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TUAW Tip: Initiate Bluetooth File Exchange with a keyboard shortcut
TUAW-lover Andrew accidentally discovered that if you select a file in the Finder and press Apple + Shift + B (aka Command+Shift+B), it brings up the Bluetooth File Exchange application and prompts you for which device you want to send the selected file(s) to.I love keyboard shortcuts and I know an awful lot of them but this is one that I either never knew or once knew but quickly forgot. Incredibly handy!
Thanks, Andrew!
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Evan DiBiase said 7:25PM on 10-10-2006
It's actually a shortcut for a service called "Send File to Bluetooth Device..." There are a bunch more interesting shortcuts hiding in the Services menu, inside of pretty much every application menu.
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Paul said 7:52PM on 10-10-2006
A little off topic but I wondered whether anybody else is a bit frustrated with the time-delay from ordering their new iPod Shuffle and the 'shipping' date.
I know they said available October, but mine says shipping 31st October and I ordered the little blighter the morning after it was annouced! Anybody know whether this date might be brought forward at all, or is everybody in the same boat?
I thought maybe TUAW would do a post on this since normally I find Apple's new products are available pretty much 'shipping 24hr' like, say, the iPod Nano was.
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jason said 7:58PM on 10-10-2006
I love quick-keys, unfortunately our internal systems are run on filemaker, and command-shift-b is the command for BOLD (since command-b does "something else". Unfortunately, this means when I get my programs confused, I end up opening the bluetooth setup when I really would rather have bold... :(
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Sherrd Faulks said 8:14PM on 10-10-2006
Not necessarily. I hit Cmd-Shift-B and Fugu opened up with a Secure Copy window!
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Andrew said 9:14PM on 10-10-2006
There are many keyboard shortcuts in applications, but what makes this one more ... important is that it's a Finder shortcut. And another practical use of this shortcut could be to send any PDF or .jpeg on your desktop to your bluetooth enabled printer! enjoy :-)
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Matt Rausch said 12:14AM on 10-11-2006
Oops.. it's also the command for turning off the Bookmark Bar in Camino..
:/
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David said 1:07AM on 10-11-2006
What a neat shortcut.
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pixelbender said 2:08AM on 10-11-2006
Can we say SAWEET shortcut? I'm not much for'em, but this one I can actually use (and keep my BT icon hidden from the top taskbar now).
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Josh said 3:20AM on 10-11-2006
I am also experiencing Fugu activity. Sigh.
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Nicole said 5:19AM on 10-11-2006
thanks for this information
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MacaholiQ said 8:53AM on 10-11-2006
One of the best shortcuts so far, thanks for sharing! :D
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Mikey said 9:06AM on 10-11-2006
I've been using this for years, i'm always making stupid movies and stuff for my phone and this is ideal for just quickly zapping things over.
It's also cool to show off the Mac too, it seems you have to go through hoops to send a file through BT on a PC, so when you show them that pressing a couple of keys does the trick on the Mac they love it.
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Thom Brooks said 2:34AM on 10-24-2006
The link in my comment is to the download page for Nicholas Jitkoff's 'Service Manager' PreferencePane. It was really handy for turning off that annoying Cmd-Shift-B shortcut that would always launch Bluetooth File Sharing instead of bolding my text. Hope it helps.
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