I really hope screen sharing will be made available for iMessage for iOS/iPadOS. While it's helpful now, it would be tremendously helpful while assisting my father (lol).
Another one for Catalina users: Long pressing the green "full screen" button on the top-left corner lets you choose whether to dock the window to the left or the right.
Nice, thank you!I posted this last year, may be useful here.
A few tips people may find useful, if you don't already know them. Hopefully we all know that Command + tab shows the open applications, and (while keeping your finger on command) using tab or left and right arrows to move between the applications. What's not so obvious is Apple added a number of other uses for this.
1 - while tabbing to an app you can quit the app by pressing Q, you can go through and quit every app if you want without going to the app. It's not a force quit, and you'll be asked if something needs saving. Similarly pressing H will hide a specific App.
2 - you can drop a file on the app icons to open with a specific app, if it can.
3 - The really handy one, which I use all the time, is when tabbing to a specific app press the up or down arrow key, at which point all the open windows in that app will be shown. If a window is in the dock it's a thumbnail at the bottom of the screen. Pick a window, and that window alone comes to the top. I usually have lots of windows open, so if I want to reference a window in another app, but going to the app brings all it's open windows to the top, this method only brings the one you want, not covering up the window you're working on.
One of the reason I buy Magnet (macOS app) to achieve Aero Snap effect instead of fully maximised Windows. Actually, This design is the same concept as iOS app window management: maximise every active window, and avoid floating windows as much as possible.The worst thing Apple ever did was changing the default action of the green traffic light to be full screen mode instead of the old maximize action.
More people should know that Command-Control-Space will summon the emoji picker and let you insert emoji at the cursor point.
??? You two win the internet for today. ??Toggle showing/hiding hidden files in finder, command-shift-. (command-key, shift-key, period-key).
The worst thing Apple ever did was changing the default action of the green traffic light to be full screen mode instead of the old maximize action.
The worst thing Apple ever did was changing the default action of the green traffic light to be full screen mode instead of the old maximize action.
A very simple (and slightly obvious) tip: I've just found out that selecting a file (or files) in Finder and pressing cmd+backspace sends it to the trash. I don't know why I haven't tried it years ago.
Another one for people with OCD: Long pressing the Spotlight icon in the menubar resets the Spotlight panel's position.
Another one for Catalina users: Long pressing the green "full screen" button on the top-left corner lets you choose whether to dock the window to the left or the right.
What app has overridden the CMD-OPT-SHIFT-V? Whenever an OS X app is created that is the default. Also "special circumstances", I used this every day but maybe it's because I don't want my emails to look like a ransom letter. I know some people don't give a crap but if I saw any of my vendors send me an email with styles all over the place (Outlook users!), I would question it immediately!The problem with 'Past With Matching Style' is that the shortcut isn't consistent or always available (and requires finger gymnastics).
I'm not sure who would want anything but this aside from special circumstances. Sucks that it is so difficult (by comparison to Command-V).
I've never seen it and I have been using it since beta. Maybe someone wrote a Window Manager? Or it was screenshots of the Pre-Tiger era when Aqua was still the cool thing but so much was changing in the UI.Slightly off topic, but does anybody remember the Mac's traffic signal window controls being changed to vertically oriented for some period at some point a long time ago? Now, to be honest, I'm not sure whether that was a crazy nightmare or if it really happened. If was reality, I'd say that might be a better candidate for "the worst thing Apple ever did". Maybe it was changed for just a single prominent app like iTunes or something. But still....
[Of course, there is no shortage of candidates for that dubious honor. Someone should start a new "The Worst Thing Apple Ever Did" thread.]
Ugh! Figures it is MS Office that does not use the CMD-SHIFT-V! I can immediately tell when someone is using Outlook because their emails are just a chain of random notes.I always add a keyboard shortcut so Command-Shift-V is Paste and Match Style to make it an easier keyboard combination to use. Works in most apps. Frustratingly, not Microsoft Word, where I need it the most.
Mind BLOWN!!! Seriously!!Toggle showing/hiding hidden files in finder, command-shift-. (command-key, shift-key, period-key).
You're absolutely right that "copy" and "move" are two different things. Unfortunately, the tip had to be described that way because in Windows, you can move a file or folder using CTRL+X followed by CTRL+V. In MacOS you have to copy the file first in order to move it: ⌘+C followed by ⌥+⌘+VPretty sure that “move” implies that the original will he moved, not copied. You’re using two terms that mean very different things accompanied by common copy and paste commands that reveal your words as inaccurate as they wouldn’t even be true in a text document. Lord.
Originally people hated the fact that it didn't always full screen (the green icon). What I want is full-windowed screen! for that I use Spectacle!The worst thing Apple ever did was changing the default action of the green traffic light to be full screen mode instead of the old maximize action.
I wish paste with style matching were the default when copying and pasting from Terminal. There is no situation that will ever exist where I'm going to want the terminal's color, font and font size preserved with copying and pasting to another location.
It's like the MacOS developers forgot plain text is a thing.
Haha this part made me chuckle. I’m literally on the phone with my dad right now walking him through how to set up Apple Pay.Screen Sharing in Messages - In a Messages conversation with someone, click on the "Details" link and then click on the icon that looks like two screens together to initiate screen sharing with the person who you're talking to. This is super handy for troubleshooting problems for less tech savvy family members from afar, provided you can get them to click the screen sharing option.
It doesn't work on my macbook pro... am I missing something?Toggle showing/hiding hidden files in finder, command-shift-. (command-key, shift-key, period-key).
I wish paste with style matching were the default when copying and pasting from Terminal. There is no situation that will ever exist where I'm going to want the terminal's color, font and font size preserved with copying and pasting to another location.
It's like the MacOS developers forgot plain text is a thing.
It doesn't work on my macbook pro... am I missing something?
3 - The really handy one, which I use all the time, is when tabbing to a specific app press the up or down arrow key, at which point all the open windows in that app will be shown.
My personal favorite: the proxy icon; it’s the little icon to the left of the document title.
- Move Files Quickly - To move files from one location to another using keyboard shortcuts, just use Command-C to copy the files you want to move and then Option-Command-V to move those files to a new spot
If you're managing your files in Windows Explorer most of the time, there's already a built-in preview pane that can be toggled on the right side of the screen. Not as handy as Quick Look in macOS, granted, but still useful.QuickLook is an app on the Windows Store that replicates this function. Not as slick as OSX but it does have a document plug-in that covers MS files. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/quicklook/9nv4bs3l1h4s?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
Another one for Catalina users: Long pressing the green "full screen" button on the top-left corner lets you choose whether to dock the window to the left or the right.
I love hitting the spacebar to preview files. Keeps me from firing up an app more than half the time. Probably the biggest macOS feature I miss on my work PC. Keep hitting the spacbar on my Dell and wondering why nothing is happening.
The problem with 'Past With Matching Style' is that the shortcut isn't consistent or always available (and requires finger gymnastics).
I'm not sure who would want anything but this aside from special circumstances. Sucks that it is so difficult (by comparison to Command-V).
I've never seen it and I have been using it since beta. Maybe someone wrote a Window Manager? Or it was screenshots of the Pre-Tiger era when Aqua was still the cool thing but so much was changing in the UI.