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Sound

By pressing the volume up or down key you can adjust the master volume of the computer. If you want to hear a beep sound with each press (so you know what the volume level is), you can hold down the shift key while pressing the volume key. Note that this is the opposite behaviour of earlier systems. The volume down button reduces the volume and the mute button sets it ti zero.

You can play MP3 music files, Quicktime movies, etc in column view by just hovering over the large preview/icon in the right column, then clicking the play button which appears at the center of the preview.

If you need finer control of the sound level use option+shift+volume-up or option+shift+volume-down. This adjusts volume in finer steps. To quickly open the Sound Preferences, press option+volume-up. This actually works with any of the volume keys. You can also hold down the option key and click the speaker icon on the menu bar to quickly change the audio input or output.