[mac4theblind] Mac 101: Mountain Lion's Magic Trackpad triple finger tap dictionary lookup | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
- From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:07:16 -0500
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Mac 101: Mountain Lion's Magic Trackpad triple finger tap dictionary lookup
Let's say you're reading TUAW and you see that I've used the word "peripatetic"
in a post. While some of you would know the meaning of the word, others might
be doing a bit of head-scratching and fire up the Dictionary app on your Mac.
If you have a MacBook with a multi-touch trackpad or a desktop Mac with a Magic
Trackpad, and if you run OS X Mountain Lion on your Mac, you can easily look up
words with a simple gesture.
In whatever you happen to be looking at on your Mac, simply use three fingers
to tap on the word that's causing you confusion. The word is highlighted in
yellow, and a small popup shows you dictionary, thesaurus, and Wikipedia
entries that pertain to it. Sadly, this doesn't work with the Magic Mouse...
It's a fast way to look up words without missing a beat, so give that
perplexing word a triple finger tap the next time you're flummoxed or befuddled.
--
Jonnie Appleseed
with his
Hands-On Technologeye(s)
touching the internet
Reducing technologys' disabilities
one byte at a time
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