Function Keys F7 - (on laptop) turn on/off mirroring F9 - zoom out to show all open windows F10 - zoom out to show all open windows of the currently selected application F11 - move all windows to see undelying desktop F12 - show dashboard widgets Some of these can be mapped to mouse buttons. I have F9 mapped to the "squeeze" button. Use System Prferences/Keyboard & Mouse. System Preferences Dashboard & Expose - change function keys, use hot corners (e.g. to turn on screensaver) Dock - change position, size, and magnification etc. of the application dock. Security - require password to unlock screen from screensaver (use this) and use filevault to encrypt if you want. Can pair your remote from here. VPN - Virtual Private Network. This can be used away from work to make it appear that yur laptop is on the university network and so allow access to journals, local pages etc. Ask for help in setting up if you want to use this. Backups - Make sure you have one. Speak to John Rowe. iTunes - Can browse other people's music and share your own. Non-standard software you may want - Desktop manager - allows muliple desktops - Keynote - apple's version of powerpoint. Much easier to use. - GIMP - image manipulation program. - Google notifier - LateX eqn editor - Neooffice - open source office software for OSX ____________________________________________________________________________________ "open junk.txt" - will open file junk.txt in its default application. "open -a textedit junk.txt" - will open file junk.txt in textedit application. Dictionary - hover mouse cursor over a word in mac application while pressing cntrl+apple+d to get a definition.