I can't believe people on this site are such ******s. Are you really so uneducated that you think the author of a story is writing it for her own edification? Good grief.
I thought it was a cool article.
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Seven Useful macOS Tricks You Might Not Know
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I thought it was a cool article.
More productive: et out of your basement and work on your 8 min/mile personal record. It will help if you take that chip on your shoulder before starting. Surely that is weighing you down.
Not everyone is or wants to be a MacCyclopedia of functionality. Some people on this site are new to Mac. Others don't memorize every bit of functionality or can use a refresher. Just because a library stocks 10s of thousands of books doesn't mean you have to read them all. Same goes for threads here on MR. More information is always better than less. Well, OK, not always. Heh.
The problem I've had over the years of using Macs is that these types of shortcuts just seem to come and go with no rime or reason. Count on them today, and tomorrow they just quit working with no explanation.
Its much better to use 3rd party tools. Until, of course, Apple decides that the 3rd party tool is getting too much attention.
Its much better to use 3rd party tools. Until, of course, Apple decides that the 3rd party tool is getting too much attention.
Ohhh thanks for making me aware of the ignore function! Thats a good tip...!
Could you give an example of something that has been taken away?
First grade teacher: “What is 1+1?”
6-yr-old vincebio: “Perhaps you should work somewhere else.”
6-yr-old vincebio: “Perhaps you should work somewhere else.”
Very impressed with Macrumors the last two weeks. You guys (and gals) have stepped up your internet game. Articles like these are the kinds of things that keep people coming back to the site, not to mention the wonderful forum members who are always full of vim and vigor.
absolutely. i love those more advanced tricks-article that are actually useful, compared to the earlier „how to set up your homepod“, „airpods“, etc... fillers, that managed to complicate dead-simple processes but still miss potential pitfalls.
Been using Cmd+Shift+4 for years and never knew about these two modifiers, and I'm feeling rather embarrassed that I didn't even think about trying them out earlier just to see what would happen. Thank you -- these will save me a lot of do-overs!
Digital signature doesn't mean inserting a JPG of your signature. It means public/private key encryption like PGP or GPG.
Only thing I get is airplay no windows popping on safari or chrome. How is this supposed to work?
If you want to play semantics: you = your Apple ID.
Digital signing is tried and trusted technology, from legal PDF documents through to signing of code such as iOS. You can pay the likes of Adobe to do it through their signing service, or Apple could easily do it for nothing if they cared to do so. A document that is truly digitally signed has a certification chain that can be verified. Anyone’s graphic added to a document is simply fluff. Zero legal authority.
Maybe you have not used Spaces.
Did you mention the separate windows are opened in another Space?
If you thought those were neat, wait until you find out about ctrl and space as modifiers.Been using Cmd+Shift+4 for years and never knew about these two modifiers, and I'm feeling rather embarrassed that I didn't even think about trying them out earlier just to see what would happen. Thank you -- these will save me a lot of do-overs!
Enjoyed the article. One comment on the green button tip: It appear not to work if you go into full screen mode where the green button disappears. If you display the menu in that mode click and hold the green button it does not go into split screen.
Apple is sometimes maddeningly inconsistent in the way features work across the OS.
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Neat trick. I had to add Summarize to services via services preferences first as it was not on by default.
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Of course, you don't even need a signature to form a valid contract.
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I’d be happy if i at least didnt need adobe acrobat for the sign with certificate. Apple ID is next level
While I agree that terms like ‘useful tips...’ and ‘you might not know...’ are often associated with click bait, those sites also fail to deliver any useful tips or information and it’s immediately apparent that they are deceptive.
In stark contrast, this article actually DID deliver useful information right from the start. Absolutely NOT click bait.
Something that always wows people who are unfamiliar with Macs is Screen Sharing through Messages. It is so handy when dealing with parental computer issues.
While that’s something different than window positioning on the screen, yes – I have used Spaces but I almost never use it – too dramatic (i.e. slow) to switch between them.
Do you think Spaces is efficient to work with?
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Best "tip" posted here today! Thanks!
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Best "tip" posted here today! Thanks!
This I didn't know, it's such a great tip, thanks!!! I used to make an app go full screen then open mission control and drag another app over the thumbnail to go split screen. This long press zoom button method operates very much like in Windows 10, it presents all of the other windows to go split screen with
Interesting. I'd never paid attention before that there is such a thing as services preferences. All sorts of useful stuff in there. Feeling kind of dumb now, but thanks for the tip!