Quick Tip for OSX Bloggers


If you use the built-in Dictionary facilities of your Mac while creating content, you probably know about Ctrl-Command-D. You can use this key combo to look up a word in the built-in dictionary. Well, turns out that after you look up the initial word, you can keep holding Ctrl-Command (ie: let go of D key) and as long as you move the mouse around, your mac will look up the active word (under cursor) in it’s dictionary. Neat!!!

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23 responses to “Quick Tip for OSX Bloggers”

  1. I didn’t know this…thank you!

    By the way, I just found you on “Blogs of Note”. I’m going to throw this site a bookmark because it sounds like you may have some really interesting content, and if I like what I see after awhile I’ll add you to my blogroll. =)

  2. Nice, But i thought all of the peeps here on blogger, actually knew how to spell, thanks for informing me the IQ of theese bloggers!

  3. Awesome possum.
    /bookmarked
    I found this on Blogs of Note as well :)

  4. @ anonymous:
    OS X is the Vista-equivalent operating system for Macs. The current version, 10.4, is called Tiger, and the next version out in October is Leopard.

    @ a.m.:
    …speak for yourself?

  5. Hi, great blog!

    I’ve just put a link to your blog on mine, check it out its still pretty new: Boldinvestors! Its a technology blog which I focus on the business aspects of tech.

    I’d love if you could link me back from your blog.
    Thanks.

  6. Wow, thanks for the tip . . . .I could actually use that often.

  7. This is SO over my head, it is not even funny. :(

  8. Wait… control-command-D doesn’t work when I hit the keys.

    What… am I doing wrong? Or is it just… What the hell is going on? :P

  9. English Man,

    You’re probably trying it in a unsupported app. Maybe Camino?

    Try it in Apple Mail or Safari or something like that. It works (Assuming you have OSX 10.3+…..right?)

    TTYL
    Many

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