![]() ![]() Lastly, a command-line Easter egg in the form of `` defaults write`` – There are lots and lots of incantations you can pass to the defaults write command that modify subtle and not-so-subtle things about the Mac.You’ll find things to customize you didn’t know existed. Just poke around in apps’/macOS’ Preferences/settings (Command-semicolon in most apps). ![]() You can do this with multiple files at once and fullscreen/contact sheet them. Speaking of the spacebar, Quick Look is your new best friend… in the Finder or Open File dialog, tapping space previews a file without opening it.Command-Shift-4, then tap space lets you isolate individual windows or screen regions to capture, automagically. Command-Shift-4 lets you drag a rect around a region to capture. Screencaps - Command-Shift-3 saves the current display(s) to files on the desktop.Command-clicking things makes a non-contiguous selection. Shift-clicking items/files selects a range, just like on 'doze.Shift and volume keys changes the volume without beeping (erstwhile radio host and current podcaster tip).You can now control-scroll to zoom in and out on anything on the screen. If you have vision issues or just want things to get real nice and big sometimes, enable System Preferences > Accessibility > Zoom.Command-clicking into a background app doesn’t bring a background window forward/change input focus, but it does pass the click through (useful if you want to do something with an app that’s lower in the window hierarchy).Proxy icons in window titlebars act as file icons – you can drag them to folders, the trash, other apps, and do many other things you can do with file icons in the Finder.Volleying back, on the topic of built-in Mac-isms you should know about, here are some oldies-but-goodies that might not be immediately apparent to newbies: I have other personal must-haves and customizations (like Solarized colorschemes and readable terminal fonts with italicized comments, etc., but I feel like that might not be relevant to your interests). lastly, I haven’t used but it looks amazing (autocomplete & GUI superpowers for terminal).any recent eyecandy/UI hacks by Neil Sardesai, wizard Swift dev.Hue – for color sampling anything on the screen.Little Snitch – Software firewall, useful if you’re curious what network buggery your apps get up to and need to block/allow it on a case-by-case basis.Flycut – multi-level clipboard/pasteboard. ![]() Also comes with a handy event viewer that lets you suss out dead/stuttering keys or layout funkiness.
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