I like to do my Google searches in the toolbar from either Firefox or Safari. I also like to have the searches open in a new window or tab in the browser that I am using.
To open new the new search from Safari’s toolbar search all you need to do is type in your search terms and instead of hitting enter hit command + enter.
In Firefox the process is much the same, type in your search terms in the …

This may seem like a simple or even obvious post. But, I have friends who have recently switched to the Mac and they don’t always know what the icons represent in the menus for keyboard shortcuts. I did some searching and couldn’t really find anybody explaining what the icons represent. I thought that was a bit odd so I wanted to get something out there for those few Mac newbies (or maybe even the veterans that still don’t know).

The icons …

Show Colors palette in an application

If you are in just about any OS X application and need to see the Colors Palette just type Shift + Command + C and it will pop up for you.

Here at the New Mac User we have been toying with the notion to start the Shortcut – o – the day. We are going to run it for the next week and see what kind of responce we get.

Here is our first Key Board Short Cut
“Option – Command – esc”  To get the Force Quit Window.