Link: macOS 15 Tips
Some genuinely useful macOS system tips in here. Worth watching in full, but here are the ones I want to remember:
- Prevent Safari auto-opening downloaded files: Safari > Preferences > General > Uncheck “Open ‘safe’ files after downloading”
- After selecting multiple files, they can be merged into a PDF from the right-click context menu
- Switch audio inputs by holding
[Option]when selecting Sound from the menu bar - In Spotlight, press
[Command]+[r]to open the folder of a file rather than the file itself - Double clicking on a window causes inconsistent resizing by default, change this to always minimize: System Preferences > Dock & Menu Bar > Minimize windows using
[minimize] - Delete an entire word at a time by holding
[Option]. - Delete an entire line by holding
[Command]. -
[Option]+ left or right key lets you skip words. - When taking a screenshot, hold
[Option]to resize capture area, hold[Space]to move the box and press[Esc]to cancel the screenshot.
I only started using Spotlight to open apps last year and that’s been a gamechanger: it reduces the use of my mouse, makes opening/finding apps much quicker and declutters my dock. Many of these tips seem like they could be daily time savers, too. Perhaps I should keep up with this stuff…