So you want some new tips and tricks to boost your productivity on your Mac , you are at right place. Everyone gets bored of same old stuff and doing same thing over and over again. So today I am going to share with you some
cool tips and tricks for your Mac.
1. Renaming multiple files together
There are times you want to rename multiple files . Did you know , you can rename multiple files together ?
Steps:
- Select the files that you want to rename
- Right click on this selection
- Select "rename x items" from right click menu. Here x is the number of files you selected.
- Then you can choose name of file that you want to keep and a number which will increment for your subsequent files.
2. Make terminal speak
I know this is not a productive tip, but a cool trick to impress your friends. You can make terminal speak particular text. For that Go to Terminal and type "say" and type the text that you want it to speak.
Example:
>say I am tech guy
This will make terminal say "I am tech Guy"
3. Youtube Picture in picture(PIP)
There are times when you want your youtube videos to sit in a corner while you do your other stuffs. So Yes , this is possible with your default browser "safari" .
Steps:
- Go to Youtube
- Play any video of your choice.
- Right click on the video (TWO TIMES)
- This will give option to open PIP for this video, click and enjoy your video in PIP mode.
- You can drag it anywhere , just use Command key while dragging to move it to any desired location.
4. Type Emojis anywhere
Who does not like Emojis (😍)? Well you can use emojis in your Mac almost any where. For that you need to press Control + Command + Space any where ("Where you can write text") , and a pop up window will appear showing all emojis.
5. Change default screenshot format to JPEG.
Every Mac user know that Mac saves the screenshot you take in PNG by default. Well , if you want to change the default settings and save your screenshot as JPEG then you need to use a command for that.
Steps:
- Open Terminal
- Type : defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg;killall SystemUIServer
And you are done. Next time you take screenshot ,It will save it in JPEG by default and save some space without compromising quality of screenshot.
6. Keyboard shortcuts for Apps
We all love to faster access to our apps. Well you can easily configure keyboard shortcuts for your favourite apps. For that simple go to System Preferences , click on Keyboard and click shortcut tab. You can make your custom shortcuts for your apps .
7. Cool Animation
This again is not productivity tip but a cool one. You can slow down animations in your Mac for fun.
Just hold "Shift" while doing some actions that has animations like Minimising a window. It would be fun to see genie effect in Slow-Mo.
8. Find MacOS download History
Even if you delete download history from your browsers, yet they are not fully cleared. You can see anything downloaded on a Mac using this simple trick.
Steps:
- Open Terminal
- Type : sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'select LSQuarantineDataURLString from LSQuarantineEvent'
- It will display all the downloads on this Mac.
- If you want to clear this download history, the Type: sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'delete from LSQuarantineEvent'
Now clearly you know where to look if forgot about some downloads. Isn't It cool.
Comment down below your favourite Mac Tricks and ask any Questions if your have.