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Everskyward
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Do you mean in Safari (the browser?) If so then in the toolbar on top click on View > Zoom in. Alternatively you can press the Command key plus the + symbol.
Go to Systems Preferences either by clicking the Apple icon at the top left of the screen > Systems Preferences, or the grey square box with the gears on the dock at the bottom, then "Desktop and Screensaver".
I discovered that if you are coming from a PC that Macs have a bit of a learning curve.
Tom-D
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So far I've found it similar, it's just a matter of which button does what, and where the files are kept. Much better movie editing and picture storing but sharing, not so much.
So far I have dumped the old dell's data pictures and movies into this machine and have .05% of the hard drive used.
So far I have dumped the old dell's data pictures and movies into this machine and have .05% of the hard drive used.
Everskyward
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When you talk about sharing photos do you mean by email or sharing them on an online site? How are your pictures stored, as individual files or in an iPhoto or Aperture library?
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I've been thru the process several times to get pictures attached to an E-Mail, it simply isn't as easy as the old MS method.
And in this site Mac users can't down load pictures from their mac, you need a off site url to refer to.
it's not that it can't be done.
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Everskyward
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You can just drag the pictures into the email from iPhoto or Aperture. I don't think it gets any easier than that.
You can still do it by using the "Manage Attachments" button or is that not what you mean?
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On Macs, the font size is usually handled by each individual application instead of by the system. However, if the application uses the default font sizes (rare), Tinkertool can change those:
http://bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html
Additionally, the key combination of COMMAND+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN (+) will "zoom" inside almost all applications, and COMMAND+SHIFT+MINUS SIGN (-) to go back down.
What kind of mouse do you have? If you're using a trackpad you can also "pinch to zoom", if you're familiar with that. Place two fingers down on the center of the trackpad and move them apart. Squeeze back together to un-zoom.
Side-note to your question, since I mentioned keyboard shortcuts: It's quite common for advanced Mac users to utilize a number of keyboard commands instead of the mouse.
There's a list of them here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1343
I use OPTION+COMMAND+EJECT all the time, as one example, to put the machine to sleep.
They take a while to get used to, but they're a lot faster than reaching for the mouse or trackpad.
Go to System Preferences, then into Desktop & Screen Saver. Once in there, make sure you're on the Desktop tab at the top of the screen, then you'll see a Finder on the left where you can select from a number of pre-loaded Apple-provided images, or go to "Folders" and add a Folder of your own (for rotating images) or Solid Colors, etc.
Not a problem for someone who knows they're in over their head and willing to learn a few new tricks.
There's some good basic videos on various things that help new Mac users quite a bit here:
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/
Holler if you need more help...
Option-+ (hold the Option (Apple) Key and press + or - ) Also if you have the Zoom accessibility feature turned on (in System Preferences) you can press the CTRL key and zoom the whole screen in and out with the scroll wheel on your mouse.
System preferences - Display
You want to see why you a have Mac?
Run System Preferences. In the Spotlight search window next to the magnifying glass in the upper right hand corner enter "desktop" or "text size"
You can also use Spotlight to find System Preferences - or anything.
Face Steve Jobs and genuflect.
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gkainz
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You mean upload from the local Mac to POA? ... sure you can ...
scroll down, Click Manage Attachments, pic a pic and click ...
Attachments
denverpilot
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Adding to this...
You have to click "Go Advanced" first on your reply here on PoA. Then "Manage Attachments" shows up at the bottom of the screen.
If you just reply from the thread, it's not there.
From there, Greg's got it... just pick a photo and upload it.
denverpilot
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If you're talking about adding a picture to e-mail and not to PoA postings, multiple ways to do it.
Open e-mail and start composing your message.
Click on the paperclip icon at the top-right of the window. That's the icon for "Attachments". Pick your file, it'll be attached.
Or...
Open a Finder window and click on a photo you want to place in the e-mail, hold down the mouse button after you click on it, and "drag" it to the e-mail composition window.
Or...
When you have the composition window for your e-mail open, click on File in the menu, then Attach Files.
Or...
Open your e-mail composition window, start the e-mail, and hit SHIFT+COMMAND+A (A for "Attachments") which does the same thing as going to the menu above.
Note: If you look in menus as you go through them with a mouse, you'll see the keyboard shortcuts right next to the menu items. The COMMAND key also has a little symbol on it, that symbol will be in the menu next to the item instead of the word COMMAND.
Open e-mail and start composing your message.
Click on the paperclip icon at the top-right of the window. That's the icon for "Attachments". Pick your file, it'll be attached.
Or...
Open a Finder window and click on a photo you want to place in the e-mail, hold down the mouse button after you click on it, and "drag" it to the e-mail composition window.
Or...
When you have the composition window for your e-mail open, click on File in the menu, then Attach Files.
Or...
Open your e-mail composition window, start the e-mail, and hit SHIFT+COMMAND+A (A for "Attachments") which does the same thing as going to the menu above.
Note: If you look in menus as you go through them with a mouse, you'll see the keyboard shortcuts right next to the menu items. The COMMAND key also has a little symbol on it, that symbol will be in the menu next to the item instead of the word COMMAND.
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No "manage Attachment" button.
gkainz
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Mac OS/X 10.6.8, Firefox 7.0.1 - I click "Reply" and scroll down below the reply box, in frame Additional Options, Attach Files, and see a Manage Attachment button (see photo).
According to Nate above, tho, this must be because once upon a time, long long ago, I must have selected Advanced Reply somewhere.
Attachments
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I have the "Manage Attachments" button and I use Safari.
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I just clicked the "Quote" button and got the "Manage Attachments" button. This is using Safari and Lion OS X 10.7.1
There is only one.
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
When the day came that Tom is on a Mac.....it's getting cold down there....
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I downloaded it, and can't get passed the license agreement, I can't see the "Agree" button..
looking and looking and still looking.
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Just going on memory here, but if you click continue, there should be a popup window where you can click to agree.
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Finally found it, it's not very visible