Let Lion Roar! Mac OS X Lion: Tips & New Features (LLR)
by U of Wisconsin-Whitewater, iCIT - Jerzy George Jura
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Description
Let Lion Roar! (LLR) is a series of short screencasts that present tips and new features in Mac OS X Lion (10.7), especially as it is used on UW-Whitewater campus. New episodes are published once a week. The same content is also available directly on the web (via Vimeo, at vimeo.com/channels/letlionroar). You can find more info about how OS X Lion is used on UW-Whitewater campus at: bit.ly/uwwosxlion. Podcast cover photo credit: Flickr by Tambako the Jaguar, Creative Commons Attribution license.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Video10 I want my Dashboard back! | In this episode we switch our Dashboard to the OVERLAY mode (like the one it previously had in snow / Leopard), and we customize one of the Hot Corners to act as a new Dashboard trigger. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Video09 What happened to File > Save? Versions and Restore (LLR) | An overview of the new way of SAVING files in OS X Lion, for now only available in some apps (mostly Apple's iWork and OS X apps, such as TextEdit and Preview). We explore what happened to SAVE and SAVE AS, and how the new versions of these familiar comma | 3/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Video08 Rediscovering Spotlight: Not just for finding files faster | Spotlight can be used to quickly find files; this video shows a few keyboard shortcuts that make searching for and opening files more efficient; it also shows how to use Spotlight as a simple calculator and a quick lookup dictionary for word definitions. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Video07 Let's talk about Trash (LLR) | This episode explores different ways of sending files to Trash in OS X Lion, and of emptying Trash. | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Video06 Resizing Windows in Lion + Moom App (LLR) | New method of resizing windows in Mac OS X Lion, and an overview of a thrid-party add-on app, called Moom, that makes window management in Lion much easier. | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Video05 Switching Between Applications (LLR) | InOS X Lion, to switch among applications, use the Command-Tab key on your keyboard; to switch between windows of the same application, use Command+~ (tilde, the key to the left of 1 on the numbers row). | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Video04 A Few Quick Finder Tips (LLR) | A few quick tips for viewing files in the Finder, as adjustable size icons, lists, columns, or in ScreenFlow view. Tips on previewing and opening files in default and non-default applications, and on navigating the folder structure. | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Video03 Removing Items from the Sidebar (LLR) | This video shows that in Lion you cannot remove items from your Finder's Sidebar by dragging them off (as it worked in Snow Leopard). In Lion, rght-click pop-up menu + select Remove from sidebar, or Cmd + drag. | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Video02 Resume Feature Overview (LLR) | Resume feature in Lion is quite flexible: beyond the all-or-nothing approach, which allows users to turn the feature on or off for ALL applications on their computer, it's possible to get more control by using the modifier keys (on one's keyboard) when qu | 1/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoMission Control Overview (LLR) | A general overview of Mission Control feature in Mac OS X Lion. | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | Apple OS X Lion: Top New Features | -- | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Episodes |
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