Information Technology Reference
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Tip 18
Right-Click to Share Anything
OS X Mountain Lion features Share Sheets, which are buttons at the top of
certain program windows (including Finder) that allow you to instantly share
things via Twitter, email, Facebook, and Messages or to AirDrop what you're
viewing or working on (provided accounts for these services are set up within
the Mail, Contacts & Calendars component of System Preferences, of course).
However, you can also right-click just about anything to share it in this way
—right-click an image file on the desktop, for example, and you can select
the Share option on the menu to instantly tweet or post it to your Facebook
wall. This works in Finder windows too, where you can share any file via
email, AirDrop, and Messages. Highlight some text (and/or images) within
TextEdit before right-clicking it, and the same Share option will appear on
the menu, allowing you to send just the highlighted text to your Twitter or
Facebook accounts (if they Send button is grayed out and you're attempting
to tweet something in this way, it might be because you've exceeded the 140-
character limit!).
Tip 19
View Safari's Google History
To see a list of your recent searches in Safari, click in the Address and Search
bar, delete what's there, then either click the magnifying glass icon at the left
of the Address and Search bar or simply hit
SPACE
. The previous searches will
appear in a list beneath, along with some recent history. You can jump
between headings in the list using the keyboard by holding down
COMMAND
and pressing the Up/Down cursor keys.
You can also quickly switch to an alternative search engine by selecting it
from the bottom of this drop-down list. Your new search engine choice will
remain in place until you again select a different choice—even after you restart
Safari.
