Name - Pat Fauquet
Location - Fairfax County VA
I work with Bob LeVitus in his Dr. Mac consulting business. I am an active member of the Macintosh user group community. I have been solving Mac problems and teaching Mac users for over 20 years.
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About this Blog:
This blog is written for the beginning to intermediate Macintosh user. While there are many technical information sites, my purpose is to write clear solutions to common Macintosh problems with lots of illustrations to make it easy to follow along.
In my work as a consultant, I must keep my computer up-to-date, so illustrations and directions will be made from the latest version of the Mac OS X operating system.
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* Cleaning up your desktop
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* Taking notes on your Mac and iPhone: Notes in Mail
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* HDMI cables cost how much?
* Welcoming in the New Year
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* Doctor Mac Newsletter 31
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* Safari - Know where you are going
* Safari Toolbar - Make it yours
* Close those windows
* Editing iCal Events
* Overcome by life
* Snow Leopard: Do I need Rosetta?
* Snow Leopard: Slow to empty trash?
* More Option key menu bar tricks in Snow Leopard
* The Option key does even more in Snow Leopard
* Using Speak Text in Snow Leopard
* Equalizing song volumes in iTunes
* Reading menus and drive directories
* Traveling with your Mac
* Do you back up your external drives?
* New gear for my new iPhone
* Printing from blogs and other long pages
* Is your Internet connection down? Pt. 1
* Is your Internet connection down? Pt. 2
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The Option key does even more in Snow Leopard
Last night I read a Twitter message (I wish I had saved it) that mentioned that you could learn lots of information about your last sync by holding down the "Option" key while clicking on its icon in the Menu Bar. Let's explore this tip.
First, you will need a MobileMe account. Don't have one? You are missing one of the Mac platform's best features, the ability to synchronize information between your Macs, iPhones, the Web and even PCs. Check here for more information. If you have MobileMe, read on!
The icon for Sync looks like this -- if it is in your Menu Bar:
If it is not there, you can add it by opening System Preferences. Here are three different ways to open them:
Locate the Mobile Me icon:
Click on it, then choose the "Sync" tab. There is a checkbox in the lower left corner of the window. When there is a check in that box, the Sync icon will appear in your Menu bar.
If you click on the icon in the Menu bar, it will look like this:
If it is in the process of synching, it will look like this:
If there is a problem, there will be an exclamation mark in the middle of the icon and the problem will be noted in the box (Sorry--I forgot to capture that one!)
So, what's with the Option key?
Hold it down while clicking on the Sync icon in the Menu bar and you see this:
There is a lot to explore here! I am particularly interested in Sync Diagnostics… and Reset Sync Services…, but it's time for me to get busy. Check back soon for more Snow Leopard secrets and try holding down that Option key while clicking on more of the Menu bar icons!
--Pat