Suggestions for new users to Mac. Note that these cater toward coders:
- Rectangle for arranging windows
- browser: Firefox, Chrome, or a privacy browser like Brave Browser
- JetBrains apps for coding, e.g. if you use Python, install PyCharm
- Bear app, for notes in Markdown format, shared with iPhone/iPad via iCloud
- iTerm2,
zsh
, andoh-my-zsh
for devs who like a better command line - Gifski creates .gif
- ImageOptim optimize images, reduce sizes
- external keyboard typing gibberish need to enable/disable Sticky Keys
- pipe output to/from clipboard on Mac
echo 'hello' | pbcopy
pbpaste
- Spotlight Search
CMD+Space
for quickly searching and opening apps- How to open items in the enclosing folder directly from a Spotlight search in macOS | Macworld
- e.g.
CMD+Space
and search for Night Shift - System Preferences > Trackpad > check out all the multi-finger gestures
SHIFT+CMD+3
screenshot entire desktop, save into folder Desktop/SHIFT+CMD+4
screenshot section of screen, save into folder Desktop/CTRL+SHIFT+CMD+3
screenshot entire desktop into clipboard (CMD+V to paste it somewhere, like Bear)CTRL+SHIFT+CMD+4
screenshot section of screen into clipboard (CMD+V to paste it somewhere, like Bear)SHIFT+CMD+5
overall Screen Capture including screenshot & screen recording- you can also screen record with QuickTime Player by going to New>Screen Recording
SHIFT+CMD+G
in Finder to go to a path- Applications/ folder is where most apps are installed
- .dmg files are Mac installer files
CMD+Q
to quit an application completely- When editing PDFs, you can write a
signature
with your trackpad