So you’ve mastered the fine art of keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS X, but you want to make your own, or alter existing ones; how do you do it? Or maybe you’re used to a certain keyboard shortcut that isn’t available anymore, or has switched to something else, and you want to change it back. [...]
Occasionally in Mac OS X, it may be necessary to force a program or process to quit. For example, if a particular program fails to respond or unexpectedly hangs. Every application on a Mac comprises of one or more processes. It’s usually possible to use the Force Quit command (⌘⌥ esc) in the Apple Menu, but [...]
These are a few really simple shortcuts that every Mac owner should know about. If you don’t yet know about these then this will save you loads of time. Whenever you want to trash a file just select it by clicking on it. Hold the cmd / ⌘ key and hit the delete key.
If you have ever deleted a file accidentally you will know just how frustrating it can be. There are many products out there that can help you undelete a file however before you go out and buy one of them its worth trying this simple method using a Terminal command.
Is your Mac taking forever to empty the trash? Well the reason for this could be down to one simple hidden setting; Secure Empty trash has been turned on by default. Before explaing how to configure this setting let me start by explaining what it is and how it works.
Most people know the keyboard shortcuts to copy, paste and cut text on a Mac. There are however many other little known key combinations that can really improve your productivity. Below are some of the lesser known and undocumented shortcuts for editing text.
Sometimes when you double click a file to open it your Mac chooses the wrong application. For instance you might open a text file expecting it to open in Pages or Word but instead your Mac chooses TextEdit. Never fear there is an easy way to get around this problem: Right click (control click) the [...]
Recently Spotlight on my MacBook Pro started having a problem where it couldn’t complete its indexing. While searching around for a solution I came upon this useful trick to force Spotlight into creating a new index without using the terminal.
