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macOS Tip: Set Up and Control Hot Corners With Modifier Keys
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Hot corners are one of the worst features of MacOS. This is fluff.
In macOS, the Hot Corners feature turns each of the four corners of your screen into a designated action, allowing you to quickly access certain functions built into the system, such as Mission Control, Notification Center, the Screen Saver, QuickNote, and more. Many Mac users would agree, there's something satisfying about bringing up these commonly used functions with a simple, swift cursor movement.
What isn't so satisfying, however, is accidentally triggering a Hot Corner, which can lead to all kinds of unintended desktop behavior - like application windows flying all over the place. This can happen when you lose track of the mouse cursor, or when you're working within the confines of a smaller MacBook screen. Thankfully, there's a way to tame wayward Hot Corners using modifier keys. Here's how.
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They take major mouse movement to invoke purposefully, and simultaneously are easily mistakenly invoked.
Almost any other solution, from macros, to menu extras, to multi-finger swipes are better.
There is no magic here.
You mean.. like macOS 24 years ago? Hot corners have been in macOS since 10.0 in 2001.
Bought my first Windows PC last year and I was astounded that I couldn’t just throw my mouse pointer up to the top right corner to activate screensaver and password. I thought it was just a standard thing on computers. At least you can Windows-L to lock the screen.
This.
Hot corners are hot garbage. My brother uses that to lock screen and show all windows and whenever I'm helping him it is a constant battle.
To speed up getting your cursor to where you need it, you move the cursor blindly and quickly to the closest corner and work from there, without having to find the cursor first. Hot corners makes that impossible and require you to work your cursor to where you want it, with precision, after finding it on the screen.
I think it’s been there since the beginning of OS X, so almost 25 years! Kinda crazy.
Wow, I couldn’t live without them
Try setting both bottom ones to take you to the desktop, this was a game changer for me. It’s better than any other way of getting there as you can drag things to and from the desktop, just pop your mouse to one corner while dragging. Super fast and fluid, and especially useful if you use your desktop for temporary storage
Only if you use "full screen applications", which btw is an abomination.
If you need your app to be full screen, your screen probably have too low resolution 🤪
If you need your app to be full screen, your screen probably have too low resolution 🤪
I’ve been using hot corners for as long as I can remember and love the feature. That said I don’t use them for any actions that can’t be quickly undone by simply moving the mouse again. Such as start screen saver, put display to sleep and disable screen saver. It would be nice if Apple gave users the option to add a trigger delay to hot corners.
FYI - If someone locks/sleeps their computer as I walk up to them, I know what they were looking at. Your strategy is likely not as effective as you might think…
Hot corners... That brings back OS-X Panther memories. Stood in line to get my copy in the hour when it was officially released. Still have the round Panther X mouse mat they were handing out that day.
I've been using hot corners and Exposé from the start. Especially at work, just one swipe over the trackpad to lock my Mac when I leave the desk. Perfect!
I've been using hot corners and Exposé from the start. Especially at work, just one swipe over the trackpad to lock my Mac when I leave the desk. Perfect!
Mac OS X Panther was magical. Friends who were still stuck on Windows XP were drooling over it. Windows’ interface felt incredibly antiquated in comparison.
Windows’ interface has barely caught up to macOS from 10 years ago, they had such a huge lead with OS X
“…something [they] shouldn’t be…”
That’s the point. The visitor will know that the person using hot corners this way was looking at something they knew they shouldn’t be – by their own admission.
I would be willing to bet you knew that, though, and you’re simply trying to be argumentative in saying that I can’t have known exactly what the poster was referring to.
Not at all I just wanted to say there are many legit reasons for turning your display off when someone walks up to you. Especially in my case where I hardly ever work in a private space. None of them involve me looking at things I'm not supposed to. However, I see SoldOnApple admitted he was looking at things he shouldn't be. I missed that part, sorry about that.
Windows' interface sort of caught up at first glance only. I doesn't take long before you start running into legacy menu's, windows, programs and corresponding icons. When it comes to third-party apps all bets are off, hardly any two truly look and work alike.
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Indeed... Microsoft was (and often still is) just too much busy with appearances. Even their web based Office has all the same flaws.