I try to use keyboard shortcuts as much as possible and one of the few things I think Windows does better than Mac OS X (by default) is to let the user be able to shift focus in dialog boxes and through-out the OS using the keyboard. Let’s say you want to select “Cancel” instead of the pre-selected “OK” in a dialog box, just hit tab and enter and you’re done instead of moving that mouse pointer all the way over there.

I mentioned “by default” earlier since the support for tab/shift-tab navigation in Mac OS X actually exists, you just need to enable it; its just enabled for text boxes and lists by default. The checkbox is located at the bottom of the Keyboard Shortcuts section of the Keyboard & Mouse preference pane (some apps might need restarting before you notice the difference).

I’m sure Apple’s $99/year MobileMe syncing service is great and all, but I’m pretty much allergic to any icon in my menu bar I didn’t put there myself (especially those trying to sell me stuff). My screen real estate is limited, mind you – so how do you get rid of that sucker?

The answer is easy enough, just press command (⌘) while drag&dropping it off the menu bar and it’ll poof to death. You can command-drag & drop pretty much all Mac OS-icons in the menu bar (volume, bluetooth, wi-fi, battery indicator, you name it) if you’d like to re-order them.