Mac os tips

Another cool shortcut you can use on Mac is to delete files. Instead of dragging them to the Trash or using the right-click shortcut menu, just select the item and hit Command + Delete.

Mac has a cool tool for capturing your screen that you can access with Command + Shift + 5. But for a fast screenshot of your entire screen, just use Command + Shift + 3.

If you start each day by opening the same apps on your Mac, you can make this much easier. Set up your Mac so that the same apps open automatically when you start your computer. Open System Preferences > Users & Groups. Select your username and click Login Items at the top. You can then check the boxes for those apps in the list or add more using the plus sign button.

If you need to use a letter that has an accent, you don’t have to search for a special character. Just press and hold the key on your keyboard. A selection of accented letters based on that key will display for you to pick the one you want.

You can easily increase or decrease the volume on your Mac using Fn with the volume buttons. But if you want to change the volume in smaller increments, hold Shift + Option with Fn and the volume buttons. You’ll see the indicators for the volume move in smaller amounts.

If you’re switching from a Windows computer, then you’re used to having both Delete and Backspace keys on your keyboard. Delete removes letters forward and Backspace removes letters backward. But on Mac, you only have Delete, which works like Backspace removing letters backwards. So if you want to remove letters forward, use the keyboard shortcut Fn + Delete.

While you can use tabs in Finder to view multiple windows, you might open new ones without thinking to use tabs. But you can easily clear up the clutter by merging your open Finder windows. With them all open and active, click Window > Merge All Windows from the menu bar. You’ll then see all of your open Finder windows combined into one using tabs for each.

You can easily rename files one by one, but if you want to rename a group of files to something similar, there’s a fast way to do it. Select the files you want to rename, right-click, and choose Rename X Items. You’ll get a pop-up window where you can replace the text in the current filenames with whatever you like.

Create more workspace on your Mac by using the Split View feature. This lets you put two apps side-by-side in a full-screen view. Put your cursor over the green button on the top left of the first app’s window. You can then choose to put that window on the left or right of the screen. Once you do, you’ll see which windows are available to use on the other side of the screen. Just click the one you want and you’ll be in Split View.