Get quick access to recently used items
Your Mac is full of files, folders, and applications, and it's always an annoyance to spend time looking for the items you need. OS X offers many tools (for instance, the Dock and the Finder's sidebar) that can help you access things you use day in and day out, but there are also a number of ways you can quickly get to items you've used only recently. Learning these techniques will streamline your work. Read more...

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