You get options when you restart (or shutdown) your Mac. Pay attention to that little checkbox asking whether you want to re-open windows.
Pay attention when you Restart or Shutdown your Mac
How to type accent marks on a Mac keyboard
It's easy to type an accent mark on a Mac. As usual, the good stuff starts with the Option key. Takes a second to learn how.
Essential Keyboard Shortcuts: Command-Up Arrow
If you're looking at a Finder window, and you want to go up one level to the folder that encloses the current one, this is the shortcut for you.
Customize Toolbars in Safari, Preview, and Mail
Here's how you customize Safari's toolbar. Make it a lot better with a couple of quick changes, saving you time and trouble down the road.
How to search your web browsing history in Safari
You can search your browsing history in Safari. This can be very handy for finding articles down the road.
Is that a lowercase L, an uppercase I, or the number 1?
Sometimes you're assigned a password automatically, and it's really hard to tell whether it's a one or an "L" or a zero or an "O." Here's how to figure it out.
How to take stuff out of the Trash and have it go back where it came from, automatically
if you want to take something out of the Trash and put it back where it came from, you can do it in one step. Look for "Put Back" in the Finder's File menu.
Get dimensions of images via Get Info
There's more than one way to do this, but Get Info does reveal the size of an image, in pixels. Rather handy. Try it!
Save a step when emptying the Trash
Save two seconds by skipping the Empty Trash dialog box. Be sure you really want to empty it because they're not going to ask if you're sure.
Move Mac files and folders to the Trash, from the keyboard
Delete an item from the keyboard! You'd think you'd use the Delete key, but you'd only be half right. The other half involves the Command key.