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Offline rickl

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Stupid Mac Tricks
« on: April 23, 2011, 11:36:47 AM »
Press control+option+apple+8.

My cat discovered this.  I had to go to the Apple website and search the user forums to figure out what the hell happened and change it back.

I have no idea why this is an option.
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Re: Stupid Mac Tricks
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2011, 11:42:30 AM »
What happens? I'm not gonna try it until you tell what happens, and give the remedy!
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Re: Stupid Mac Tricks
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2011, 11:45:45 AM »
I tried taking before and after screenshots, but the effect doesn't show up in the screenshot for some reason.

The cure is to push the same keys again.
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Re: Stupid Mac Tricks
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2011, 11:47:02 AM »
Quote from: IronDioPriest on April 23, 2011, 11:42:30 AM
What happens? I'm not gonna try it until you tell what happens, and give the remedy!
Aww! come-on where's your sense of adventure! ::hysterical::
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Re: Stupid Mac Tricks
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2011, 11:51:13 AM »
There were three or four threads about this in the Apple user forums, and in every case they started with "My cat was lying on my keyboard..." or "My two-year-old was playing with the keyboard..."
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Re: Stupid Mac Tricks
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2011, 11:54:00 AM »
Hey, I kinda like that look.
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Re: Stupid Mac Tricks
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2011, 12:10:07 PM »
I tried to see if I could do it on a PC at work, but I couldn't figure it out.  This may be a "feature" that is only available on Macs.  Again, I have no idea why.
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Re: Stupid Mac Tricks
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2011, 01:23:14 PM »
I think that cats have a secret code and communicating with eachv other.
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Re: Stupid Mac Tricks
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2011, 01:47:25 PM »
Either that or the word got out that almost every 'puter gots a mouse!

"Maybe it comes out if I push THIS .... ".  "Mewp, maybe this ....". 
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