Practical Tips in plain language — how to use your Mac, iPad, iPhone or iPod.

Command drag files to move them between drives

Lack of the green + symbol shows the file is being moved not copied.

By default the Mac copies a file if you drag it from one drive to another. If you don’t want to keep the original though, hold down the Command key to move the file instead.

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Flick files to a nearby Mac with AirDrop

Do you want to send the file to this person?

AirDrop is built-in to Lion (OS 10.7) and lets you send files to a nearby Mac (with Lion) with just a couple of clicks. No mess, no struggle, no hair-pulling. Here’s how.

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Recover lost data in Lion

It’s all too easy to accidentally wipe out a word, line or page from a document you’re working on. An accidental brush of the hand on a trackpad at the wrong moment can do it. With some apps on Lion it needn’t be a big drama though: just look at an automatically saved older version of the document to get the lost data back. Here’s how.

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Quickly rename batches of files with ease

Rename files with A Better Finder Rename.

If you have more than a couple of files to rename then A Better Finder Rename is an app you’ll find very helpful. I use it frequently. Here’s an intro to the app, showing how to make filenames lower case.

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