You will find eight of my favorite features below:
Add to iTunes as Spoken Track
Create an iTunes audio track of selected text.
- Open a document
- Services > Add to iTunes as Spoken Track
Favorites Bar in Safari
Access websites quickly.
- Click the web address in the address bar
- Add items: click the favicon and drag to the Favorites Bar
- Delete items: click the shortcut and drag from the Favorites Bar
- Edit items: click and hold on the Favorites Bar
Summarize Text
Highlight text and summarize it.
- Apple > Systems Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts
- Select Services (left column)
- Click the checkbox for Summarize (under Text)
- Close System Preferences
- Open a document
- Select text (highlight it)
- Application menu > Services > Summarize
Dictionary
Look up a word in a dictionary.
- Open a document
- Highlight a word
- control+command+d
Help with Spelling
Get spelling suggestions for a word.
- Open a document
- Type a few letters of a word
- Press the esc key
Take Screen Captures
Take a picture of all or part of a screen.
- shift+command+3 (takes a picture of the entire screen)
- shift+command+4 then drag a rectangle on the screen (takes a picture of a part of the screen)
- Images appear on the Desktop
Make Screen Video Recordings
Take a video of all or part of a screen.
- Launch QuickTime Player (in the Applications folder)
- File > New Screen Recording
- (Use the down arrow next to the red record button to select microphone)
- Press the red record button
- (Follow the on-screen directions)
- Stop the recording by clicking the stop button in the menu bar toward the right
Reader View
Remove distractions from web pages in Safari.
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Remove distractions from web pages in Safari.
- Visit a webpage
- Click the tool below that looks like stacked horizontal lines (appears only when available):
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Thanks for this helpful information.
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