Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Tip 381
Create an Instant Wired Network Between Macs
To create an instant network between two Macs, just connect them via a
standard network cable. Your Mac will take care of the rest. Then enable file
sharing on one or either Macs—open System Preferences (Apple menu→System
Preferences), and click the Sharing icon. Then check File Sharing. The other
Mac should now appear in Finder under the Shared heading. You'll need to
log into the other Mac using the account you have on that computer.
Tip 382
Use Full-Color Emoticons
Emoji are similar to emoticons you might already use: things like :-) for a
smiley face, for example. The difference is that they're full-color high-quality
images, and they're usually distributed as a special font. They're popular in
Japan and are rapidly spreading to the West.
OS X includes default support for Emoji, as does iOS, the operating system
that runs the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Therefore, you can add them to
email messages, for example, and text documents created with apps like
TextEdit, although apps such as Microsoft Word don't currently support
Emoji.
Setting Up Emoji Access
Emoji can be inserted using the Special Characters palette, which you can
activate in most apps by clicking Edit→Special Characters (or by hitting
OPTION
+
COMMAND
+
T
).
If that option isn't visible, you can add the Special Characters app to the
Dock, where you can click to activate it in all apps. To do so, open a Finder
window, and hit
SHIFT
+
COMMAND
+
G
. In the dialog box that appears, type
/SYSTEM/LIBRARY/INPUTMETHODS
. Then look for the file called
CHARACTERPALETTE
. Click and
drag it to the Dock to create a shortcut for future use. Alternatively, you can
drag it to the desktop, but before releasing the mouse button, hold
OPTION
+
COMMAND
to create an alias.
