Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Make the most out of your new laptop.

Here are a few tips and tricks to get the most of out your new teacher laptop.  

1. Menu Bar - If you hold down the Command key, you can use your mouse or trackpad to rearrange the icons of the menu bar at the top of your screen.
2. Dragging Text - You can highlight text on your Mac and then hold down with the trackpad or a mouse to drag that text into another app. If you drag text to the desktop, it'll create a new text clip document.

3. Split Screen - To quickly access the split-screen multitasking mode on your Mac, click and hold the mouse cursor over the green button in the upper left hand corner of any app window.

4. Emoji - To insert an emoji into any document or message, hold down the Control and Command keys and then press the spacebar to bring up an emoji menu interface where you can choose an emoji.
5. Customize your Dock- You can add or remove any application from your dock.  To add an application simple find the program in your application folder and drag and drop it where you want it on the dock.  To remove, grab it from the dock and throw it in the trash.