View an Email Message’s Folder Path in Mail
~MacOSXHints
Locating an email message in your Mail folder hierarchy is now a snap. As of Snow Leopard’s version of Mail, if you open a message in a new window, Command-clicking (or Control-clicking) on the icon in the title bar of the message window will reveal the path to the enclosing folder for the message (just like it does in the Finder).
Select the folder from the drop-down menu, and it will open in a new Mail browser window. This allows you to easily locate the message within the Mail folder hierarchy, which can prove quite handy.
Delete Email in Mail without Showing Next Message
~MacOSXHints
One of the “features” in Apple’s Mail program that has always annoyed me is how it handles messages after doing a delete operation. If you press Delete to throw away the message you’re currently looking at, Mail displays the next message (marking it read in the process). While I like the fact that Mail marks displayed messages as read, I have always found it annoying that it displays a message that I have not specifically selected (and then marks it as read).
There’s a way around this. Instead of pressing Delete, press Option-Delete.
Yes We Can (Right-Click on a Mac)
~Mac Hints & Tips
Many Mac users don’t know that Macs are as right-click savvy as Windows computers. This misunderstanding is partly Apple’s fault. While Macs have been long able to right click, they shipped with a single-button mouse until 2005. Before that, it was necessary to purchase a third-party mouse with two buttons (or use the Control key, described below).
All desktop Macs now ship with Apple’s Mighty Mouse (which is multi-click capable), but by default the Mighty Mouse is configured for single-button clicking. Likewise, the trackpads on the past few generations of Apple notebooks have the ability to right-tap, emulating the right-click of a regular mouse. However, by default this is also not activated.
Here’s how to configure the Mighty Mouse for right-clicking (or “secondary clicking” as Apple calls it):
1. Open System Preferences (by clicking on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen, then choosing “System Preferences”).
2. Click “Keyboard & Mouse” to open its preference pane.
3 Click the “Mouse” tab.
4 Choose which button you want to assign to use for right clicking (again, called “Secondary Click” here). I suggest using the, uh, right key to right click.
Now you can use your Mighty Mouse to access unique contextual menus for each application.
If you have a recent Apple notebook, you can configure the trackpad to recognize a right click:
1. Open System Preferences (by clicking on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen, then choosing “System Preferences”).
2. Click “Keyboard & Mouse” to open its preference pane.
3 Click the “Trackpad” tab.
Snow Leopard Lets You Shuffle Your Screen Saver
~Tips & Tricks comes from TidBITS
Want to show pictures from multiple iPhoto albums along with various other screen savers? A new Shuffle option in the Screen Saver portion of the Desktop & Screen Saver System Preference pane lets you select multiple sources for your screen saver.
Rotate Several Photos at Once
~TUAW – the unofficial Apple Weblog
Have a bunch of pictures to rotate? Highlight the desired pics in Finder and double-click on one to open them all in Preview. Click the first thumbnail to the right, select all with Command-A, and use Command-L (left) or Command-R (right) to rotate all at once. Quit Preview and Save All.