25 macOS Tips & Tricks You Need to Know!
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- There are dozens if not hundreds of macOS shortcuts and tricks to streamline your workflows and make it easier to use your Mac, but many of these shortcuts are easily overlooked or forgotten.
In this video, we asked MacRumors readers on Twitter and RUclips for their favorite, most useful macOS tips, which we've compiled below. Some of these are more basic and will work for all users, while others are a bit more advanced. Check out our video to see them in action, or read through the guide for a quick overview.
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⌘⌃␣ for quick emoji typing.
⌘T for quick tabs
⌘W to close a tab
in the spotlight, once you find the file, if you want the location press cmd+r to get into the folder of that file.
OMG!!! Thank you for the Options setting for Hot Corners!!!!!!
You can rearrange the app icons in your Menubar (the bar on the very top of your screen) by holding down CMD and dragging them!
This works even for the Date and Time
Wow!! OMG, thanks, man. I always felt like the Date and Time always comes in the way, and the Sounds one is not the one I frequently use. Thank you so much.
@@AnthonyGii not in Big Sur apparently
Option(alt) + Shift + Brightness/Volume for smaller adjustments
woah
Click "F" while watching You Tube to go direct to full screen!
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This is actually a universal shortcut more assosiated with the website regardless of what OS you're running.
@@j800r_aswell wow, I never knew this! thank u
Thank you so much. This one is truly useful and easy to remember.
Click "cmd /" on youtube website to get all youtube shortcuts, idk whether it works for other sites
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to everyone who has not heard of this before lol.
CMD-L and then CMD-Enter duplicates the current URL into a new Tab.
Oh my gosh, so good! I just made my first ever Mac hacks vid, but this one is NEXT LEVEL. I have been using a Mac for 15 years+ and I had no idea about the tilde key window swap feature. That is absolutely life changing when operating in photoshop. Thank you for putting this together so much value! 🤘🏻
Thank you so much. I’ve been a Mac user for over 20 years and you’ve shown me something new!!! 👍🏼
I have been using a Mac for almost a decade now and consider myself good at such tips, but I still learnt a few new ones. Thanks.
Thanks. These have been really useful to find out about. It’s taking me some getting used to after using windows for over 20 years but these tips are going to make me feel right at home as I did almost everything with shortcuts before but was struggling to find some of them. So thanks once more.
I use many of those keyboard shortcuts through my Magic Mouse simply by creating gestures with BetterTouchTool, like a 2 finger swipe up to open Finder, 2 finger swipe down to Cmd+W, 3 finger swipe down to Cmd+Q, and so on. We can even create gestures for specific apps, as a 2 finger click to duplicate a layer in Photoshop or whatever you want. For me, it’s the #1 trick that makes macOS so much better and faster.
this was great! I just got my first MacBook Pro and this was so helpful 😊
Thank you for the great helpful tutorials. I really enjoy watching your videos. I appreciate your great work. Keep it up.
Here are a few tips I love on macOS:
1. Drag a file or folder from finder into any Save or Open file dialog box and you'll be taken to that location. If you drag a file, an Open dialog will select that file for opening and a Save dialog will enter that filename.
2. Drag things from Spotlight. Hit Cmd-Spacebar to open Spotlight and conduct a search. You can drag out images, files, folders, and more. Plus, combine this with my tip #1 and you can drag files or folders from Spotlight into Save and Open dialogs!
3. Hold Shift when pressing volume up or down to either mute or make the volume sound. It does the opposite of your system default.
Thx this will help a lot I’m just getting my very first Mac and I’m super excited!
That hot corner option key tip really blew my mind :D I have disabled hot corners coz some games don't lock mouse to middle so corners activate during playing. now I can use them again :) Thx!
watching this video: hmmm I’ll use theses finishes the video: forgets 90% of them
bruh i was just kinda dicking around on my mbp with this in the background and kinda going back here and there lol forgot all except the control arrow key part
I like your honesty! T's true for me as well. :)
You failed school too?
Just save it 😅 I’m getting a MacBook for Christmas and I’m already looking at these videos 😂😂
@@ciara7098 congratulations 🎊
Finally a RUclips clip with good tips!! Well done, thanks!
Double click the bottom of the vertical scroll bar in column view in a Finder window, to resize that column to be wide enough that all filenames are fully visible.
cmd+tab is great but if you're like me and have a heap of apps open and skip past the one you need - adding shift will reverse the direction
Nick Sullivan pressing ~ instead of shift also does the same thing, just slightly more ergonomic
These are really amazing, I have been using mac for a few months now and discovered almost all amazing features but after watching this video I realized that there are a lot upon which I was missing. Though I know many other than those you mentioned. I wonder why this video is not much recognized because this is different than others and actually shows some undiscovered features.
Some of these were super useful, thanks.
Good tips.Thanks for the info. Cheers!
Dragging a file/folder from Finder into the "save as/export" dialog box updates the folder location where the file is being saved to to match what was dragged in. A file dragged in will also change the saving file name to match and overwrite that file dragged in from Finder.
Right clicking a file name that is centred in the top title bar of almost any app will bring up a file tree showing where the file is stored, clicking into the tree will open finder to that location.
Left clicking a file name in the title bar will allow for a quick renaming.
Holding ⌘ after a spotlight search will take you to the item's folder and location, not open the item.
Some useful keyboard and typographic stuff:
Shift+ Return will type a "Soft Return" meaning a line break without a full paragraph return - also useful to add line breaks when return normally sends a message inside a chat or message box.
⌥+ a letter key (twice) will type accent characters é for example
• Centre bullet is ⌥ 8
- Em Dash is ⌥ ⇧ -
- En Dash is ⌥ -
Some of these shortcuts only work on an US keyboard with US language settings. (e.g. number 6). To find the corresponding key combination for your set up open a finder window and check in the menu bar under the “Window” section the key combination for “Cycle Through Windows”. The same combination will also work in all other apps later (as long as they are not full screen).
Thank you! i'm new to mac and it's like they deliberatlely make it difficult to use it even though there all these features
MORE LIKE THESE! awesome video guys
Thank you this was so helpful.
I love the ability to create your own shortcut keyboard commands, I now use control + command + left arrow/right arrow for window snapping (call the command "Move Window to Left Side of Screen"). You can also use control + command + up arrow to "Zoom" and get out of window snapped mode
I created a custom command for the screenshot to just copy itself to the clipboard. That way a useless file is not created when you just need to paste it somewhere.
@@Tinoco1x nice, but I bet you didn’t know you can already do that 😁. Anytime you also hold down cntrl when taking a screenshot, it copies it to your clipboard instead of making a new file! Example: to take a partial screen shot of your window and have it copied to the clipboard, press command+shift+control+4
Thank you for sharing this tips and tricks! really helpful. As a new MacBook user, intakes a while to get used to all of this :)
Another feature of Picture in Picture when you trigger it, it throws the video to a corner of the screen. If you press Cmd and drag the video you can position it anywhere on the screen. Find this very useful on my ultra wide monitor.
thanks for the video! I learned quite a few useful tricks ;)
Very useful, thank you.
first week with a Mac, thanks!
Damn, I love the shortcut to switch between app windows.
Thanx sir!
These was the most useful video I saw
Very useful video! Thanks.
This tutorial is useful for me ,thanks a lot!
nice overview! Thanks!
best tips & tricks I've seen so far. thanks a lot !
Split-screen! Something I've recently found. It works like on an iPad but on most recent versions of MacOS (High Sierra onwards). Go to the 'full screen' icon top left of any window. Hold down the mouse! Depending on OS version you'll get a menu or not. The current window will be on the right and you select another open window/app to be on the right. Move to the top to show the green button again and click it to exit split-screen! You can then resize the left-right column by dragging the central divide.
i love this thank you so much for sharing this ....💕💕💕
great video, thanks !!!
This was really helpful
I learnt a few new tips and tricks!! Thanks!!!
Thanks a lot my guy, that was very informative
Very helpful ... thank you ...
That hot corners trick is genius! I always accidentally go to launchpad, mission control or turn on my screen saver all because regular hot corners and the advanced hot corners has been super useful!
This is amazing! i just bought MacBook Pro 2020 and wanted to know more about shortcuts. Thank you!
Just moved from windows & I was dying to know why my notifications or mission would randomly pop up. THANK YOU!
I use spotlight aaa ton, that the most useful thing to get fast to every file or app that you want
Ever need to flip flop two letters? Like changing "form" to "From"? Place your cursor between the two letters you want to flip and press Control+T. This saves keystrokes having to delete and retype.
Forward delete a character with FN+Delete. Forward delete a word with FN+Option+Delete.
shift+option and then volume with reduce or increase in the way you want same for brightness and keyboard backlight
Great tips thank you
Very helpful video!
Favourite feature is the ability to create digital signature from Preview, and ability to basic edit PDF...life saver.
You can also complete PDF forms such as customs forms by typing text into the PDF and then add your digital signature. Looks much neater than printing out the form and completing by hand.
Command+Shift+4 with Spacebar - life-changer!! thanks
Very good tips! Hell Even I learned one or two. I think the best way to really remember these is to actually start using them. It's the little tricks that make your computer life easier.
If you are typing text on your mac, you can use emacs key bindings, like control-f, control-b, etc, to move the cursor and edit the text you are entering.
I'm not sure if I'll remember most of these but some look very useful. Thankyou for the info.
If you go to the system settings for Keyboard, then 'App Shortcuts' you can create a shortcut for the menubar action for every app! You have to enter the EXACT name of the menu bar item. I.e. to create a shortcut to add a bookmark folder in Safari you enter "Add Bookmark Folder" with a shortcut you like and then that shortcut works in Safari!
I'm new to Macs - previous to this I never liked touchpads, but Mac track pad is excellent.
I knew 99% of these given I grew up with all version of macOS.
A tip that might not be known by many: control+command+shift+number. That copies whatever you select to the clipboard.
watching this on my 2019 iMac I bought yesterday, I wish the keyboard came as a backlit keyboard. or what don't I know?
Very useful tips. Though command tilde does not work on a azerty keyboard, sadly, because I would love to have that to switch windows on a same application.
I've recently inherited a MacBook air. Thanks for these tips
its very usefull thankyou very much boss
option + shift + (brightness or sound) = will lower them or increase them by small increments instead of full bars
Good tips! New Mac user here !!
I’m a BRAND NEW Mac user and this was extremely helpful💯👍🏿
Helpful!
Nice there was like 5 in there that are really useful that I didn't know about. And I'm like 20 yr mac user.
Great I love this
unlock with watch and command + L were the best from this thanks
CMD-L then CMD-Enter will duplicate the Tab. Another little tip.
The one about stationary pad is so useful!
Thanks ! I am waiting for my very 1st 💻 , I will try
just a note: to cycle through open applications in reverse order you can hold command + shift + tab.
Awesome 😄
My fav: Create custom shortcuts: hit preferences -> keyboard -> shortcuts -> application shortcuts = PANG! you can create any shortcut
How do you uninstall a program you download from the internet? I am new to macbook and have no idea how to do so. Thank you.
Okay fair there was a few I didn’t know tbh
Just figured this out.
Try this out if you have a keyboard on your iPad: cmd+tab works just like macOS version and you can close an app by clicking Q. That’s pretty neat.
Yep it’s worked like that for quite awhile though mine doesn’t actually close apps. It removes from switches but when you open recent apps it’s still there🤔
if you are a user of the iogear 4 port kvm you may have set the trigger key from option to control because in some games like tombraider the option key is the action key to fire the guns and hold onto ledges and ladders and to pick up items and it is annoying and potentially game stopping if you have to rapid push and release the action key to quickly zip down a long ladder and have the kvm activates.
normally you change computers using option option and enter but if you play games where the option key is the action key you may want to change the key for the kvm. it is the kvm designed to compliment the mac mini back in the early 2000s.
if you had to change the kvm trigger key you may want to manually enable the mouse keys rather than using the option key or i think you can change the key to something like shift unless it too conflicts with game controls.
"These hour are current" 9:27 😆 Great video, thanks
love it bro
Have been a Mac & Apple user for more than 8 years now. Still didn't knew 13 tricks you mentioned in your video.
Came back to this video just to comment about the Force Touch to rename tip 😭 thank you!
⌘⌃. (command + shift + period/full-stop) in Finder will show hidden files (do it in your Home directory and be amazed at the many Apps "hiding" stuff there)
Best tip - use Luna Display to pair your ipad screen to your mac mini as the primary display. Something sidecar wont let you do. Works great.
There are some gems in these comments too. Thanks!
The screen shot one did not work.. the camera icon appears but wherever I put it it takes the whole page! but thanks a lot for the useful info in general
Very much beginners level but a good introduction.
Good vid
there is actually a new feature in accessiblity there you can control the mouse with your head and raise your eyebrow for left click or smile or stick out your tongue for right or physical buttons however you want it
settings> accessibility> pointer controls> alternate control methods> check enable head pointer and alternate pointer action
Mac fine tune is like one big Easter Egg. Options setting for Hot Corners? Who could've thought
CTRL + OPTION + CMD + 8 reverses screen colours if enabled in: System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Accessibility → Invert Colours and check the box next to it. Saves tired eyes in low light.
i bet you know this and i’m surprised it wasn’t mentioned, adding shift to a lot of shortcuts “reverses” it. command + tab cycles through apps, so command + tab + shift cycles the other way. also related to shift, holding shift when clicking some things literally makes the animation go in slow mo. someone told me they used that feature when showing beginners how to use a mac.
funny part is i’ve helped people when they said “my mac is really slow” and then would show me windows minimizing in slow mo...every time it turned out keyboards had liquid damage, and shift was being triggered at all times -_-
What is equivalent of snipping tool from PC? Shift command 4 is not so smooth like snipping too. Thank you 🙏
How about holding down the Option Key while clicking the Finder’s Wi-Fi icon to see you Airport signal strength?
Ooh, niiiiiice.
that last tip was huge for me
CMD-L and then CMD-Enter duplicates the Tab. Hope that helps too.