osx-tips.md

Keyboard Shortcuts

Apple's Keyboard Shortcut page

• Cmd + e -- eject selected disk or volume
• F4 -- open Launchpad
• Ctrl + Left/Right -- move between desktops
• Ctrl + Down -- view all windows for current app
• Cmd + Shift + 4 -- screen shot a part of the screen (3 for the whole desktop)
• Fn + i - turn on/off insert

Trackpad Gestures

• two finger swipe left -- opens Notification Center
• tap a word with 3 fingers -- look up word in dictionary
• swipe up 3 fingers -- open Mission Control
• 3 finger drag -- move a selected item from one place to another on desktop

Terminal Commands

rsync

• sudo rsync -vaE --progress /Volumes/SourceName /Volumes/DestinationName -- copy and include extended attributes. See here for more details

homebrew

homebrew is the missing package manager for OS X

• install homebrew:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"