Good information, thanks! I plan to upgrade in the next few days, maybe today, and I'll keep this all in mind.
On 7/25/12, Timothy Hornik <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am enjoying some of the new features within Mountain Lion. So far I played > with the Notifcation Center, Message, and Dictation. I will cover some of > the basics with these and installing Mountain Lion. First off, I am not an > uber mac user, just a standard user with little to no experience with > understanding anything outside fundamentals of Coive Over. > > Installing Mountain is easy. As stated in a previous email, no worries. Just > make sure you back-up your system. The only thing I did to prepare for the > install was update my billing information. I did not update any software, > run the checker, or anything else as my system is a Mac Mini from last year. > The entire install took an hour from hitting the comfirm to buy button to > logging in. > > Notification Center Set up: > First thing to do is head to System Preferences, Keyboard, and then to the > shortcuts tab. You will need to create a shortcut for the Notification > Center, which is located in the Mission Control option. I am using Command > Option Shift N for mine. > > Once done with the shortcut, head back to system preferences and go to the > Notification Center. You have a table with the various apps that use the > Notification center. Select each one you wish to receive either an alert, > banner, or none alert. These pop up just like they do on the iPhone and > iPad. > > Now use your shortcut to enable and play with the Notification Center. To > move away from the center, either Command Tab or find the close button. > > Messaging > I am really liking this feature. It using iMessage, so you can only sent a > message to an email or another iMessage user. For this one, you need to dig > it out from your Application folder, so hit Command Shift A or go through > finder to find it. Once you find it, open it and insert your iCloud > information. You will also want to go into the dock, and find the Message > App. Hit VO Shift M and go down to Option and then keep in Dock. I say this, > cause you will want this in your dock, unless you create a keyboard shortcut > for it. > > The layout is as simple as Messaging is on the iPhone. Best part is, > iMessages created on the Mac will appear on your iPHone and iPad with the > same iCloud user ID. This allows you to carry on conversations from your Mac > and then pick it up while traveling. > > Dictation > Yeah, this works awesome, even with my mumbling Chicago-ish accent. Go back > to System Preferences once last time and navigate to Dictation and Speech. > Enable it and select your microphone. You will also need to select an > activation method. The standard drop menu gives you Double Tapping of either > the Function key, Command, RIght Command, or some other combination. When > you are in a text field, double tap the key you selected and start talking. > When you are done, double tap it again. > Thank you for your assistance, > Timothy Hornik > [email protected] > H: 785.856.1172 > M: 785.330.3503 > LinkedIn Profile: http://tiny.cc/7bfa5 > Blog: http://www.samobile.net/users/timothy.hornik/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
