Some Tips and Tricks to Test any application in MAC

Some Tips and Tricks, these may help in testing any application in Macintosh or MAC environment.

Capture Screenshot
Below shortcuts can be used to take a screenshot.
1. Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop
2. Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop
3. Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop
4. Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard
5. Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard
6. Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard

Changing settings
We can change hardware or OS settings using 'System preferences' feature of MAC.
7. To change Proxy settings, Open 'System preferences' and click 'Network' under ‘Internet & Network’. In Network pane, under proxies tab, we can change the proxy settings for the required Proxy servers like Web proxy (HTTP) or Secure Web proxy (HTTPS) after selecting them.
8. To get the IP address of MAC, Open 'System preferences' and click 'Network' under ‘Internet & Network’. In Network pane, under TCP/IP tab, we can see the IP Address, DNS Servers and other details.
9. To change the Resolution of MAC, Open 'System preferences' and click 'Displays' under ‘Hardware, in Displays pane, we can change the resolution and color settings
10. Firewall can be accessible from Open 'System preferences' and click 'Sharing' under ‘Internet & Network’, in Sharing pane, select Firewall Tab

Finder
11. Finder is a feature of MAC from which we can access or go to all folders of the MAC. We can access Applications, iMAC, network path etc

Installing and Uninstalling Applications
12. Applications can be installed using the installation wizard of the application after downloading it. All Installed Applications can be viewed in Applications folder of Finder
13. To uninstall any application, just drag and drop the Application icon from Application folder to Trash.


Sharing files between MAC and Windows machines
14. We can access the share of MAC in Windows machine using IP address. iMAC folder of MAC can be accessible using IP address of MAC. To enable this, Open 'System preferences' and click 'Sharing' under ‘Internet & Network’. In Sharing pane, enable ‘Windows Sharing’ service under Services Tab. We can have write permissions on this iMAC folder based on user credentials

Right click in MAC
15. Control + Mouse click is equal to right click in MAC

Command prompt/Terminal
16. Terminal can be accessible from Utilities folder under Application folder of Finder

Host files in Web service
17. To host files in MAC web service, we need to copy those files to the 'Documents' folder in 'Library'. 'Library' can be accessible from MAC hard disk on clicking Macintosh icon in the desktop. Copy the file in the 'Documents', User can access the file using local host link like http://LocalHost/