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Archive for May 15th, 2007

Digital Services Lab Tech Tips #2: Ending A Task & Burning A Disc

Posted by Chris Day on May 15, 2007

The Digital Services Lab is proud to present our second in a series of tips, hints, and brief tutorials for using the Macintosh and Digitization Resources in Phillips Memorial Library. To view the other Tech Tips in this series click here

Mac’s version of CTRL-ALT-DEL (Ending a Task)
When using one of our iMac computers, the easiest way quit out of a frozen program is by simultaneously pressing the COMMAND (apple key)-OPTION-ESC keys.  A window will appear select the frozen application and then select Force Quit.

Force Quit can also be found under the Apple menu (top left-hand side of screen).

Easy CD OR DVD Burning on a Mac
Did you know you can burn a CD quickly by dragging your files onto the CD icon and then hitting burn?  Here’s how:

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