. We encourage you to use this desktop while you take this course. Note: You do not have to use a Mac for this course. This lesson includes helpful hints and shortcuts for Mac users. 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