High resolution means a high number of pixels per area - I think the term you're looking for is that they use lossless compression meaning you don't get the distortion that JPG compression introduces. A 1x1 pixel image can be high resolution if you shrink it to 1/300 the area of a pixel, likewise a 1,000,000 square pixel image cannot be considered high resolution if it's applied to the side of a cruise ship. PNG images employ a lossless compression system which usually results in larger file sizes than lossless compression. By definition lossless [edit:should be lossy] compression throws aways parts of your image away to reduce file size.
However in the olden days you could refer to the graphical Fidelity of film camera photos as resolution. It's only in the digital age that resolution means pixels. In other words your getting old...
Not sure if I misunderstood what you were saying or if it was a typo, but lossless compression doesn't throw away any part of your image. I think you mean lossy, such as the compression technique used in jpeg? :)
One more tip: press OPTION button while pressing Notification Center icon on the top-right corner, and you will never get disturbed by floating notification
This is seriously a schoolbook example of how you do a tutorial. High quality video and sound, good explanation, good tempo, no disturbing things going on in the background, great tips and a pleasant voice to listen to. Thank you and keep doing what you do! (Just subscribed!)
I actually knew already all of them.. :-( But I have another one which many people might not know. When making a screenshot with the cross-hair (cmd+shift+4) press the spacebar and the cursor will turn into a camera and allow you to take a screenshot of just one window instead of the whole screen or a manually selected area. Also what some people might not know is that Spotlight can actually do calculations for you. Just open Spotlight (quick way: cmd+space) and type your calculation. It even knows some advanced stuff like 2^4 or 15 mod 6.
Saying "hold option" is a bit confusing for Mac screenshots since option serves two roles. Holding option (e.g. cmd+option+shift+3, or cmd+option+shift+4) makes it save to clipboard instead of to disk, so you can paste the image into another application. After releasing cmd+shift+4 or cmd+option+shift+4, you get a crosshair, but you can change the crosshair to a camera by pressing spacebar. You can click on any window with the camera to capture just that window, or you can option+click on any window to capture just that window without the dropshadow.
Better than I expected! Some commentary: 1: For most people PNG doesn't use that much space. You have an insane resolution and you happened to take a mostly photographic screenshot. If you have such a resolution, you also quite likely have much storage space. JPEG doesn't support transparency which would help when capturing windows. TIFF is no higher quality than PNG, just uncompressed. It's probably just faster to capture, when a PNG screenshot doesn't usually take inordinately long to be compressed. Personally I only set the "location" setting to drop screenshots in a folder that isn't my desktop. 2: In the Apple ecosystem, an encrypted disk image is much more convenient. You can just mount it and eject it. No hassle and not as sensitive to mistakes. This is how the original FileVault used to work. Advanced use (e.g. creating and compacting sparse images) does come down to the terminal again. 4: That's the only reason I leave it in the menu bar. For adjusting the volume, using keys works just fine. But if I want to change the default audio device it's a real improvement over the alternative. Using Spotlight to jump directly to the right preference pane comes pretty close, though. You can do that! 5: In general, programs *should* keep your computer awake if they need to. Of course they don't all do it. Generally I set my computers so they don't go to sleep on AC power. The display can turn off all it wants, and I often do it manually using the keyboard command. That usually suffices for me. If I do want it to go to sleep unattended after something finishes, I'd have to look up the flags. You can use caffeinate to start a command-line program, or use -w to wait for a running process to exit. You can pass -i instead of -u to let just the display doze off.
Here's another shortcut I found out a while ago people may not know. When searching for a file in Spotlight, if you want to open the folder said file is in, hold down command and click enter on the file. Very helpful.
AWESOME, thanks didnt even know it! Tell me if you knew this one... If you are arranging and moving files in folders, if there's a file you want to move from lets say folder A to folder F (and showing all the letter in the middle of course) you can actually dragg it and drop it from the path bar (where shows the name of all folders at the bottom) you can drag and drop it anywhere you like without opening that folder at all
Here's one that you apparently aren't aware of (or if you are, you aren't using it in this video). In Terminal, the tab key will auto-complete commands and file names. For the "defaults" command, type d-e-f, then press tab. For the "caffeinate" command, type c-a-f, then tab. It will work whenever there is only one "correct" completion -- for the "openssl" command, you need to type o-p-e-n-s-s, then tab, because there are multiple commands which start with "open". If there is more than one command available, if you press tab twice, it will show a list of all matching commands. So if you type o-p-e-n, then tab, you will be given a list containing the "open", "opendiff", "opensnoop", and "openssl" commands. The existence of the "opensnoop" command is why you need to type out almost all of the "openssl" command before it will auto-complete it. This works on OS X and most other unix-like shells.
7:03 I'm a music producer so that little tip is a game changer. I used to have to turn off my DAC to do a mix reference on a different set of speakers, but now I can switch with a couple mouse clicks. Thanks!
As Web Designer, PNG is usually bigger that JPEG. It is not if you are taking a screenshot of something with less than 10 or so colors or of a gradient (a smooth transition of one color to another), PNG is better in file size, and the file doesn't ever get artifacts(added pixels that are not part of the original file).
Hey dude I watched your advanced mac tricks video and it was really cool. I love the caffeinate thing I tried it for a little bit and it worked wonders, but I have found an even easier way to prevent your mac from sleeping in the OS X operating system. It is called HOT CORNERS (not mad just trying to emphasize lol) 1) Go to system preferences 2) Click desktop & screen saver 3) click screen saver tab 4) click little button on bottom right that says hot corners 5) Pick any corner you like and hit the blue button and click "disable screen saver" 6) now whenever you put your pointer in the corner where you put "disable screen saver" it keeps the mac from sleeping until you pull the pointer out of that corner then it will go back to sleep based on your normal setting. I found this trick to be extremely handy and easier than opening terminal and typing all that. Plus you don't have to calculate how many seconds you want it to last. You can turn it off anytime you want by simply moving the pointer. P.S. I would also like to mention sticky which I used to use on my Windows computer all the time but it always turned off so quickly and wasn't worth it most times. But I got my new Mac and instantly fell in love with the Sticky keys because it makes all those command, option, control, keyboard shortcuts a lot easier because you don't have to hold down all the keys at the same time. Just some opinions I had that I thought you might be interested in. Thanks for your time hope you took the time to read all this.
Tip 2: Better use PGP / GPG tools, you dont need to use a command line and you dont need to give the recipient your password, you just encrypt it for their key. PGP is pretty much industry standard for sending encrypted messages and files.
For file encryption you can use Disk Utility to create an encrypted DMG and just type the password when mounting, rather than using Terminal to create a new file each time you want access.
Yeah and after all this time he still didn't update it. Anyway here's the first command in case anyone needs it. defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg
Wow. Well done. I can't believe I was unaware of 3 of them. Most vids I see entitled X MAC You've Never Used are filled with slightly above basic tips/tricks. As a slightly advanced user (maybe not) I rarely find a tip I don't know or find useful. In this case I found 3 new ones, and they were very useful. Also - your video did not have any extraneous sound effects, distracting wild graphics, distracting soundtrack, or other useless drama in it. Only clear, concise explanations with just the right amount of detail. Nice job! You have a new subscriber.
Great tips. As an original Mac 128 owner, I honestly had never used 4 out of these. One thing that really bugs me about MacOS is all the things they hide and don't really inform users of. Very few people know to hit the Option key when clicking on the Finder GO menu to reveal the Library. Why hide it? No one knows you can rename an entire folder of files right in the finder. There's tons of shit like that that drives me nuts.
In the Terminal app, press the up arrow to quickly access previously typed commands. Use Option-Left or Option-Right to quickly get the cursor to the correct "block"
You sure know your stuff... Never quite knew much about terminal usage and all that coding... and I've been on macs since '93! Learned a whole lot more from you! Thanks!
Not bog-standard JPEGs. There is a lossless JPEG standard that was created in 1993, and there's JPEG-2000. Heck, there might even be some more, but as far as standard JPEG goes, even at quality 100 you're still going to have a lossily compressed output.
And TIFF is not any higher resolution, it just allows a huge amount of additional information to be imbedded like depth maps, thumbnails, color information, and a large number of other crazy options.
@@jawr1215 No.. that's literally impossible. Though I have often used jpg at 95% compression to send to printers, since it's REALLY close to being lossless, but it's a compression algorithm, so by it's very nature can not be lossless. PNG and TIFF are used because they are lossless. As in.. the saved file is identical to the original.. which is impossible with a lossy file type.
here's one if you want to run as superuser and/or delete all those unwanted apps that mac includes.. boot into recovery mode by holding command + R during boot, once in recovery mode go to the utilities menu in the toolbar, then click on terminal, in terminal type "csrutil disable" without the quotations, then reboot. once you reboot you can simply go into the terminal and type "rm -rf AppName.app" in the application directory. another tip is to install xcode and homebrew then you can compile and run just about any linux app you want! i compiled cool-retro-term, its a really neat terminal app!
Just an FYI since in the previous macOS keyboard shortcut video and in this video, although this video is not focused on keyboard shortcuts, adding control to the shift+cmd+3/4 keyboard shortcut will instead add a screen capture to your clipboard instead of saving it to your desktop. I use shift+ctrl+cmd+3/4 VERY frequently, mainly when sending screen caps via messaging platforms.
It didn't prevent the computer from sleeping I don't use it often but since 10.10 it hasn't really worked for me, I am still running 10.10, mainly because apple decided a 2009 macbook pro cant run sierra but 2009 macbook can, that's apple logic for you don't get me started about how my 2008 mac pro wont support sierra yet a 2009 imac can
Screengrabs for UI pros: shift+cmd+3 then press and hold spacebar while pointing at various sections of your screen, mouse click to capture interface elements with alpha channel and all that you are pointing at. Or instead of spacebar you can use shift or option keys to transform your screen selection further after you already dragged your mouse to capture a screen section.
So I recently switched from windows to Mac...after using it for 2 minutes literally 2 minutes I said *What have I gotten myself into. This is so complicated!* I guess I’ll just watch videos every time I try to work with it.
Ines Manzo Totally understand! I thought Mac's were supposed to be more simple, easier and yet when I switched over from PC to Mac two years ago, I hated it for several months. I couldn't believe it. My niece and daughter both offered to buy it from me because they heard me complain enough about it. Things were hidden, basic stuff like getting out of a window, I was SO frustrated. But gradually I got used to it and now am very happy, my pc laptops were not as sturdy and would break at the hinges, think that happened to 3-4 of our laptops. I love the finger pad but most of all that it is sturdier than any pc I've had. That reminds me, my teen's laptop has broken on the side, cheap plastic so add that one to my list of broken pc's. :(
Great commands. I'm also fond of command: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly I run this before running a backup. Also, option key works for additional monitor settings and wifi info in menu bar.
Tip: interchanging file formats do not alter the resolution in any way. It is the same resolution no matter if you save a 150MB tiff or a 400KB JPG. You only change the way those pixels are saved. TIFF is uncompressed lossless, so is PNG, jpg is a lossy format that saves disk space and therefore sacrifices quality. For screenshots JPG is sufficient.
The screenshot info is a great tip. Having just purchased a new Mac with only 256GB hdd, it is imperative to save as much space as possible! Thank you for that!
I was watching 1 and then 2 and was like "pffft I know all this" and then 3-5 came on and I was like "what?" xD That option click to change the in/outputs of the sound would have been so useful to know in the past decade I had a Mac xD
I sold my Mac just last year, it was a Mac mini, and I still have my 2006 MacBook, but I'm getting a MacBook pro maybe next month so these tips should be useful! Although for keeping my computer on, I use the app Caffiene that probably everyone knows about, and I'm guessing it just sends those same terminal commands aha
You'll be amazed how many more options you get by pressing... option lol. Try it on the AirPort icon for example. It'll show you details about the current network you're connected to.
How come when you have to use a Terminal on a Mac, people are cool with it, but when you do the exact same thing on a Linux distro, people think that you have to be like a terminal whiz?
It may be because you have to do it far more often on Linux while it's quite rare you need to on the Mac. There are also a bunch of apps that surface these commands via a GUI, like Onyx.
because many users coming from windows are terrified of command lines... and change... and power. Mac users getting into the terminal are seeking it. Many linux users are needing it to complete basic tasks.
change users password age? change how often fschk runs? I can name a bunch of things off of the top of my head you can't name a gui for. For power stuff... you will always need a terminal.
One thing to keep in mind is that it's good practise to never paste stuff you find right into your terminal. There is a small chance the source your copying from has been compromised and that the text you're copying contains hidden commands that can really screw your system over. Always paste the text into a text editor or something like that first, and then copy it from there to your terminal. Also stay away from anything containing sudo if you don't know what it does.
Damn....This guy just gives your ass a couple of handy tips that you are too lazy anyway to look up and on top of that you are demanding the snippets of those couple of lines of code because AGAIN...you are too lazy to stop the damn video and actually type it out yourself? Fuck me, excuse us Sir Demborski, would you like one of our servants to give you a massage, take care of your grocery, clean your house while i get the special IT guy to type out those freaking lines of code? Mann people are fucking ungrateful...
@@kristofszobacsi5123 Um......WOW!!! You really need some anger management tips there. WTF was the reason for your reply? I didn't do anything but ask a question. If I knew the answer do you think I would still post the question?? Dude, you really need to just calm down. I have worked on PCs for a good portion of my younger years. I am still pretty new to Apple computers.
Regarding the last tip (caffeinate) you can also install a small app called 'Caffeine' in the app store. A little coffee cup appears in your menu bar at the top and you can just click it to keep your Mac alive whenever you want.
It depends on what you screenshot. If it is a plain web page with a uniform background and some text/images, it would be compressed really well, but if it is something with a lot of details like El-Capitan standard wallpapers, it won't be compressed well using PNG's algos. In fact, JPEG's algos are designed in such a way that they best fit for photos, but when you compress, you may lose some info (pictures become a little blurry, lose some little details and may have noise) while PNG compression is lossless
One more tip: If you have the volume button hidden from the menu bar and you option-click the volume up/down/mute buttons it takes you straight to system preferences for sound
***** at the time the iMac was actually perfect (and a little overkill) for what I needed. But I started wanting to game so I built my PC. I've considered dual booting OSX, but there is just no point really.
Dude that option sound icon trick is going to change my life! For the others I just wish that instead of having certain commands programmed into the terminal, there were buttons in a graphic user interface. I've been disappointed with the lack of customization in mac os, the minimalism can be barren at times, for example I wish that the login screen would stay awake longer, or that I could set the time I have to go to login, because I do allot of yoga and sometimes after a session I'm soo blissed out that my brainwaves are actually at a lower meditative frequency which is soo chill that sitting down at the desk is a whole jedi dissertation.
A PNG isn't "Higher resolution" or "Better pixel density". A PNG is lossless. A Jpeg isn't. Seriously, how can anyone running a computer channel not know this? This is about as basic as it gets.
Well I learnt a few things there so thank you. And I have been a Mac user since 1994 when I worked for Apple in Napa. But for me it has always been about reliability and usability without having to go digging for hints and tips. Anyway, I found useful so thanks.
Careful, his first name is Sebastian, so it likely means he's a member of the Aryan Brotherhood. Then again, his last name is Usami, which means that he may be headed for the Aokigahara Forest due to not learning anything new, thus dishonoring his family. ;)
I'm pretty new to Mac OS X still, just getting my first Mac computer last December. I've learned a lot of the basic tricks, but this is all new to me. Very very helpful! Thank you for the tips!
We'll there are so many tips and tricks it's customizable to meet you're everyday needs I have known this for a long time but if you open an app just press Command Q and it will quit for you and save RAM that way you can change things in Preferences
WoW! These are some LEVEL UP tips! Thanks to you, I now realize that I've been using my Mac like a VCR with the time blinking at 12:00 for YEARS. Gratitude!
for the first tip u don't need to go to the terminal, u can just rename it and add at the end (dot) and file type and it will ask u if u wanna change it or not
Great video! Tip 4 can also be done with your keyboard, again Holding down option and then press one of the 2 volume keys, it will then take you to system preferences in the sound menu, so a little longer way. This can by the way be done with all the F-keys.
Holding option when clicking on the Wifi icon, battery icon and bluetooth icon will reveal extra information too :) e.g. Wifi shows things like IP address, MAC address etc.
Another cool helpful tip for those wanting to create an image of a hard drive, optical disc etc; diskutil list (check the list for the /dev/disk* where * corresponds to the drive you want to drive you want to image) diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk* Then after that; cat /dev/disk* > *output file path* As long as you have read access to a raw device, It will dump the contents of that device to an image, which you can use for backup reasons AND is a great way to image a single partition CD-ROM. :)
If you want to move your icons around up at the top right of your screen (date, time, volume, Spotlight, etc., then just hold down the "command" key and while holding it down, click and drag the icons where you want them.
Great tips dude. I know a lot of mac stuff is hidden or not talked about or even forgot. I find myself having to look stuff up sometimes when I forget so many hidden nuggets of info.
Was septic about the video title but the 4th tip got me really hard... And concerning the first tip, you could also add the CTRL key to your screenshot command (Shift + Ctrl + CMD + 4 for example) to keep the screenshot in your clipboard, so it won't keep the image permanently in your Mac
Easy way to get into your User Library. While you're on the Finder click on "Go", press and hold on the option key. The Library option will show in the menu.
Really great video! You got me on all 5. I've had 'learn more about terminal' on my to do list forever, but I think this convinced me to move it up the list.
Dude I LOVE your Mac Tutorials. I'm saving up my money to buy my very first Mac which is the 27" iMac with the 5 K Retinal Display and a 3 TB Fusion Drive. I now feel confident to switch from my Dell to a Mac.
@Snazzy Labs THANK YOU! Please do more of these. I am FAR from a power Mac user. In fact just learning, but these tips are awesome! I love learning about the Terminal line. Is there a good resource to learn more commands?
Nice tips, thanks. Did you know, concerning screenshots on OSX, when hitting space before clicking the mouse button, you can make a screenshot of a window. Just hover the cursor over the window u want and it changes into a camera and it highlights the current window…
That's literally the first "trick" video I saw in my life, that didn't just pointed out obvious things. I'm going to use the last one for sure. Great job
If you hold Shift + option and click on downloads folder in the dock... it creates a nice slow animation to open the folder (has to be on GRID option in the view section) Plus many other features when holding Shift + option and click on icons Enjoy :)
First of all great video. I didn't want to skip ahead because there was too much talking or deadening long pauses. It was straight to the point, good flow and useful information. Well done. I am looking for some advice also. I have a late 2009 27" iMac and I will be reformatting and reinstalling OS X for a second time in the last 6 months. I barely use it really, basically I have it for iTunes purposes, I store my pictures and I go online with it once a month to pay the bills. How can I upgrade it relatively cheap to keep it for my basic needs and keep it running for another few years. The ram is already maxed, so put in a SSD is all I've come up with. Any further suggestions.
Having trouble with the sensor that detects earphones on a late 2011 macbook pro. That port is also for optical output (who among us plebs would know that? red laser light stays on). I found Tip 4 to be very interesting. But I wish that Apple would not always go all minimalist on us to hide commands. Sure, they are there, sure they are useful...) But if you didn't even know they were even available, you would not look (that is human nature). At this point, given that the sensor is the hardware that is failing (found that out some time ago) and the solution was to get bluetooth earpods from Sony (not bad), I have detoured around the problem and have a good periph for other uses. Yup it works. So long as the sensor does not get flaky and try to give the port to the optical output. Yup, it goes between headphones in the funky port, bluetooth earpods, and the onboard speakers (which are also failing for some reason, hence the earphones/pods). THANKS! But no thanks apple for being a damned minimalist nightmare at times.
I can also do that trick/tip in the sound preferences. But I swear that when I was initially having a problem, the machine resisted my trying my manual output switching. DOH.
Very helpful and different tips! Very useful, thanks man! Thanks also for not feeling almost socially pressured into rushing through them or going through easier/shorter ones for those who have limited attention spans. Those tips will come in really handy, fair play!
Most articulate, clearly spoken channel on RUclips. It's a pleasure to watch these videos.
+Lance Smith Thank you, Lance!
Lance Smith Totally agree 100%!
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High resolution means a high number of pixels per area - I think the term you're looking for is that they use lossless compression meaning you don't get the distortion that JPG compression introduces.
A 1x1 pixel image can be high resolution if you shrink it to 1/300 the area of a pixel, likewise a 1,000,000 square pixel image cannot be considered high resolution if it's applied to the side of a cruise ship.
PNG images employ a lossless compression system which usually results in larger file sizes than lossless compression. By definition lossless [edit:should be lossy] compression throws aways parts of your image away to reduce file size.
You're correct. Thanks for clarification.
However in the olden days you could refer to the graphical Fidelity of film camera photos as resolution. It's only in the digital age that resolution means pixels. In other words your getting old...
Not sure if I misunderstood what you were saying or if it was a typo, but lossless compression doesn't throw away any part of your image. I think you mean lossy, such as the compression technique used in jpeg? :)
You're right :)
He wrote that 'they' (NON JPG) formats use LOSSLESS, and JPG have distortion, he was right
One more tip: press OPTION button while pressing Notification Center icon on the top-right corner, and you will never get disturbed by floating notification
That's just a quick way for turning on Do Not Disturb
moman108 That's what I'm talking about :D
love it. thanks.
Wai Chun Kwong you're welcome ^-^
Press option for most apple menu items to see extended options and info. Try it on the wifi icon to get the signal strength and scanner.
This is seriously a schoolbook example of how you do a tutorial. High quality video and sound, good explanation, good tempo, no disturbing things going on in the background, great tips and a pleasant voice to listen to. Thank you and keep doing what you do!
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Thanks!
FYI: Alt/Opt + Volume keys, is an even faster way to access Sound prefs.
Using mac for 16 years, did not know 3 out out of 5. Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing your knowledge to the world.
I actually knew already all of them.. :-(
But I have another one which many people might not know. When making a screenshot with the cross-hair (cmd+shift+4) press the spacebar and the cursor will turn into a camera and allow you to take a screenshot of just one window instead of the whole screen or a manually selected area.
Also what some people might not know is that Spotlight can actually do calculations for you. Just open Spotlight (quick way: cmd+space) and type your calculation. It even knows some advanced stuff like 2^4 or 15 mod 6.
Hold Option when taking those screenshots too and it'll save it without the drop shadow.
I didn't know that one, but I already had the drop shadow deactivated permanently in Terminal :D
Nice tricks guys! I'll use it from now on!
WOW... Nice one. Didn't know that. Super...
Saying "hold option" is a bit confusing for Mac screenshots since option serves two roles.
Holding option (e.g. cmd+option+shift+3, or cmd+option+shift+4) makes it save to clipboard instead of to disk, so you can paste the image into another application. After releasing cmd+shift+4 or cmd+option+shift+4, you get a crosshair, but you can change the crosshair to a camera by pressing spacebar. You can click on any window with the camera to capture just that window, or you can option+click on any window to capture just that window without the dropshadow.
Better than I expected! Some commentary:
1: For most people PNG doesn't use that much space. You have an insane resolution and you happened to take a mostly photographic screenshot. If you have such a resolution, you also quite likely have much storage space. JPEG doesn't support transparency which would help when capturing windows. TIFF is no higher quality than PNG, just uncompressed. It's probably just faster to capture, when a PNG screenshot doesn't usually take inordinately long to be compressed. Personally I only set the "location" setting to drop screenshots in a folder that isn't my desktop.
2: In the Apple ecosystem, an encrypted disk image is much more convenient. You can just mount it and eject it. No hassle and not as sensitive to mistakes. This is how the original FileVault used to work. Advanced use (e.g. creating and compacting sparse images) does come down to the terminal again.
4: That's the only reason I leave it in the menu bar. For adjusting the volume, using keys works just fine. But if I want to change the default audio device it's a real improvement over the alternative. Using Spotlight to jump directly to the right preference pane comes pretty close, though. You can do that!
5: In general, programs *should* keep your computer awake if they need to. Of course they don't all do it. Generally I set my computers so they don't go to sleep on AC power. The display can turn off all it wants, and I often do it manually using the keyboard command. That usually suffices for me. If I do want it to go to sleep unattended after something finishes, I'd have to look up the flags. You can use caffeinate to start a command-line program, or use -w to wait for a running process to exit. You can pass -i instead of -u to let just the display doze off.
Here's another shortcut I found out a while ago people may not know.
When searching for a file in Spotlight, if you want to open the folder said file is in, hold down command and click enter on the file. Very helpful.
Good one , Thanks
AWESOME, thanks didnt even know it!
Tell me if you knew this one...
If you are arranging and moving files in folders, if there's a file you want to move from lets say folder A to folder F (and showing all the letter in the middle of course) you can actually dragg it and drop it from the path bar (where shows the name of all folders at the bottom) you can drag and drop it anywhere you like without opening that folder at all
Here's one that you apparently aren't aware of (or if you are, you aren't using it in this video). In Terminal, the tab key will auto-complete commands and file names. For the "defaults" command, type d-e-f, then press tab. For the "caffeinate" command, type c-a-f, then tab. It will work whenever there is only one "correct" completion -- for the "openssl" command, you need to type o-p-e-n-s-s, then tab, because there are multiple commands which start with "open". If there is more than one command available, if you press tab twice, it will show a list of all matching commands. So if you type o-p-e-n, then tab, you will be given a list containing the "open", "opendiff", "opensnoop", and "openssl" commands. The existence of the "opensnoop" command is why you need to type out almost all of the "openssl" command before it will auto-complete it.
This works on OS X and most other unix-like shells.
7:03 I'm a music producer so that little tip is a game changer. I used to have to turn off my DAC to do a mix reference on a different set of speakers, but now I can switch with a couple mouse clicks. Thanks!
As Web Designer, PNG is usually bigger that JPEG. It is not if you are taking a screenshot of something with less than 10 or so colors or of a gradient (a smooth transition of one color to another), PNG is better in file size, and the file doesn't ever get artifacts(added pixels that are not part of the original file).
One more: press Option while clicking on the WiFi icon in menu bar to get connection details like current IP address, etc. No more ifconfig needed.
Thanks for that!! :)
Hey dude I watched your advanced mac tricks video and it was really cool. I love the caffeinate thing I tried it for a little bit and it worked wonders, but I have found an even easier way to prevent your mac from sleeping in the OS X operating system. It is called HOT CORNERS (not mad just trying to emphasize lol) 1) Go to system preferences 2) Click desktop & screen saver 3) click screen saver tab 4) click little button on bottom right that says hot corners 5) Pick any corner you like and hit the blue button and click "disable screen saver" 6) now whenever you put your pointer in the corner where you put "disable screen saver" it keeps the mac from sleeping until you pull the pointer out of that corner then it will go back to sleep based on your normal setting. I found this trick to be extremely handy and easier than opening terminal and typing all that. Plus you don't have to calculate how many seconds you want it to last. You can turn it off anytime you want by simply moving the pointer. P.S. I would also like to mention sticky which I used to use on my Windows computer all the time but it always turned off so quickly and wasn't worth it most times. But I got my new Mac and instantly fell in love with the Sticky keys because it makes all those command, option, control, keyboard shortcuts a lot easier because you don't have to hold down all the keys at the same time. Just some opinions I had that I thought you might be interested in. Thanks for your time hope you took the time to read all this.
Tip 2: Better use PGP / GPG tools, you dont need to use a command line and you dont need to give the recipient your password, you just encrypt it for their key. PGP is pretty much industry standard for sending encrypted messages and files.
My thoughts exactly! GPG is exactly the tool I'd use.
For file encryption you can use Disk Utility to create an encrypted DMG and just type the password when mounting, rather than using Terminal to create a new file each time you want access.
Your link is to a different version of "5 Tips" so there are no lines to copy and paste in terminal as the video suggests.
Yeah and after all this time he still didn't update it. Anyway here's the first command in case anyone needs it.
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg
Vic Jang Even now its the wrong link 😅
Another neat trick is if you hold option over the notifications button, it will set it to "Do Not Disturb" mode.
that sound of your keyboard!ohhh man so good
Was gonna say the same thing, haha.
Wow. Well done. I can't believe I was unaware of 3 of them. Most vids I see entitled X MAC You've Never Used are filled with slightly above basic tips/tricks. As a slightly advanced user (maybe not) I rarely find a tip I don't know or find useful. In this case I found 3 new ones, and they were very useful.
Also - your video did not have any extraneous sound effects, distracting wild graphics, distracting soundtrack, or other useless drama in it. Only clear, concise explanations with just the right amount of detail. Nice job! You have a new subscriber.
number 5 it's not that necessary. There is a program called Caffeine which does the same and it's always in the top for easy access
And also i knew about #4 ) but the other stuff is great
Thank God someone else mentioned Caffeine
there is now a better program in the app store for the current mac os. It's called "amphetamine". Try it :D
wow. Thanks a lot, man. Amphetamine is much more simple and beautiful than caffeine
no problem :)
ps, you can still choose to have a cup as the symbol in the menubar, haha
Great tips. As an original Mac 128 owner, I honestly had never used 4 out of these. One thing that really bugs me about MacOS is all the things they hide and don't really inform users of. Very few people know to hit the Option key when clicking on the Finder GO menu to reveal the Library. Why hide it? No one knows you can rename an entire folder of files right in the finder. There's tons of shit like that that drives me nuts.
Great tips, thx! Like that nice typing sound. What keyboard are you using? Are these cherry blue switches?
+th3sunsh1n3st8 Yep! Das Ultimate 4.
I was just about to ask the same thing :)
+008games You need to leave it open. If you quit terminal the command gets lost.
Great tips!
An add-on for #4, pressing Option + any Volume Key will open System Settings on Sound/Output page Directly.
I’m a power user, but two things are new for me: encryption and caffeinate. Thank You! :-)
Just get the app "caffeine" it will do the same at the click of a button :-)
Laurent de backer Yes, I know. Thanks. But I don’t want to install software on other computers than mine.
Gerhard A. E. Uhlhorn Ah okay :-)
In the Terminal app, press the up arrow to quickly access previously typed commands. Use Option-Left or Option-Right to quickly get the cursor to the correct "block"
Goody. Finally, he's back with watch mojo content.
Being compared to Watch Mojo is perhaps one of the meanest things anyone has ever said to me. lol.
+Snazzy Labs ;)
+Snazzy Labs he could've said you're as smart as Hillary Clinton
You sure know your stuff... Never quite knew much about terminal usage and all that coding... and I've been on macs since '93! Learned a whole lot more from you! Thanks!
hey , how did you move your camera around the screen while recording? I m interested to learn dat :) looks so cool
I know how to do it
keyframes
Running a Schiit DAC? Nice choice. I use one of their headphone amps and am very pleased with it. For a DAC on my home stereo, I went with Bel Canto.
PNGs aren't great because they're high resolution, they're great because they're lossless. PNG is to images as FLAC is to music.
Misaka Mikoto jpegs can be lossless too...
Not bog-standard JPEGs. There is a lossless JPEG standard that was created in 1993, and there's JPEG-2000. Heck, there might even be some more, but as far as standard JPEG goes, even at quality 100 you're still going to have a lossily compressed output.
And TIFF is not any higher resolution, it just allows a huge amount of additional information to be imbedded like depth maps, thumbnails, color information, and a large number of other crazy options.
@@jawr1215 No.. that's literally impossible. Though I have often used jpg at 95% compression to send to printers, since it's REALLY close to being lossless, but it's a compression algorithm, so by it's very nature can not be lossless. PNG and TIFF are used because they are lossless. As in.. the saved file is identical to the original.. which is impossible with a lossy file type.
@@jawr1215 nope nopemopenopemo definitely not
dude. i've been using a mac for ~10 years and never new half of these tricks. encryption and caffeinate are awesome, thank you so much! subd :D
You can encrypt files using right click in finder
Totally digging the Option click on sound icon and the caffeinate. Thanks a ton.
this guy takes hipster at starbucks to a whole new level
+Fat Cat I don't drink coffee so I don't think so.
@@snazzy Well, you *did* mention caffeinate...
here's one if you want to run as superuser and/or delete all those unwanted apps that mac includes.. boot into recovery mode by holding command + R during boot, once in recovery mode go to the utilities menu in the toolbar, then click on terminal, in terminal type "csrutil disable" without the quotations, then reboot. once you reboot you can simply go into the terminal and type "rm -rf AppName.app" in the application directory.
another tip is to install xcode and homebrew then you can compile and run just about any linux app you want! i compiled cool-retro-term, its a really neat terminal app!
The best trick for Mac Book is a three finger drag on the trackpad. If you try it once you won't be able to use a trackpad without it.
Just an FYI since in the previous macOS keyboard shortcut video and in this video, although this video is not focused on keyboard shortcuts, adding control to the shift+cmd+3/4 keyboard shortcut will instead add a screen capture to your clipboard instead of saving it to your desktop. I use shift+ctrl+cmd+3/4 VERY frequently, mainly when sending screen caps via messaging platforms.
man tip 5 is awesome, never knew about that, I normally use caffeine but I have found it to be unreliable recently
It didn't prevent the computer from sleeping I don't use it often but since 10.10 it hasn't really worked for me, I am still running 10.10, mainly because apple decided a 2009 macbook pro cant run sierra but 2009 macbook can, that's apple logic for you
don't get me started about how my 2008 mac pro wont support sierra yet a 2009 imac can
well my macbook from 2008 can only run 10,7, lucky
***** That version of caffeine is by Mrgecko, He made it, apple just took it and updated it
That's because Caffeine is no longer developed, it's abandonware. Check out Amphetamine, it's actually up to date and works very well.
***** No it's not? the version he made was for os x 10,5
Screengrabs for UI pros: shift+cmd+3 then press and hold spacebar while pointing at various sections of your screen, mouse click to capture interface elements with alpha channel and all that you are pointing at. Or instead of spacebar you can use shift or option keys to transform your screen selection further after you already dragged your mouse to capture a screen section.
So I recently switched from windows to Mac...after using it for 2 minutes literally 2 minutes I said *What have I gotten myself into. This is so complicated!* I guess I’ll just watch videos every time I try to work with it.
Ines Manzo Totally understand! I thought Mac's were supposed to be more simple, easier and yet when I switched over from PC to Mac two years ago, I hated it for several months. I couldn't believe it. My niece and daughter both offered to buy it from me because they heard me complain enough about it. Things were hidden, basic stuff like getting out of a window, I was SO frustrated. But gradually I got used to it and now am very happy, my pc laptops were not as sturdy and would break at the hinges, think that happened to 3-4 of our laptops. I love the finger pad but most of all that it is sturdier than any pc I've had. That reminds me, my teen's laptop has broken on the side, cheap plastic so add that one to my list of broken pc's. :(
Ines Manzo same!!!
Great commands. I'm also fond of command: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly I run this before running a backup. Also, option key works for additional monitor settings and wifi info in menu bar.
Are you a lumberjack or computer programmer?
+sithlordmaster181 Neither, really. Probably a hybrid of some sort.
Yes.
LumberProgrammer is the term for a guy like him I think.
a hipster?
Lumbertarian?
Tip: interchanging file formats do not alter the resolution in any way. It is the same resolution no matter if you save a 150MB tiff or a 400KB JPG. You only change the way those pixels are saved. TIFF is uncompressed lossless, so is PNG, jpg is a lossy format that saves disk space and therefore sacrifices quality. For screenshots JPG is sufficient.
Brilliant tips. Thanks mate!
The screenshot info is a great tip. Having just purchased a new Mac with only 256GB hdd, it is imperative to save as much space as possible! Thank you for that!
I was watching 1 and then 2 and was like "pffft I know all this" and then 3-5 came on and I was like "what?" xD That option click to change the in/outputs of the sound would have been so useful to know in the past decade I had a Mac xD
I sold my Mac just last year, it was a Mac mini, and I still have my 2006 MacBook, but I'm getting a MacBook pro maybe next month so these tips should be useful! Although for keeping my computer on, I use the app Caffiene that probably everyone knows about, and I'm guessing it just sends those same terminal commands aha
You're telling me! I am glad I finally figured it out. It's simple but not very obvious. ;D
You'll be amazed how many more options you get by pressing... option lol. Try it on the AirPort icon for example. It'll show you details about the current network you're connected to.
That sound output trick is SO useful and will come in handy! Thanks so much!
How come when you have to use a Terminal on a Mac, people are cool with it, but when you do the exact same thing on a Linux distro, people think that you have to be like a terminal whiz?
It may be because you have to do it far more often on Linux while it's quite rare you need to on the Mac. There are also a bunch of apps that surface these commands via a GUI, like Onyx.
because many users coming from windows are terrified of command lines... and change... and power. Mac users getting into the terminal are seeking it. Many linux users are needing it to complete basic tasks.
Not really. You can do everything via the GUI nowadays
change users password age? change how often fschk runs? I can name a bunch of things off of the top of my head you can't name a gui for.
For power stuff... you will always need a terminal.
Yep, as others said here, it's because SO many things *have* to be done via terminal in Linux, depending on distro of course.
One thing to keep in mind is that it's good practise to never paste stuff you find right into your terminal. There is a small chance the source your copying from has been compromised and that the text you're copying contains hidden commands that can really screw your system over. Always paste the text into a text editor or something like that first, and then copy it from there to your terminal. Also stay away from anything containing sudo if you don't know what it does.
What camera do you use!? Awesome quality....
+ladeninlogen Sony A7Rii.
insane quality..!
Sony rx100
I knew just the sound input/output menu. Incredible! Please do more videos like this!!
Where is all the terminal commands that are supposed to be listed below the vid?!?!
Damn....This guy just gives your ass a couple of handy tips that you are too lazy anyway to look up and on top of that you are demanding the snippets of those couple of lines of code because AGAIN...you are too lazy to stop the damn video and actually type it out yourself? Fuck me, excuse us Sir Demborski, would you like one of our servants to give you a massage, take care of your grocery, clean your house while i get the special IT guy to type out those freaking lines of code? Mann people are fucking ungrateful...
@@kristofszobacsi5123 Um......WOW!!! You really need some anger management tips there. WTF was the reason for your reply? I didn't do anything but ask a question. If I knew the answer do you think I would still post the question?? Dude, you really need to just calm down. I have worked on PCs for a good portion of my younger years. I am still pretty new to Apple computers.
Using mac since 2010 and didn't know the tip about encryption, You gained a subscriber. Thanks!
where do i copy the command for number 1, converting to jpg etc.?
Jarlo Jarlito In terminal
‘Open Terminal’ = Bowels clench in terror at the very thought.
Regarding the last tip (caffeinate) you can also install a small app called 'Caffeine' in the app store. A little coffee cup appears in your menu bar at the top and you can just click it to keep your Mac alive whenever you want.
Weird, my .png screenshots almost never go over 1MB, and I don't think I've changed any settings...
lol I just took a screenshot in png format and it was an epic 133KB so yeah lol
It depends on what you screenshot. If it is a plain web page with a uniform background and some text/images, it would be compressed really well, but if it is something with a lot of details like El-Capitan standard wallpapers, it won't be compressed well using PNG's algos. In fact, JPEG's algos are designed in such a way that they best fit for photos, but when you compress, you may lose some info (pictures become a little blurry, lose some little details and may have noise) while PNG compression is lossless
this guy probably has a 4k monitor. What resolution did you screenshot?
2560x1600
Maybe it is the resolution.
One more tip: If you have the volume button hidden from the menu bar and you option-click the volume up/down/mute buttons it takes you straight to system preferences for sound
This video should have been called Terminal tips for Mac.
Honestly, I have been using Macs for a very, very long time, and was surprised to find I didn't know a few of these tips. Well done.
I used an iMac for 2 years, switch to Windows cuz games and GPUs.
Good choice ;)
Good choice :D
The _iMac_ was the bad choice in the first place. I've a MacPro tower with GTX970 and can dual boot to Windows.
cuz games
***** at the time the iMac was actually perfect (and a little overkill) for what I needed. But I started wanting to game so I built my PC. I've considered dual booting OSX, but there is just no point really.
***** And how much did that cost? A few thousand dollars?
Dude that option sound icon trick is going to change my life! For the others I just wish that instead of having certain commands programmed into the terminal, there were buttons in a graphic user interface. I've been disappointed with the lack of customization in mac os, the minimalism can be barren at times, for example I wish that the login screen would stay awake longer, or that I could set the time I have to go to login, because I do allot of yoga and sometimes after a session I'm soo blissed out that my brainwaves are actually at a lower meditative frequency which is soo chill that sitting down at the desk is a whole jedi dissertation.
A PNG isn't "Higher resolution" or "Better pixel density".
A PNG is lossless. A Jpeg isn't.
Seriously, how can anyone running a computer channel not know this?
This is about as basic as it gets.
ditto!
Nerd alert!
like Flac and mp3?
Same for "openssl is mac trick" lol. You can use openssl every-fuckin'-where.
One of the best, handiest videos I've seen in a while. Seen some of your others too. Keep up the good work!
Here's one, learn how to install windows on a mac!
Already have XD where have you been OS X has done that since 10.6 Snow Leopard that was years ago and can install Linux as well
Sure, you could install Windows on a Mac, but that's like putting square wheels on a Ferrari
+Zhaleh Farrokhzād Lol no, It's like putting a GTX 1080 into a PC using integrated graphics.
You can also press Option+function keys in order to open a specific settings tab.
"Laughs in windows"
*laughs in Linux*
SuperGachet fair enough
Laughs in punchhole cards
More like cries in Windows
Well I learnt a few things there so thank you. And I have been a Mac user since 1994 when I worked for Apple in Napa. But for me it has always been about reliability and usability without having to go digging for hints and tips. Anyway, I found useful so thanks.
*sigh* .. nothing learned...
Careful, his first name is Sebastian, so it likely means he's a member of the Aryan Brotherhood. Then again, his last name is Usami, which means that he may be headed for the Aokigahara Forest due to not learning anything new, thus dishonoring his family. ;)
moman108 ohhhh that last one hurts! .. but how does 'Sebastian' tie me to the Aryan brotherhood?
Sebastian Usami Sorry, that joke was in very poor taste on my part! I guess I was thinking of the shortened German 'Bastian.'
Well being that im not German, I could have missed a very legitimate reference.
As far as poor taste.. im not so easily offended. :D
troll
I'm a software engineer and I use screen capture all the time. Tip #1 was worth the time it took to watch the entire video! Thanks for making this!
I'm pretty new to Mac OS X still, just getting my first Mac computer last December. I've learned a lot of the basic tricks, but this is all new to me. Very very helpful! Thank you for the tips!
We'll there are so many tips and tricks it's customizable to meet you're everyday needs I have known this for a long time but if you open an app just press Command Q and it will quit for you and save RAM that way you can change things in Preferences
WoW! These are some LEVEL UP tips! Thanks to you, I now realize that I've been using my Mac like a VCR with the time blinking at 12:00 for YEARS. Gratitude!
I have been using Mac for 5 years and didn't know any of these tricks. Thank you for sharing.
1. Another screenshot tip, Command+Shift+4 and press the space bar to highlight an active window or message box and take a perfect screenshot
for the first tip u don't need to go to the terminal, u can just rename it and add at the end (dot) and file type and it will ask u if u wanna change it or not
Great video! Tip 4 can also be done with your keyboard, again Holding down option and then press one of the 2 volume keys, it will then take you to system preferences in the sound menu, so a little longer way. This can by the way be done with all the F-keys.
Holding option when clicking on the Wifi icon, battery icon and bluetooth icon will reveal extra information too :) e.g. Wifi shows things like IP address, MAC address etc.
Another cool helpful tip for those wanting to create an image of a hard drive, optical disc etc;
diskutil list (check the list for the /dev/disk* where * corresponds to the drive you want to drive you want to image)
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk*
Then after that;
cat /dev/disk* > *output file path*
As long as you have read access to a raw device, It will dump the contents of that device to an image, which you can use for backup reasons AND is a great way to image a single partition CD-ROM. :)
If you want to move your icons around up at the top right of your screen (date, time, volume, Spotlight, etc., then just hold down the "command" key and while holding it down, click and drag the icons where you want them.
Great tips dude. I know a lot of mac stuff is hidden or not talked about or even forgot. I find myself having to look stuff up sometimes when I forget so many hidden nuggets of info.
Was septic about the video title but the 4th tip got me really hard...
And concerning the first tip, you could also add the CTRL key to your screenshot command (Shift + Ctrl + CMD + 4 for example) to keep the screenshot in your clipboard, so it won't keep the image permanently in your Mac
Easy way to get into your User Library. While you're on the Finder click on "Go", press and hold on the option key. The Library option will show in the menu.
Really great video! You got me on all 5. I've had 'learn more about terminal' on my to do list forever, but I think this convinced me to move it up the list.
Dude I LOVE your Mac Tutorials. I'm saving up my money to buy my very first Mac which is the 27" iMac with the 5 K Retinal Display and a 3 TB Fusion Drive. I now feel confident to switch from my Dell to a Mac.
Wow, I only knew about the sound trick. Great video Quinn! Will have to start using these tricks.
The option key then clicking bluetooth or wifi also brings up additional options -- it's not just for volume
Must say the last 2 I didn't know and will now use on a weekly basis. Thank you.
@Snazzy Labs THANK YOU! Please do more of these. I am FAR from a power Mac user. In fact just learning, but these tips are awesome! I love learning about the Terminal line. Is there a good resource to learn more commands?
Nice tips, thanks. Did you know, concerning screenshots on OSX, when hitting space before clicking the mouse button, you can make a screenshot of a window. Just hover the cursor over the window u want and it changes into a camera and it highlights the current window…
I like the way you show exactly where each tip is at which part in video
That's literally the first "trick" video I saw in my life, that didn't just pointed out obvious things. I'm going to use the last one for sure. Great job
If you hold Shift + option and click on downloads folder in the dock... it creates a nice slow animation to open the folder (has to be on GRID option in the view section)
Plus many other features when holding Shift + option and click on icons
Enjoy :)
First of all great video. I didn't want to skip ahead because there was too much talking or deadening long pauses. It was straight to the point, good flow and useful information. Well done. I am looking for some advice also. I have a late 2009 27" iMac and I will be reformatting and reinstalling OS X for a second time in the last 6 months. I barely use it really, basically I have it for iTunes purposes, I store my pictures and I go online with it once a month to pay the bills. How can I upgrade it relatively cheap to keep it for my basic needs and keep it running for another few years. The ram is already maxed, so put in a SSD is all I've come up with. Any further suggestions.
Having trouble with the sensor that detects earphones on a late 2011 macbook pro. That port is also for optical output (who among us plebs would know that? red laser light stays on).
I found Tip 4 to be very interesting. But I wish that Apple would not always go all minimalist on us to hide commands. Sure, they are there, sure they are useful...) But if you didn't even know they were even available, you would not look (that is human nature).
At this point, given that the sensor is the hardware that is failing (found that out some time ago) and the solution was to get bluetooth earpods from Sony (not bad), I have detoured around the problem and have a good periph for other uses.
Yup it works. So long as the sensor does not get flaky and try to give the port to the optical output.
Yup, it goes between headphones in the funky port, bluetooth earpods, and the onboard speakers (which are also failing for some reason, hence the earphones/pods).
THANKS! But no thanks apple for being a damned minimalist nightmare at times.
I can also do that trick/tip in the sound preferences. But I swear that when I was initially having a problem, the machine resisted my trying my manual output switching.
DOH.
Very helpful and different tips! Very useful, thanks man! Thanks also for not feeling almost socially pressured into rushing through them or going through easier/shorter ones for those who have limited attention spans. Those tips will come in really handy, fair play!
you can press option and the speaker symbol on the touchbar and you can change your output too
My mac just got home yesterday and your videos have been really helpful since that. Thanks man
I actually didn't know about the direct audio select! Awesome!
Shift + CTRL + Command + 4 does capture of selected area straight to clipboard. No chasing the file down, just paste.