Please tell me your convenient life hacks in using a MacBook

Katie17 · 1 Oct 2020 at 20:09

Hi friends!)
Please tell me your convenient life hacks in using a MacBook - I recently switched from a regular laptop! share your secrets)
Great mood!

Katie17 · 2 Oct 2020 at 16:02

Feek said:
On the chance that this isn't a bot

shift command 4
space
click

class I tried! very useful!

ChrisD. said:
Magent.

what does it mean? :confused:

Katie17 · 4 Oct 2020 at 20:42

ChrisD. said:
It’s an app that lets you manipulate windows much the same way as you can with Windows 10. Why it’s not part of the OS is beyond me. Definitely worth having IMO.

https://magnet.crowdcafe.com/

Wow, cool! my first thought is that this is missing on a macbook!

Katie17 · 12 Oct 2020 at 12:22

cmd+ - for some reason it just increases the page size, what am I doing wrong?
cmd+` - the same

Katie17 · 12 Oct 2020 at 20:31

chroniclard said:
Install Windows, relish the superior UI.

it's too much, buy a MacBook and convert it to Windows. how to buy a sponge for washing dishes, smear it with nutella - it will not be cake. it will be something very strange

Katie17 · 13 Oct 2020 at 15:50

Bouton Aide said:
Get out.

When I had a MacBook Air I only duel booted to play one game on it. There wasn’t another reason for me to have windows on it.

that is, is it too bad? :rolleyes:

in your opinion

Katie17 · 15 Oct 2020 at 17:27

Ryan-3 said:
Isn't this just shift+command+3?

this is a full screen shot. I understood, thank you

Katie17 · 15 Oct 2020 at 17:29

Ryan-3 said:
The things you know!

Seems like half of the functionality in MacOS is hidden and waiting to be found.

waiting for them to be found

Katie17 · 1 Nov 2020 at 09:59

danielanthony said:
It’s all about the gestures for me. I use both a mouse and external trackpad on my iMac.

hi) if we talk about it, I'm more comfortable without a mouse

Katie17 · 2 Nov 2020 at 19:58

danielanthony said:
I use the mouse for interacting with apps but the trackpad more for moving between full-screen apps (swipe left to right) or selecting other desktops (swipe bottom to top). I'm perfectly happy using just the trackpad on my iMac/MacBook Pro but having a mouse too is the best of both.

Get the Apple Magic Trackpad, it's great.

thanks - something else new for me, distracted from studying the laptop these days

Katie17 · 2 Nov 2020 at 19:59

danielanthony said:
I use the mouse for interacting with apps but the trackpad more for moving between full-screen apps (swipe left to right) or selecting other desktops (swipe bottom to top). I'm perfectly happy using just the trackpad on my iMac/MacBook Pro but having a mouse too is the best of both.

Get the Apple Magic Trackpad, it's great.

and I will definitely read about he Apple Magic Trackpad

Katie17 · 2 Nov 2020 at 20:01

Feek said:
I don't even have a mouse connected to my iMac, it's all about the Magic Trackpad.

that's why it's called magic

Katie17 · 5 Nov 2020 at 18:34

Terminal_Boy said:
Install SMCFanControl. Because MaC OS doesn’t control cooling worth a damn.

it is very useful! thank you, I've never heard of such an app

Katie17 · 8 Nov 2020 at 18:02

I set up cmd + space as a language change, but I didn't know the first combination! thanks
I like that I am still learning something new!

Reuben klang said:
ctrl + cmd + space = emoji!

cmd + space = search

shift + cmd + 5 = screen shot/record menu

Katie17 · 10 Nov 2020 at 17:00

Feek said:
cmd-space for spotlight is the keyboard shortcut I use the most. I use it to launch applications, find documents and there is so much that spotlight can do. Need to do a quick calculation, cmd-space and type it. Need to do a currency conversion, cmd-space and type it. Need to do a unit conversion... you’re gettting the idea.

It’s probably the best keyboard shortcut on the macOS.

got the idea, thanks!))

Katie17 · 10 Nov 2020 at 17:06

I've already tried it! it is really convenient!

Feek said:
Spotlight is really powerful, it's not just an app launcher.

Katie17 · 13 Nov 2020 at 18:18

ChrisD. said:
It also causes far more problems than it solves.

Unfortunately, I have not figured it out yet. if you have any helpful links on this topic I will be grateful

Katie17 · 16 Nov 2020 at 15:01

Feek said:
Little Snitch? Uninstall it and forget about it, that's the best suggestion I can give you.

well thank you!

Katie17 · 20 Nov 2020 at 12:35

sg0 said:
You're missing the point. It's the straw that broke the camels back. The functionality of the software enabled me to track outgoing data so I can make an informed decision about my data

there is an allow all button! Just tick it. The program Is like 90% tick or cross you choose . Apps that are talking are at the top of the list.

Even "Legitimate" software does illegitimate snooping, there is history of apps in the playstore and app store that have proven this.

I used to use VOX music player on ios, it's excellent at what it does. Have had it for years. When I updated to ios 14, every time I opened vox ios notified me that vox copied from the clipboard board wtf! Could be a bug i suppose but I didn't like it one bit. There is no need for it to do that.

the link I posted to the video was deleted but in short Louis Rossman a right to repair activist and tech repair shop owner in New York (highly recommend his vids on you tube) explains about an article (from a person I can't remember) illustrating how apps on Mac hardware were not opening or were crashing because of a apple server outage. Normally The apps call the server if you're online and your usage getts logged, and everything just works but with the server issue things went pear shaped and apps that people had purchased couldn't be used. Now You could've turned the internet off on your machine or set little snitch to block that traffic thus keeping you online for everything else and use your paid for apps.

Now this topic is called "
Please tell me your convenient life hacks in using a MacBook"

All due respect just because you couldn't or didn't know how to use it doesn't mean it's not useful life hack for others. Objective development have been around a long time and their snitches are very popular with a lot of windows users wanting the same functionality.

I've said all I have to say in this topic. Good luck to everyone in these strange times.

Now everything sounds even more confusing to the average user

Katie17 · 23 Nov 2020 at 18:42

Royal Fleet said:
Took me ages to find this but 'Option + CMD + m + h' minimises all windows. I missed this from Windows.

thanks!

I think this is definitely not known to many