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Taking Pictures of Your Screen
Action Shortcut
The entire screen. Press Command-Shift-3
Part of the screen. Press Command-Shift-4, then drag to select the area you want in the picture.
To take a picture of a window, the menu bar, the Dock, or other area Press Command-Shift-4, then press the Space bar. Move the pointer over the area you want so that it's highlighted, then click. If you decide you want to drag to select the area, press the Space bar again.If you press Command-Shift-4 and decide you don't want to take the screen shot, press the Escape key.
*** Screen shots are saved as files on the desktop. If you want to put the screen shot in the Clipboard, rather than create a file, hold down the Control key when you press the other keys. You can then paste the picture into a document.

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Archiving or "zipping"
files and folders.		 Archiving files and folders creates a copy of the items in a compressed file. Archived files take up less disk space than uncompressed files, so archiving is useful for making backup copies of your data or sending information over the Internet. To archive a file or folder:
  1. Select an item or items in the Finder.
  2. Choose File > Create Archive.

If you archive a single item, the archived file has the name of the original item with a ".zip" extension. If you archive multiple items at once, the archived file is called Archive.zip.

When you open an archived file, the archive is replaced by a folder that contains uncompressed copies of the original items.
Burning a CD-R or DVD. If your computer has a CD-writer or SuperDrive, you can burn files onto CD discs using the Finder. By default, Mac OS X burns CD discs in a format that can also be used on non-Macintosh computers.
  1. Insert a blank CD or DVD disc into the optical drive of your computer.
  2. If you see a dialog, you can choose an action from the pop-up menu and select "Make this action the default" if you want the same thing to happen every time you insert a blank disc. Then click OK.
  3. Type a name for the disc under the CD icon.
  4. Drag files and folders to the open disc window and arrange the files exactly as you want them. The names of files, folders, and the disc can't be changed after the CD is burned.
  5. Choose File > Burn Disc.
  6. Select the burn speed and click Burn.
Add an icon to the Dock. Drag an icon from a Finder window to the Dock. Put application icons to the left of (or above) the line in the Dock, and all other icons to the right of (or below) the line.
See the Dock shortcuts menu. Control + click in background of the Dock.
Change the size of the Dock. Drag the dividing line in the Dock.
See open windows in an application. Click the application's icon.
Switch to another application and hide all other applications. Command + Option + click the icon in the Dock.
Quit an open application. Press its icon and choose Quit from the pop-up menu.

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