Let's just get right into these:
Setting Changes
🔎 Finder Preferences
- Finder > View > Show Path Bar
- Finder > View > Show Status Bar
- Finder > Preferences > General > Uncheck "Open folders in tabs instead of new windows"
- Finder > Preferences > General > New Finder windows show "Documents" (instead of "Recents")
- Finder > Preferences > Tags > Uncheck those you don't use
- Finder > Preferences > Advanced > Search the Current Folder when performing a search
- System Preferences > Dock and Menu Bar > Battery > Enable Battery Percentage
Tips and Tricks
📁 File Management
- "CMD+i" while selecting a file to change default app to open with
- Open image > Markup > Edit size and you can change the size of the file (proportions stay the same)
- Select multiple images > Right click > Quick actions > Create PDF (you can move the pages around)
- Open PDF > File > Export as PNG or JPEG
- Keynote presentations can be exported as a PPT file, Numbers can be exported as Excel files, and Pages as Word Doc files
- Force quit option 1 - Use Activity Monitor
- Force quit option 2 - CMD+OPTION+ESC
- Force quit option 3 - Right click on the app in the dock and hold down OPTION
⚓️ Dock
- Right click on the vertical line within the deck to quickly get to Dock Preferences
- Hold down "Shift" and drag the vertical line to move the Dock
⌥ Option Key
- CMD+OPTION to create folder alias
- OPTION+drag to quickly copy a file or folder
- OPTION+click to expand all child folders
- Finder > Go > Hold down option > Library (you can now add to Sidebar from "File")
📺 Screen recording
- Connect iPhone to MacBook > Quicktime Player > File > New Movie Recording > Select iPhone screen
- CMD + SHIFT + 5 for default MacBook screen recorder
- Pro tip: During video calls, you can present Quicktime Player window to show your iPhone screen
⌨️ Keyboard
- Long press a key to reveal accented alphabet characters
- CMD+CTRL+Space for searchable Emoji bar
- FN+Delete to use "PC delete" function
- Easter egg: OPTION+SHIFT+K