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now whether you've been using a Mac for
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years or you're just now getting to know
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your Mac nevertheless there's plenty to
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know to help you get the most out of it
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so here are five basic Mac tips that I
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use that you may find helpful one thing
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I've always loved about using a Mac is
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the great doc holding your apps trash
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and more and what's even better is you
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can customize it to your own liking see
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the dock comes stock with preloaded apps
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but just click and drag to remove them
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from the dock or even reor them however
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you want want an app on your doc just
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find it under applications in the finder
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then drag it right onto it it's really
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that simple but say you don't quite like
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having your dock where it is just click
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the apple on the top of the screen hover
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to Dock and you can then turn on
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automatic hiding or even position it to
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a different location turn on
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magnification to see things better or
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customize the details to your
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preferences with just a few short clicks
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now it's also easy to fill up your Mac
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with tons of stuff but finding what you
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need is simple if you just click on
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something in the finder and then hit the
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space bar a preview of whatever you
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click is shown toggle through your
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documents play songs and even check out
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your videos without opening an
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application skip the excess steps and
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find exactly what you want and if you
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love playing audio on your Mac like me
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then this tip will come in handy by
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holding the option key and clicking on
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the sound button on the top of your
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screen you can quickly change your sound
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output and inputs easily playing your it
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iTunes library through your Apple TV or
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favorite Bluetooth speaker just got that
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easier there's a lot going on sometimes
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when working on your Mac which means you
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may tend to clutter the desktop with
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miscellaneous things but if you
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rightclick the desktop you can clean it
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up in no time clean up by name date even
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by size and get your desktop at least a
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little better looking quickly last but
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not least if you tend to leave your Mac
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on its own the screen will either go to
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sleep or start a screen saver like most
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computers but like PCS on your Mac you
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can have the album artwork from your
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iTunes library beautifully display
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itself across your screen just scroll
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way to the bottom of the screen savers
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and hit iTunes artwork and like that
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next time you leave your screen saver to
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run all of your favorite albums fill the
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screen and a new album is added with
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each second use these five basic Mac
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tips and start enjoying your Mac
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experience that much more today and be
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sure to check out all the best Mac news
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tips and more right here on cc.com
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now that was a look at five basic Mac
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tips have you heard of all of these
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before or we want to know exactly what
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