I've loved your videos for many years, Gary, but this is probably the single most useful one that you've made! This has already today made things easier for me! Thanks.
I have to save this video. You've answered questions I haven't even asked yet. Just got my MacBook about a month ago (coming from PC) and there's so much I need to learn. This video has been SO educational, more so than any of the 100 or so I've already watched. Thank you.
Brilliant! I've been an Apple/Mac convert for about 10 years. However, I never took the time to truly learn how to use my Macs to their fullest...until now! Having found your channel, I've had soooo many Ah Ha moments. However, this one is by far the best! This video should be mandatory for anyone using a Mac for the first time. Thanks sooo much!
TBH your correct and its the same for all their products the iPad, iPhones are little high powered IOS machines in their own rights... get all three into the ecosystem... maby the watch if you wear one, get the Apple + package and the Apple TV controller and your set.
Garry - so useful mate! YES _ we could all read the manual - and I do - but this is so much more useful and intuitive - examples are so useful...well done mate - again!
Great video. I have one to add from outer space: ⭐If you have a Magic Keyboard, the biggest secret is to get solid matching aluminum feet to put on the back of it. Mine allow three angles. Gently raising the angle increases ergonomics, typing speed, and hand health.
wow, there were so many hidden features. and I think there are many handy ones which people would like. But the most important thing is that I get to know a lot of new things whether I use it or not.
It's far too long ago for me to remember the exact details, but I know many of the keyboard / mouse tricks were there in my Apple Lisa in the Lisa GUI. Lisa Draw had many of the same contraint functions for example.
Excellent information! Many I knew but most I didn’t. I came to the conclusion that if you want the keyboard to do something, more than likely there is a way to do it.
Super useful video as always Gary, I remembered an ancient combination I used to use (Option key + select text with the mouse ) this way you can select a "box" of text! or select vertically, it could be useful for lists or so..
You're right on the same wavelength as I am. I have a new Magic Keyboard that should be here, tomorrow. Got a new Magic Mouse last weekend. Mac's have always just been a perfect fit for me. I use control and option all the time. I knew some of those, but; I'm saving this to review tomorrow. Very good video, today.
This one deserved a bookmark; thanks! I'd always used Option K (think, Kelvin) to get the degree symbol ˚ , but I tried your Option 0, and I get a larger, slightly more legible degree symbol º vs ˚ ; also, for some reason using Option K you have to hit the Space Bar twice to insert just one space, so I'm retraining myself to use Option 0 from now on.
Actually I think the proper degree symbol is: Option+Shift+8 for °. Option+0 is º and Option+K is ˚, those are listed in character definitions as something else.
What is it you are trying to DO, exactly? There is no break key, but what are you using the break key for that you want to do on a Mac? I'd need to know that to recommend a solution.
@@macmost On Mac keyboard with an option+sh+k one gets But on Windows you get plenty more with a combination of multiple keys. For example this '♦, ♣' So where / how can one type / find such ASCII characters keys for a Mac?
Amazing video ! I know my question might be a bit weird and out of the subject. But how do you get your clicking effect, I think it’s probably from your recording app. Ngl, I’ve been looking for that everywhere !
I love KB Shortcuts and use many, but one that never worked for me is "simply hold down a key to get alternatives". I only get a repeating letter. If I turn repeat off, I get only a single letter, no matter how long I hold it. (I am on Sonoma) The rest works for me though - Thank you.
@12:50 How can I get a bigger text box for Save As:? Sometimes the file name is so long that I cannot se the whole name and I have to scroll thru the letters. There's plenty of space around the box....
Not sure what you mean. All characters are Unicode characters. Do you mean maybe use Text Replacements so you can type say !threedots and get ∴ as a result? See th-cam.com/video/NDcOAtH94rA/w-d-xo.html
@@NBBuccaneer It is possible, but it takes a lot of know-how and tinkering with some low-level things on your Mac. th-cam.com/video/qVrT76mZ8F4/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Gary - a lot of information. My goal is doubly complicated because: 1. I am using a British keyboard; 2. I am trying to call a unicode character (2234), for which I can see no references nor examples. Are you able to assist? Many thanks again @@macmost
@@NBBuccaneer Not sure what you are looking to do. I show in this video how to type unicode characters like that. Once you have one, copy and paste is a good option.
I'm guessing you mean something in the Shortcuts app (not keyboard shortcuts which is what this video is about). I suppose you could. Probably lots of steps and not sure how easy it would be to build without knowing your coding skills. Not sure how to direct you here.
@@macmost yess i meant a shortcut in the Shortcuts app, i know i could do it using an external app, i'm just trying to avoid that. I'm still working on it
This is why Apple puit out the best products in the world. The IOS is fantastic. The ability to structure folders and tags colored folder options just the entire interphase most havent a clue exisy is why you should watch videos from content creators that are experts like this man. Ive just recently found him and highly recomend following and subscribing to learn everything Mac oriented.😁
There is always so much good information in your videos, but sometimes it feels like drinking from a fire hose! I have to go back and re-watch several times to get it all! Which I guess in the end is good for all of us. :-)
In the Finder, Command+A to select all, then Command+Left to collapse. In Safari, Edit Bookmarks, it is Option+Left to collapse the selected folders (in the Finder Option+Right/Left does it too, but enclosing folders as well).
Does the Apple provided keyboard for iMac, with fingerprint reader, illuminate as the keyboards on Mac Laptops do? If so, HOW - it's driving me nuts!! Thanks.
On my M1 Mini, holding a key down results in repeat letters. (Hold down the e, I get eeeeeeee....) Turning off key repeat entirely doesn't get me the accent options. Is this feature unique to Sonoma? Or to an Apple keyboard? (I'm using a Logitech MX.)
I hope you do a video on working with screenshots. I'd love to share things on Facebook; but it isn't really an immediately useful function; and the only way I've found to do it is very clunky. Screenshot>Rename the file>Save the file> find the the renamed file> (Where is the file?) Open the file> save the file> copy and paste the file... Errrr!
If you just want to post a screenshot to Facebook, why even bother with any of that. Use one of the keyboard shortcuts that copies to the clipboard, or use Shift+Command+5, have it set to "capture selected portion" so you can just grab an area with Command+C. Then paste into your Facebook post. No files needed at all.
Why would you assume that was a Sonoma problem? In fact, it seemed to be a problem with my screen recording app. Not bad enough to throw away a day's worth of work and start over though.
@@macmost I had exactly the same problem with Sonoma in some other apps and I wasn't recording my screen (however I do have a recording of that mouse flicker for a bug report = watch?v=42MLUjOdabM ) In fact, Sonoma gave me so many problems that I had to roll back to Ventura - which wasn't easy, due to Recovery bug - that prevents you from booting into recovery if you have ProMotion screen and have it set to 60Hz or less. I had to resort to DFU mode. Sonoma is a mess, but I can see how very few people will run into these problems - why would anyone run their expensive macs with 120Hz screens in 60Hz. Anyway, very good and informative video, thanks for that. I'm just very pissed with Sonoma lately.
@@solembum78 I've recorded more than 120 videos (including my course videos) with Sonoma and only one had this cursor blinking bug. Restarted ScreenFlow and it has never come back. ScreenFlow has also had an update since then too. I've never seen it when just using Sonoma, it was only in the recording (it records the position of the pointer separately so effects can be applied).
Why are these features secret? Why is so much functionality hidden on the Mac? Oh, I know. Its a secret which Setting is used to control a given feature. And those controls are hidden somewhere in the tangled mess that Settings have become. I guess the present day Mac engineers learned their craft from reading the "Windows Hidden Features" books from the 90s. Does anybody else here remember those days?
I love keyboard combinations! I don’t know them all by heart, but I know quite a few and use them instinctively. In fact, if I have to slow down, I can’t do it. One historical paper I was writing used some weird characters very often (a long “s” comes to mind, as in pursuit of happineſs) and I put all the keystrokes at the bottom so that I could refer to my own cheat sheet there (or do a copy/paste). Usually I google the one I want. The deep press for accents I want (en français, par example) works across all devices. Thanks Gary!
I don't know ONE person that knows all these. I feel like I have to reatch this video each week to not forget them all!
and then try them all 6 times so that we retain it as muscle memory!
That ONE is Gary. The one MacMost to rule them all
@@glenn_r_frank_authorGet a Stream Deck and just program it into the macro keys.
I've loved your videos for many years, Gary, but this is probably the single most useful one that you've made! This has already today made things easier for me! Thanks.
This is the best video I've seen in a VERY long time. Love the channel.
Wow! Tons of customizations. I love how versatile macOS and IOS are. I wish I had dumped Windows decades ago. Another gem Gary. Thanks for all you do.
I have to save this video. You've answered questions I haven't even asked yet. Just got my MacBook about a month ago (coming from PC) and there's so much I need to learn. This video has been SO educational, more so than any of the 100 or so I've already watched. Thank you.
You’re the king. I’m amazed with every single video you make. Thank you for being you! You are awesome
Great video Gary! I'm gonna keep this around as a reference.
Thanks for doing this.
Incroyable! Quelle découverte! Toutjours aussi intéressants, vos enseignements. Mille mercis à vous, de Montréal.
Outstanding tutorial. This video is so comprehensive it could be called a mini course. Many thanks!
Brilliant! I've been an Apple/Mac convert for about 10 years. However, I never took the time to truly learn how to use my Macs to their fullest...until now! Having found your channel, I've had soooo many Ah Ha moments. However, this one is by far the best! This video should be mandatory for anyone using a Mac for the first time. Thanks sooo much!
TBH your correct and its the same for all their products the iPad, iPhones are little high powered IOS machines in their own rights... get all three into the ecosystem... maby the watch if you wear one, get the Apple + package and the Apple TV controller and your set.
This one was such a brilliant tutorial, Gary! Million thanks!
Aaaaand I've bookmarked this one! So many useful tips and possibilities. Thank you, Gary!
Amazing, been using MAC for 20 years but I always learn something watching your videos
I had no idea the keyboard had so many amazing features!! Thank you so much I appreciate all your super helpful info!!
Garry - so useful mate! YES _ we could all read the manual - and I do - but this is so much more useful and intuitive - examples are so useful...well done mate - again!
I cannot believe that you have a video that goes for 25 minutes about Mac Keyboard shortcuts! Yet, I learnt sooo much!!
Great video. I have one to add from outer space:
⭐If you have a Magic Keyboard, the biggest secret is to get solid matching aluminum feet to put on the back of it. Mine allow three angles.
Gently raising the angle increases ergonomics, typing speed, and hand health.
Great video! Thank you. I have wondered about this stuff forever.
Great video. Now if I could just remember half of those when I need them.
Awesome Gary. Right at the top of your game with this one! Practical and super useful. Thank you.
Holy moly! A LOT of information. BUT: FINALLY I know how to start a new line in Apple Messages without sending the text. Thanks!
wow, there were so many hidden features. and I think there are many handy ones which people would like. But the most important thing is that I get to know a lot of new things whether I use it or not.
That's a great tutorial! Soooo many shortcuts that I had no idea about. Thanks Gary! 🤩🤩🙌🙌🙏🙏
Excellent! A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary!👏🏻❤️
Thanks very much, Gary, for this extrenmely informative video! Learned quite a few new keyboard shortcuts today 👍
It's far too long ago for me to remember the exact details, but I know many of the keyboard / mouse tricks were there in my Apple Lisa in the Lisa GUI. Lisa Draw had many of the same contraint functions for example.
Excellent information! Many I knew but most I didn’t. I came to the conclusion that if you want the keyboard to do something, more than likely there is a way to do it.
Wow!!!!!! I had no idea of many of them.
Tnx ssooooooo much
thank you sir , you have helped me a lot today with this new macbook I have been given by my employer. Thanks!
you are so good at this.
Super useful video as always Gary, I remembered an ancient combination I used to use (Option key + select text with the mouse ) this way you can select a "box" of text! or select vertically, it could be useful for lists or so..
You're right on the same wavelength as I am. I have a new Magic Keyboard that should be here, tomorrow. Got a new Magic Mouse last weekend. Mac's have always just been a perfect fit for me. I use control and option all the time. I knew some of those, but; I'm saving this to review tomorrow. Very good video, today.
This one deserved a bookmark; thanks! I'd always used Option K (think, Kelvin) to get the degree symbol ˚ , but I tried your Option 0, and I get a larger, slightly more legible degree symbol º vs ˚ ; also, for some reason using Option K you have to hit the Space Bar twice to insert just one space, so I'm retraining myself to use Option 0 from now on.
Actually I think the proper degree symbol is: Option+Shift+8 for °. Option+0 is º and Option+K is ˚, those are listed in character definitions as something else.
@@macmost I think ⌥ 0 is superscript o º, ⌥ 9 is superscript a ª and ⌥ ⇧ 8 is degree °
Wonderful Gary!😎
I'm only 5 minutes in and I've learned a TON of stuff!! Wow!
This is was an awesome video 👌
Fantastic information. Thank you. What key(s) can be pressed on a Mac keyboard to represent the Break key on a Windows keyboard?
What is it you are trying to DO, exactly? There is no break key, but what are you using the break key for that you want to do on a Mac? I'd need to know that to recommend a solution.
@@macmost using VBA in Access remotely and sometimes need to stop the code. On windows keyboard it’s CTRL-Break.
@@RickTapkey2 So in Excel? I'd look in Excel to see what command will do that on a Mac. I don't use VBA/Access with Excel so I'm afraid I can't help.
A great tutorial, Gary! Can you help with ASCII character key board or a source for Macbook?
Not sure what you mean by that.
@@macmost On Mac keyboard with an option+sh+k one gets But on Windows you get plenty more with a combination of multiple keys. For example this '♦, ♣' So where / how can one type / find such ASCII characters keys for a Mac?
@@AnilAtluriWord Just use number 4 in the video for that.
Thank you Gary. Though I did watch point 4 earlier I did not explore it. Thank for your patience. @@macmost
Amazing video ! I know my question might be a bit weird and out of the subject. But how do you get your clicking effect, I think it’s probably from your recording app. Ngl, I’ve been looking for that everywhere !
Yes, the recording app. ScreenFlow.
I’m happy that emacs is available on MacOS. Its ctrl functions are baked into my fingers.
I love KB Shortcuts and use many, but one that never worked for me is "simply hold down a key to get alternatives". I only get a repeating letter. If I turn repeat off, I get only a single letter, no matter how long I hold it. (I am on Sonoma)
The rest works for me though - Thank you.
@12:50 How can I get a bigger text box for Save As:? Sometimes the file name is so long that I cannot se the whole name and I have to scroll thru the letters. There's plenty of space around the box....
There's no way to expand the width of the text field there.
Is not too painful; I type somewhere else & copy.
Hi Gary is there a way to change the normal keyboard into a numeric keypad?
No. But you can get a small numeric keypad from a third-party maker pretty cheap if you need to enter a lot of data and like to do it that way.
@@macmost thank you so much!
Thanks, very useful. How do I create a shortcut to turn an existing keyboard character into a Unicode character ie replace § with ∴ ?
Not sure what you mean. All characters are Unicode characters. Do you mean maybe use Text Replacements so you can type say !threedots and get ∴ as a result? See th-cam.com/video/NDcOAtH94rA/w-d-xo.html
On my keyboard I have the unused symbol '§'. I would like to reassign this key so that when pressed, the unicode symbol '∴' appears. @@macmost
@@NBBuccaneer It is possible, but it takes a lot of know-how and tinkering with some low-level things on your Mac. th-cam.com/video/qVrT76mZ8F4/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Gary - a lot of information. My goal is doubly complicated because:
1. I am using a British keyboard;
2. I am trying to call a unicode character (2234), for which I can see no references nor examples.
Are you able to assist?
Many thanks again @@macmost
@@NBBuccaneer Not sure what you are looking to do. I show in this video how to type unicode characters like that. Once you have one, copy and paste is a good option.
hi there gary! could you make a shortcut to scan a document (or several pictures) and automatically compresses it to save it in files
I'm guessing you mean something in the Shortcuts app (not keyboard shortcuts which is what this video is about). I suppose you could. Probably lots of steps and not sure how easy it would be to build without knowing your coding skills. Not sure how to direct you here.
@@macmost yess i meant a shortcut in the Shortcuts app, i know i could do it using an external app, i'm just trying to avoid that. I'm still working on it
This is why Apple puit out the best products in the world. The IOS is fantastic. The ability to structure folders and tags colored folder options just the entire interphase most havent a clue exisy is why you should watch videos from content creators that are experts like this man. Ive just recently found him and highly recomend following and subscribing to learn everything Mac oriented.😁
There is always so much good information in your videos, but sometimes it feels like drinking from a fire hose! I have to go back and re-watch several times to get it all! Which I guess in the end is good for all of us. :-)
I'll try to provide less information next time 😉
@@macmost LOL! NO NO NO.... info packed is great! ;-)
slow down the video
@@burningpile8371 See th-cam.com/video/liZTyiy9NnU/w-d-xo.html
Any keystroke to collapse all items in a single expanded folder? and also all folders in a list eg (Safari Bookmarks)?
In the Finder, Command+A to select all, then Command+Left to collapse. In Safari, Edit Bookmarks, it is Option+Left to collapse the selected folders (in the Finder Option+Right/Left does it too, but enclosing folders as well).
What a revelation!
Does the Apple provided keyboard for iMac, with fingerprint reader, illuminate as the keyboards on Mac Laptops do? If so, HOW - it's driving me nuts!! Thanks.
No. I think the reason why they won't want that on a stand-alone wireless keyboard would be battery life.
On my M1 Mini, holding a key down results in repeat letters. (Hold down the e, I get eeeeeeee....) Turning off key repeat entirely doesn't get me the accent options. Is this feature unique to Sonoma? Or to an Apple keyboard? (I'm using a Logitech MX.)
Could be an issue with your third-party keyboard. I'd contact their support about it.
this should be part of education. I really enjoyed what you showed
I learn something every day, if I'm not careful!
Man, you like a magician from OZ country)
I hope you do a video on working with screenshots. I'd love to share things on Facebook; but it isn't really an immediately useful function; and the only way I've found to do it is very clunky. Screenshot>Rename the file>Save the file> find the the renamed file> (Where is the file?) Open the file> save the file> copy and paste the file... Errrr!
If you just want to post a screenshot to Facebook, why even bother with any of that. Use one of the keyboard shortcuts that copies to the clipboard, or use Shift+Command+5, have it set to "capture selected portion" so you can just grab an area with Command+C. Then paste into your Facebook post. No files needed at all.
there is no right control key in mine. maybe they have it in other keyboards.
Yes, it depends on the keyboard.
Here's my secret - don't spill anything on it. It will cost you big. Replaced with logi MX keys. Half the price, lighted keyboard, better keys.
too many things too fast 🤯....but good idea.
Sonoma is so broken that your cursor glitches around 3:32
Why would you assume that was a Sonoma problem? In fact, it seemed to be a problem with my screen recording app. Not bad enough to throw away a day's worth of work and start over though.
@@macmost I had exactly the same problem with Sonoma in some other apps and I wasn't recording my screen (however I do have a recording of that mouse flicker for a bug report = watch?v=42MLUjOdabM )
In fact, Sonoma gave me so many problems that I had to roll back to Ventura - which wasn't easy, due to Recovery bug - that prevents you from booting into recovery if you have ProMotion screen and have it set to 60Hz or less. I had to resort to DFU mode.
Sonoma is a mess, but I can see how very few people will run into these problems - why would anyone run their expensive macs with 120Hz screens in 60Hz.
Anyway, very good and informative video, thanks for that. I'm just very pissed with Sonoma lately.
@@solembum78 I've recorded more than 120 videos (including my course videos) with Sonoma and only one had this cursor blinking bug. Restarted ScreenFlow and it has never come back. ScreenFlow has also had an update since then too. I've never seen it when just using Sonoma, it was only in the recording (it records the position of the pointer separately so effects can be applied).
Why are these features secret? Why is so much functionality hidden on the Mac? Oh, I know. Its a secret which Setting is used to control a given feature. And those controls are hidden somewhere in the tangled mess that Settings have become. I guess the present day Mac engineers learned their craft from reading the "Windows Hidden Features" books from the 90s. Does anybody else here remember those days?
These are diacritical characters.
I love keyboard combinations! I don’t know them all by heart, but I know quite a few and use them instinctively. In fact, if I have to slow down, I can’t do it.
One historical paper I was writing used some weird characters very often (a long “s” comes to mind, as in pursuit of
happineſs) and I put all the keystrokes at the bottom so that I could refer to my own cheat sheet there (or do a copy/paste).
Usually I google the one I want.
The deep press for accents I want (en français, par example) works across all devices.
Thanks Gary!