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Opening
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Introduction
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With OS X Yosemite hitting the streets last month you may or may not have made the leap.
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If you you're like me you haven't yet and might want some advice on when to jump and how to prepare
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If you have upgraded you may still be finding your way around and want to learn bout the new features along with tips and tricks
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In this episode we are going to dive into Yosemite and hopefully cover both these areas.
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OS X Yosemite
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Preparing for OS X Yosemite
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Backup, backup, backup
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I always have two cloned backups, a Time Machine Backup, and Crash Plan
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Seems like overkill, but if you have an issue it won't.
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If you are not doing an erase and install then the second clone may not be needed, but it can be a good safety net
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Check your apps
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Don't forget the small stuff. Login items, menu items, system preference panes, drivers.
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Download and save the installer
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Supported Macs
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iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
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MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
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MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
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MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
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Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
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Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
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Xserve (Early 2009)
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Via the Mac App Store
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Will be downloaded to your Applications folder
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You can make a copy to another Mac or external drive, or USB drive.
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If you move the file out of the Applications folder prior to installing then the file will not be removed after install.
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Use a tool like Diskmaker X, http://diskmakerx.com to make a bootable emergency/ install disk with an 8GB or larger drive.
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Install Yosemite
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Should you install over top or do a clean "erase" and install?
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Over the top is straightforward. Run the installer and follow the instructions.
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Erase and install you'll want to create that boot USB, run Disk Utility, format the drive (backup first), run the installer, on boot up use the migration tool to restore from Time Machine or cloned backup.
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Post install
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Reinstall and check critical apps, if you did an erase and install
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Double check iCloud and iTunes account settings, like Home Sharing, etc.
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Re-setup any backup schedules, etc.
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I like to keep one clone of my olds used for a couple weeks, just in case.
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Preparing for OS X Yosemite
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Backup, backup, backup
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I always have two cloned backups, a Time Machine Backup, and Crash Plan
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Seems like overkill, but if you have an issue it won't.
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If you are not doing an erase and install then the second clone may not be needed, but it can be a good safety net
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Check your apps
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Don't forget the small stuff. Login items, menu items, system preference panes, drivers.
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Download and save the installer
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Supported Macs
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iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
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MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
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MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
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MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
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Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
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Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
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Xserve (Early 2009)
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Via the Mac App Store
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Will be downloaded to your Applications folder
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You can make a copy to another Mac or external drive, or USB drive.
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If you move the file out of the Applications folder prior to installing then the file will not be removed after install.
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Use a tool like Diskmaker X, http://diskmakerx.com to make a bootable emergency/ install disk with an 8GB or larger drive.
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Install Yosemite
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Should you install over top or do a clean "erase" and install?
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Over the top is straightforward. Run the installer and follow the instructions.
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Erase and install you'll want to create that boot USB, run Disk Utility, format the drive (backup first), run the installer, on boot up use the migration tool to restore from Time Machine or cloned backup.
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Post install
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Reinstall and check critical apps, if you did an erase and install
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Double check iCloud and iTunes account settings, like Home Sharing, etc.
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Re-setup any backup schedules, etc.
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I like to keep one clone of my olds used for a couple weeks, just in case.
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OS Yosemite Tips and Tricks
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Go to the dark side
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Enable the new Dark Mode
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System Preferences > General
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Check on the 'Use dark menu bar and Dock' option
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Hack a Dark Theme Shortcut
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From Alex at Cult of Mac
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Copy and paste this into Terminal: '/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist _HIEnableThemeSwitchHotKey -bool true’
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Log out and back in to your Mac.
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Press CTRL + OPT + CMD + T will enable/disable dark mode.
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Find more with Spotlight
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Now searches over 22 kinds of data
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Access with the Command+Space quick key
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Can get recent documents, Maps, contact cards, Wikipedia results, do conversions and calculations and more
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Many results are displayed right inside Spotlight without the need
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In System Preferences > Spotlight you can toggle on or off the results or change their order in the result set by dragging and dropping.
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Can also change the keyboard shortcuts in the settings.
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Batch renaming in Finder
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In the past in OS X you could build a simple Automator Service to get batch renaming in the Finder or use a 3rd party tool like A Better Finder Rename
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Now it’s built in
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In the Finder, select the files you want to rename. You can shift+select a list of files or do the Command+Select thing.
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Then right- or Control-click your selected items
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In the contextual menu you should see a 'Rename X Items…' option. Select that and you’ll get a renaming dialog.
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In the dialog you get three options: "Replace Text," "Add Text," and "Format."
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"Replace Text" allows you to search and replace a piece of text within the filenames selected.
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"Add text" will let you put additional text before or after your filenames
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"Format" let’s you append the date or a number to your filenames
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In the lower-left corner of the window it will display an example of how your renamed files will look before you apply your changes.
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Click 'Rename' and your files will be renamed.
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OS X Extensions
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four kinds of OS X extensions: Actions, Finder, Share Menu and Today (widgets)
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Actions let you access the functionality of an App within other apps or the OS.
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Manipulate images or use the filters of a 3rd party app in Mail for example.
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Share extensions open up the 'Share menu' to add sharing sites
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Today "widgets" add additional data and functionality to the Notification Center sidebar's Today view.
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Finder extensions integrate document services, like Dropbox, within the Finder.
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You can manage all the extensions through System Preferences > Extensions
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They are divided into the four categories in the system preference pane.
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In the Share Menu settings you can re-order items by dragging.
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To add Today widgets in Notification Center you can click the 'edit' button at the bottom of the Notification Center
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Some Widgets have additional settings accessed by clicking the "i" (info icon). Weather for example.
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Markup Extension
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Annotate images and PDFs in Preview
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Markup button in toolbar, looks like a toolbox
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In Mail, click the drop down at the top right of an attachment to open Markup
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Add arrows, boxes, sign signature with trackpad.
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Signatures are also saved. Hover over to get an X in the drop down to delete.
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Map Flyover Tours
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In Maps pins on some famous places, like Stonehenge, will over up a 3D Flyover Tour link
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Click it and you’ll be automatically toured around famous points of interest in a city in the Flyover 3D mode.
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Safari Stuff
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Place cursor in the URL a bar to access Bookmark menu
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Get full addresses back in the URL bar
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Apple now just puts the root domain, but that can make it hard to know what page you’re on.
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Safari > Preferences > Advanced
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Check the 'Show full website address' option under 'Smart Search Field' settings.
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Activate tab view, Shift + Command + \, to see all tabs (including iCloud tabs).
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You can add, close, or rearrange tabs.
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Close tabs on other iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite devices.
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Clear History more precisely
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Safari > “Clear History and Website Data”
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The setting to remove your history, cookies and other web data now offers the last hour, last day, last two days or forever options.
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Add RSS feeds
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In the 'Shared Links' tab of the Bookmarks sidebar
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At the bottom you’ll find the 'Subscribe' link if the site your on has a feed.
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New Private Window
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Command+Shift+N
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All tabs in that window are private and won't be stored in history, searches in safari, or auto fill info.
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URL field in private window is dark
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Private mode searches with Google are still saved/tracked by Google.
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Can switch default search engine to Duck Duck Go
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Safari > Preferences > Search
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Select 'Duck Duck Go' in the Search engine setting
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Only changes the URL bar search in Safari, not Spotlight which is powered by Bing.
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Continuity & Handoff
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Continuity is all the features that let your Mac and iOS devices work more seamlessly together
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That includes things like SMS/MMS in Messages
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Wi-Fi Hotspot activation require BTLE
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Handoff, is a specific feature within Continuity
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Needs Bluetooth low energy
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Typically a Mac made after 2012
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Let's you start a document on one device and seamlessly pick it up on another
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Icon appears to the left of the dock in OS X or on your home screen iOS.
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Most iOS devices have BTLE, so handoff works for location based apps.
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In FaceTime, if your Mac and iPhone are on the same WiFi, you can click a contact and click the Phone icon to have your Mac place a phone call.
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Notice the FaceTime icon now also has a little "phone" on it.
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Locate the contact you want to call by searching
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Click the phone icon and in the drop down pick the number to call.
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You can also initiate the call from Contacts by clicking the "Audio" option and selecting a number from the drop down. If not already open this will launch FaceTime and start the call via. your iPhone.
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I had limited success though with this feature.
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iOS device screen recording
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Using QuickTime when device is connected via USB Lightning cable
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Do a new screen recording in QuickTime and you should see the iOS device as a camera and audio source.
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Messaging & Mail
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Send up to 5GB attachments in Mail
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Uses a feature called MailDrop
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Need to be signed in to iCloud account
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Then you just attach files as normal, but if they are over the sending limits for the provider Mail Drop will be used.
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Files are uploaded to iCloud.com and don;t count against your storage
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On the receiving end, Mail Drop messages are displayed just like regular emails
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If the user is on a Mac, and the settings allow it, then the attachment is automatically downloaded and displayed in-line in the message as normal.
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If they are on a PC they get a download link in the email that takes them to an iCloud.com page to download the attachment.
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Name group messages
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Always used to be it would show up as the name of the person who started the group chat
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Then it was confusing because if you had another conversation going with that person it looked the same
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Now in the group conversation you can click the 'Details' option in the upper right and give the conversation a name
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The name will even sync to your other devices.
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There is also a per group 'Do not Disturb' checkbox that will stop notification from that specific group message while active.
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Easy access to screen sharing
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In iChat you used to be able to do a screen share with a person
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That feature is back in Messages in Yosemite
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When you’re in a message with someone, click 'Details' in the upper right corner
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Then you’ll see a "screen share" icon, click that.
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You have 'Invite to share my screen' and 'Ask to share screen' options.
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Initiates a screen sharing session using the built-in app.
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QuickType, sort of
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When typing in a document you can get a list of predictive words by pressing the 'Esc' key
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Scroll through the list with the arrow keys and press the spacebar to insert the selected word.
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Closing
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Feedback
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