Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Importing Sounds for Use by the System
Once the sound file has been converted to AIFF format, it must be imported
for use and activated.
1.
Open a Finder window, hit
SHIFT
+
COMMAND
+
G
, and type
~/LIBRARY/SOUNDS
.
2.
Click and drag the AIFF file you created earlier to the directory, and then
close Finder.
3.
Now open System Preferences (Apple menu→System Preferences), and
click the Sound icon. In the pane that appears, click the Sound Effects
tab, and select your sound effect from the list—the sounds will be listed
alphabetically.
4.
The changes will take effect immediately, but to test the new sound effect,
click it once or twice.
To go back to using built-in system alert sounds, simply open System Prefer-
ences, and then open the Sound pane as described previously; next, ensuring
the Sound Effects tab is selected, select one of the default entries from the
list. You can then delete your sound files from the
~/LIBRARY/SOUNDS
folder.
Tip 278
Bulk Shrink, Rotate, or Flip Pictures in Preview
Your Mac's built-in image viewer, Preview, includes the ability to adjust the
size of a picture and to rotate it.
If you open several pictures at once, you can adjust all of them simultaneously.
You may find this useful for preparing photos for use online, for example, or
for correctly orienting several photos that were taken in portrait mode.
Manipulating Individual Pictures
To shrink, rotate, or flip an individual picture, just open it in Preview, and
click Tools→Adjust Size, Tools→Rotate Left/Rotate Right, or Tools→Flip
Horizontal/Vertical on the menu.
Manipulating Many Pictures
To bulk-tweak photos, open a Finder window and select all of the picture files
in the usual way, by rubber-band selecting them or by using
SHIFT
and/or
