Top 5 Mac OS Tips and Tricks

Top 5 Mac OS Tips and Tricks
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Have you ever seen an individual who is well versed with the Mac OS? It seems so effortless how they can shift between tabs, images, launching apps, and other exhilarating gimmicks. They can accomplish all these using the keyboard or touch bar.

Within the Mac ecosystem, there are so many tips and tricks that you can learn to make your experience all the more fascinating, as well as streamlining your workflows. However, most of these tricks are often overlooked by users.

Even for seasoned Mac OS users, there are still many tips and tricks to learn since the developer keeps on releasing new ones to finetune the experience of using Mac OS.

You can find a couple of these tricks online. Prior to opening any site on your device, it's vital to protect your Mac with Internet security software because some of these sites aren't safe. They may be phishing sites that embed malware on your device.

In this discussion, e will in detail look at some of these tips and tricks. Some of these gimmicks are simple and can even be applied by novices; however, some are advanced and will only be suited to seasoned Mac OS users.

The Top 5 Mac OS Tips and Tricks Include:

Transform Your Desktop Icons into Emojis

You can transform your desktop folder icons to differentiate them or for an aesthetic look easily. How do you go about this?

  • Create a new folder on your desktop.

  • Search for the emoticon you want on Google, for instance, the Smiley emoji.

  • Double-tap on the picture to launch it in the preview tab.

  • To change the picture background to transparent, click the markup symbol.

  • Click the image background; a hovering outline will appear, which you will then CUT.

  • Click the markup symbol once more, and hold and drag the box around the emoji. 

  • Press edit and select all. Proceed to use the copy protocol (Cmd + C). 

  • Return to the folder you made and right-click.

  • Proceed to click on the Get Info prompt. 

  • In the pop-up screen, press the blue tab and input (Cmd + V). The emoji will appear.

Resetting Your Device Password

Have you forgotten your Mac Passcode? Worry not, since Mac OS has a simple procedure built-in that will give you access. After keying in the wrong passcode, a couple of times, you will be asked if you want to reset with Apple ID. So, what should you do? 

  • Press on the question mark symbol shown, followed by the Arrive symbol, which will prompt the same passcode process. 

  • Key in your email and passcode. A pop-up notification will inform you that a new keychain that reserves your passcode is being created. Press OK to let the process begin.

  • Follow the ensuing prompts to create a new passcode for your device. 

Renaming Multiple Folders at Once

Renaming a folder is boring but renaming about 50 folders in one sitting is tiresome. If your device has the latest Mac OS- Yosemite, the process is relatively straightforward. 

Simply select all folders you need to retitle and right-click and press the Rename prompt. The Replace Text prompt lets you make modifications to the names of some files. For instance, rather than having 'IMG 01', you can have 'London 01' or anything else.

Signing Documents with Your Mac PC

On the off chance that you've had to resend a file that has been sent to you, then you know all too well the hassle of including your signature in the document. But with Mac OS, the process is relatively straightforward.

Click on the file you need to sign in to the Preview Tab. Click on the pen symbol on the upper right corner of your screen and click on Generate Signature with iSight. 

Write your signature on plain paper and hold it is facing the camera. Align the paper with the lines on the screen, and the camera should automatically capture the signature. Finally, proceed to save the captured image. 

Mac OS version of Ctrl + Alt + Delete

Mac OS has its own rendition (Ctrl + Alt + Delete) function of Windows OS. If you cannot exit an app in Mac OS, simply click CMD + Option + Esc, and the apps will be ended.

Final Thought

To sum it all up, many individuals are switching from Windows OS, which has been the mainstream operating system for computers for a while now. Mac OS has created numerous tricks which are now attracting these new users, some of which have been illustrated above.

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