OS X Mountain Lion, the ninth version of the operating system running Macintosh laptop and desktop computers, has gotten generally rave reviews. This isn’t surprising. The operating system is both robust and easy to use*. But are you getting the most out of your Mountain Lion experience? There are a couple of tricks you can use to boost your productivity while using OS X Mountain Lion, and Mark Crump, a writer for GigaOM, has the goods.
Managing Mail
Crump gives strategies for tackling your email inbox; this is smart, because many of us get overwhelmed by our chaotic inboxes. In general many of us have inboxes that are filled with unnecessary emails. The amount of email that actually matters is fairly small. To help with this common problem, Apple created the Mountain Lion Notification Center. The notification center allows you to create alerts that pop up when emails comes in to your inbox. You can create specific credentials so that it only notifications you when you receive emails from select parties.
This way you stay on top of your important emails and don’t get notified when emails from Groupon come in.
The Power of Reminders
It can be easy to forget to pick up milk at the grocery store on your way home from work. It can be just as easy to forget that 3 p.m. phone call scheduled with an important client. Fortunately, Mountain Lion’s Reminders app can help eliminate missed appointments and forgotten tasks. The program, which is simple to use, will send you pre-set reminders of important appointments and jobs. You may also check off your tasks when you have completed them.
Relying on Notes for Important Codes
Another common problem most people suffer from is forgetting passwords and pass codes. Mountain Lion has a feature to help with this as well. You can use the notes feature to give you quick access to your passwords. This is particularly handy if you have a long pass code you need to use for a conference call. You can set a reminder about your call and use the note feature to save the pass code. Moreover, it syncs with iOS Notes so you can have access to it wherever you are.
*We love Microsoft but as IT people we are fans of well-designed technology, regardless of the label.
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