Hi Gary! Well today’s “top tip I never knew about” is Command-H (Hide). It’s the quickest way to declutter my screen. Thank you once again for a great video!
I recently switched from Windows to Mac for the first time in 15 years and your channel has been a great help in picking up all the ways to start using MacOS like a pro. Thanks a lot for the videos.
As someone who is an avid macOS user for years, I still discover new ways to do things using this channel. There is not another one like it on TH-cam nearly as comprehensive.
HOORAY! Finally, something simple!😊 I think that in their zeal to be flexible, Apple (and Windows) offer too many ways to do things, which generally only ends up confusing me, with the result being that instead of making things simpler to use, they accomplish the opposite.
You’re on top of things, Gary. Just that one tip about shift-command-5 for the Screen capture has saved me time ever since you mentioned it in a previous video.
Thanks for this one. I like these types of videos that show the basics. I learned a lot of better ways of doing a few tasks that realy anoyed me on a mac. Thats the problem of using two systems for me. Windows at work all day long and dabbling with a mac when i get home Hope you do more about common syztem baaed tasks, maybe a guide to system changes. I spent some time the other night trying to find out why an app would not run. The help section on the app site mentioned i had to close an app in order to use their app. What they did not say was it had to be taken out of the startup services or what ever mac calls it in settings. I am nust not proficient in trouble shooting on a mac, but learjing a lot from your videos.
The easiest way to move files is to use tabs in finder, in my opinion. That way you don’t have to open separate window. Just press cmnd+t and search for a file destination in a new tab, then drag and drop it there.
@@alejmc You need to use tab bar when you drag-and-drop files. However, the fastest way is to always use keyboard shortcuts. cmnd+s to save a file > cmnd+t to open a new tab inside finder window > search for a file destination > cmnd+v to paste a file into new file destination. That's how I work, but the drag-and-drop method is certainly an easier way to move files for most people. Hope this helped :)
I am always seeking easier ways to perform a function. Some of my favorites were featured here and I use them daily(probably multiple times). Keep up the great work 👏🏽
Thank you for helping me update my knowledge. After years of eking out the lifespan of my old iMac and consequently not being able to upgrade my system for the last few iterations I have fallen woefully behind. Now that I have dusted off my wallet and invested in a new laptop, I am working towards catching up with all the innovations that have past me by and your videos are of tremendous help. #WavingFromTheUK
I was missing the spring-loading folder from past macOS versions. In Ventura I found it in System Settings->Accessibility->Pointer Control->Spring-loading switch. My fav for moving folders/files.
Capture a part of the screen: Press Cmd+shift+4 and drag the area you want to capture. But I don't like screenshots i .bmp format, so I run a script or something that changed it to .jpg. That was rather complicated but I only had to do it once. I did that from the command prompt, sorry I can't remember how but it's somewhere on google. I also have several desktops that I scroll between with Ctrl+ right/left arrow. I have three screen where I have different applications running.
I think the defaut format for screenshots has been .png for many many years. But you can set it to jpg if you like. Note that png is pixel-perfect, but compressed. jpg on the other hand is reduced quality and compressed.
Very good post Gary! Thanks. I think it is best to never maximise the finder window to fill the screen to facilitate dragging between different windows or even to the desktop. What do you say?
Depends on what you like. I use Finder window tabs a lot, so rarely have a second Finder window open. But multiple windows is how a lot of people like to do it.
Is there a list somewhere of what keyboard actions will do versus using the trackpad? Great tutorials, I do need to slow you down and repeat to keep up 😃
Yes...the designer of the Mac OS may have been inspired by the Paul Simon song "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover". In Mac OS "lover" is, well, any function you can perform. Love it though!
Every time I watch your video I learned something new even when I thought I knew all about that task. Gary could you please you tell us what is the best way to get the list of all the files in a folder and its subfolders like we use "*.*" on Windows in its explorer search bar?
@@macmost Sometimes. I do not remember the name of the file or the type. I want to look through the subfolders or for various other reasons. In fact I use this search a lot on PC. I do not know how to it on mac to make the job easier. I thought there must be a way, I did google that and I see a lot of people also wanting to know how but I could not find a good answer.
@@macmost As I said I use that for various reasons which is hard to explain here. I googled it and it seems there is no equivalent on Mac OS. Thanks for taking time to reply.
@@paulcamalin5236 Well another technique is to use Command+F in the Finder and then choose a criteria that would include everything. Like created dates past 1900, or name "is not" and then something like qqqqqq, etc.
Often a medal is awarded together with money - they have the resources to do both - but a medal is a sign of appreciation that may last a little longer.. :-) @timcook @@nicfarrow
As always, great video. I realIy appreciate your insight into Macos. I have an issue that I can't figure out. In the main finder window, the sidebar menu items keep changing by themselves. I usually keep the desktop in the sidebar and every now and then it is not there and I have to go to settings and put it back. Do you know why it would do this?
You say at 4:48 that in the App Switcher, to switch, release the command key. On my MBP, that does nothing except close the App Switcher. IOW, no switch from the App Switcher.
So you hold Command, then press tab to move the selection to the app you want, then release Command it it should switch to that app. Maybe the app you are trying to switch to doesn't have any open windows currently?
Hey Gary this video was very useful for a Windows user migrating to Mac. One thing bothers me when I create a folder, and enter to accept the name and when I try to enter inside the folder using enter key, it just starts renaming. How do you enter a folder without double clicking? Thanks a lot!
Hi got a brand new canon printer e4570, it connect very well with all my Mac device but after 8 days+ can't manage to connect them to printer ; printer has the wifi as I can see 3 barres , the printer appears on myMac system set up but it can print once and then cant?? any suggestions will be greatly appreciated if you can. Thanks
Switch to the text editor of your choice (TextEdit, CotEditor, BBEdit, etc) and then File, New or Command+N. If you use TextEdit and always need text files, not RTF, then switch the setting in it so plain text is the default.
For me the fastest way to open an app is to use spotlight. Command-space and the the first few letters of the app. I like keyboard activation instead of point and click solutions.
I have a Macbook Pro Sonoma 14.11. Can't rename my video files. So, I can't find the files to edit with my video editor. It's the whole reason I bought the laptop in the first place.
So you are trying to rename some video files? What are you doing exactly to try to rename them? Steps. What happens, exactly? Hard to help without details.
Thanks for getting back to me. And I may have found a work around. Basically, I was opening the finder window. The photos and videos were stored in two places after importing... Photo Library and Imports. Both places did not show a file name, just thumbnails. But I found that if I dragged all of them onto the desk top, suddenly, I could rename them, as well as do a lot of other things that I couldn't do while they were in the photos library. It's an extra step or two; but it solved my main issue. However, you can only watch them back to back with the photo viewer, otherwise, you have to open first one and then the other, or highlight a batch and switch between the opened windows. So, the solution is not ideal; but it will work for my purposes for now. I'll see what the Genius Bar at the Apple Store has to say about it. Anyway... appreciate you getting back to me. I'd love to find a way to rename while they are in the Photos Library, where it seems that they automatically get imported when I transfer via a USB 5 in 1 C type hub and cable. But my main issue was just to be able to rename my files so that I could easily recognize which ones to pull for video editing.@@macmost
Once I'm able to import the rest of my videos onto the Macbook - the phone is full and won't allow me to record anything else right now - I'll see if I can't make a quick video, upload it to my channel; and include the link in the comments. Perhaps other people are running into this same issue.
@@davidmadisontheguardian So these were in your Photos library? You shouldn't try to access or rename the files directly in the library like that through the Finder. By pulling them out of the Photos library you either made copies of them, or you damaged your Photos library by removing them. If you want them out of your Photos library, use the Photos app and export them (originals) instead. But if your goal is to find what you want then keeping them in the Photos library is fine. You can title them there (different than file names) or add keyword tags, or put them into albums. Make an album of the ones you want to use in your video project and then you can easily access them by going to that album.
Well this video started out simple and then you started using shortcuts like “command” + method which to me is more confusing than using the mouse to do something
It is always somewhat subjective when using works like "best" or "simplest." I'm sure if I showed mouse actions for something someone else would think that the keyboard would be simpler.
Hi Gary! Well today’s “top tip I never knew about” is Command-H (Hide). It’s the quickest way to declutter my screen. Thank you once again for a great video!
I recently switched from Windows to Mac for the first time in 15 years and your channel has been a great help in picking up all the ways to start using MacOS like a pro. Thanks a lot for the videos.
Glad to help!
You are an excellent teacher. Very clear and concise. Thank you.
As someone who is an avid macOS user for years, I still discover new ways to do things using this channel. There is not another one like it on TH-cam nearly as comprehensive.
using spotlight for calculations and conversions is now my go to for all metric conversions i have to do daily.
thanks for the tips. as always. I been a Mac user since 2013 and am still learning new tips from you. so appreciate it.
HOORAY! Finally, something simple!😊 I think that in their zeal to be flexible, Apple (and Windows) offer too many ways to do things, which generally only ends up confusing me, with the result being that instead of making things simpler to use, they accomplish the opposite.
Your very first tip (renaming a file) is something I've struggled with for years. Thanks Gary!
Another great video, Gary! I've been a Mac-user for 12 years and it never fails that you demonstrate something I didn't know about.
You’re on top of things, Gary. Just that one tip about shift-command-5 for the Screen capture has saved me time ever since you mentioned it in a previous video.
Thanks for this one.
I like these types of videos that show the basics. I learned a lot of better ways of doing a few tasks that realy anoyed me on a mac.
Thats the problem of using two systems for me. Windows at work all day long and dabbling with a mac when i get home
Hope you do more about common syztem baaed tasks, maybe a guide to system changes.
I spent some time the other night trying to find out why an app would not run. The help section on the app site mentioned i had to close an app in order to use their app. What they did not say was it had to be taken out of the startup services or what ever mac calls it in settings.
I am nust not proficient in trouble shooting on a mac, but learjing a lot from your videos.
Thanks! I didn’t know about the space bar for previewing a file.
The easiest way to move files is to use tabs in finder, in my opinion. That way you don’t have to open separate window. Just press cmnd+t and search for a file destination in a new tab, then drag and drop it there.
Didn’t follow this one, you mean open a new tab but somehow have both tabs open visible?
@@alejmc You need to use tab bar when you drag-and-drop files.
However, the fastest way is to always use keyboard shortcuts. cmnd+s to save a file > cmnd+t to open a new tab inside finder window > search for a file destination > cmnd+v to paste a file into new file destination. That's how I work, but the drag-and-drop method is certainly an easier way to move files for most people.
Hope this helped :)
Gary, you are my new hero. Not just for this video, but for the others that have recently saved my ass.
Glad I could help!
Gary is the best thanks 🙏 for teaching us you are the MAN ❤🤙⚡️💫
For simple screenshots of the whole screen I use Command Shift 3 which requires no further action.
Thank you Gary! for sharing.
Super Duper useful. Thank you so much!
Dang...things I wish I'd know when I first switched to Mac 4 years ago!
Gary, thanks for another great video.
I am always seeking easier ways to perform a function. Some of my favorites were featured here and I use them daily(probably multiple times). Keep up the great work 👏🏽
This is a great reminder of a host of tips I’ve learned and use having watched MacMost videos.
I am a new user on Mac and your videos are helping me a lot, thanks
Gary, UR a great help, Thank you!!!
Useful video, thanks.
1:52 I think it’s more convenient to open the destination folder as a new tab and then drag and drop the file into it.
Enormous amount of info ……. again Gary. Thank you so much. 😊
One of the best videos I have seen on this subject. Great job!!
Thank you for helping me update my knowledge. After years of eking out the lifespan of my old iMac and consequently not being able to upgrade my system for the last few iterations I have fallen woefully behind. Now that I have dusted off my wallet and invested in a new laptop, I am working towards catching up with all the innovations that have past me by and your videos are of tremendous help. #WavingFromTheUK
I was missing the spring-loading folder from past macOS versions. In Ventura I found it in System Settings->Accessibility->Pointer Control->Spring-loading switch. My fav for moving folders/files.
Capture a part of the screen: Press Cmd+shift+4 and drag the area you want to capture. But I don't like screenshots i .bmp format, so I run a script or something that changed it to .jpg. That was rather complicated but I only had to do it once. I did that from the command prompt, sorry I can't remember how but it's somewhere on google.
I also have several desktops that I scroll between with Ctrl+ right/left arrow. I have three screen where I have different applications running.
I think the defaut format for screenshots has been .png for many many years. But you can set it to jpg if you like. Note that png is pixel-perfect, but compressed. jpg on the other hand is reduced quality and compressed.
Great info. 👍
Very good post Gary! Thanks. I think it is best to never maximise the finder window to fill the screen to facilitate dragging between different windows or even to the desktop. What do you say?
Depends on what you like. I use Finder window tabs a lot, so rarely have a second Finder window open. But multiple windows is how a lot of people like to do it.
Thanks Gary. Yes, I too find the tabs more convenient.
Thank you sir.
Excellent!
Is there a list somewhere of what keyboard actions will do versus using the trackpad? Great tutorials, I do need to slow you down and repeat to keep up 😃
Gary, Thanks for yet another very helpful video!
Yes...the designer of the Mac OS may have been inspired by the Paul Simon song "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover". In Mac OS "lover" is, well, any function you can perform. Love it though!
Every time I watch your video I learned something new even when I thought I knew all about that task. Gary could you please you tell us what is the best way to get the list of all the files in a folder and its subfolders like we use "*.*" on Windows in its explorer search bar?
What is it you are trying to do, exactly? What's the GOAL of seeing a list of files in all subfolders? What is it you are trying to DO, exactly?
@@macmost Sometimes. I do not remember the name of the file or the type. I want to look through the subfolders or for various other reasons. In fact I use this search a lot on PC. I do not know how to it on mac to make the job easier. I thought there must be a way, I did google that and I see a lot of people also wanting to know how but I could not find a good answer.
@@paulcamalin5236 For that, use the Recents view in the Finder. That is exact what it is for.
@@macmost As I said I use that for various reasons which is hard to explain here. I googled it and it seems there is no equivalent on Mac OS. Thanks for taking time to reply.
@@paulcamalin5236 Well another technique is to use Command+F in the Finder and then choose a criteria that would include everything. Like created dates past 1900, or name "is not" and then something like qqqqqq, etc.
Rather than keep a Launchpad shortcut in the dock, I prefer to keep a copy of the Applications folder on the dock set to “grid.”
Useful, but TMI all at once. By the time I get to the last one, I have forgotten how to do the first ones covered.
Terrific
Great video!
What a great video - you do a great service to the Apple Community - Apple should reward you with a medal!
Nah. Cash!
Often a medal is awarded together with money - they have the resources to do both - but a medal is a sign of appreciation that may last a little longer.. :-) @timcook @@nicfarrow
Thank you very much
As always, great video. I realIy appreciate your insight into Macos. I have an issue that I can't figure out. In the main finder window, the sidebar menu items keep changing by themselves. I usually keep the desktop in the sidebar and every now and then it is not there and I have to go to settings and put it back. Do you know why it would do this?
Sorry, I don't know why it would disappear like that.
You say at 4:48 that in the App Switcher, to switch, release the command key. On my MBP, that does nothing except close the App Switcher. IOW, no switch from the App Switcher.
So you hold Command, then press tab to move the selection to the app you want, then release Command it it should switch to that app. Maybe the app you are trying to switch to doesn't have any open windows currently?
T H A N K S !
Hey Gary this video was very useful for a Windows user migrating to Mac.
One thing bothers me when I create a folder, and enter to accept the name and when I try to enter inside the folder using enter key, it just starts renaming. How do you enter a folder without double clicking?
Thanks a lot!
Use Cmd + O or Cmd + down arrow to enter a folder
@@zoltanzana Oh thank you!
Double-clicking is the "simplest" way. But Command+O for File, Open would be the keyboard-only way.
@@macmost Thank you very much! 🙏
Hi got a brand new canon printer e4570, it connect very well with all my Mac device but after 8 days+ can't manage to connect them to printer ; printer has the wifi as I can see 3 barres , the printer appears on myMac system set up but it can print once and then cant?? any suggestions will be greatly appreciated if you can. Thanks
I would contact support for the printer's manufacturer.
A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️
What about create a new text file?
Switch to the text editor of your choice (TextEdit, CotEditor, BBEdit, etc) and then File, New or Command+N. If you use TextEdit and always need text files, not RTF, then switch the setting in it so plain text is the default.
cool
For me the fastest way to open an app is to use spotlight. Command-space and the the first few letters of the app. I like keyboard activation instead of point and click solutions.
Gary, how to change text color in Notes app?
See th-cam.com/video/pMKbpvFYehY/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Gary. I really appreciate you taking time to reply. I watched that video already but damn… I wasnt actually paying attention at that time.
I just want press cmd-N for a new folder. Like in the old days. That's all.
I don't remember if it was ever Command+n. I think it has been Command+Shift+n, at least for a long long time.
I have a Macbook Pro Sonoma 14.11. Can't rename my video files. So, I can't find the files to edit with my video editor. It's the whole reason I bought the laptop in the first place.
Watched a ton of videos on TH-cam; and everything they say to do hasn't worked. Is Apple this non-intuitive and aggravating about everything?
So you are trying to rename some video files? What are you doing exactly to try to rename them? Steps. What happens, exactly? Hard to help without details.
Thanks for getting back to me. And I may have found a work around. Basically, I was opening the finder window. The photos and videos were stored in two places after importing... Photo Library and Imports. Both places did not show a file name, just thumbnails.
But I found that if I dragged all of them onto the desk top, suddenly, I could rename them, as well as do a lot of other things that I couldn't do while they were in the photos library. It's an extra step or two; but it solved my main issue.
However, you can only watch them back to back with the photo viewer, otherwise, you have to open first one and then the other, or highlight a batch and switch between the opened windows.
So, the solution is not ideal; but it will work for my purposes for now. I'll see what the Genius Bar at the Apple Store has to say about it.
Anyway... appreciate you getting back to me. I'd love to find a way to rename while they are in the Photos Library, where it seems that they automatically get imported when I transfer via a USB 5 in 1 C type hub and cable. But my main issue was just to be able to rename my files so that I could easily recognize which ones to pull for video editing.@@macmost
Once I'm able to import the rest of my videos onto the Macbook - the phone is full and won't allow me to record anything else right now - I'll see if I can't make a quick video, upload it to my channel; and include the link in the comments. Perhaps other people are running into this same issue.
@@davidmadisontheguardian So these were in your Photos library? You shouldn't try to access or rename the files directly in the library like that through the Finder. By pulling them out of the Photos library you either made copies of them, or you damaged your Photos library by removing them. If you want them out of your Photos library, use the Photos app and export them (originals) instead.
But if your goal is to find what you want then keeping them in the Photos library is fine. You can title them there (different than file names) or add keyword tags, or put them into albums. Make an album of the ones you want to use in your video project and then you can easily access them by going to that album.
Well this video started out simple and then you started using shortcuts like “command” + method which to me is more confusing than using the mouse to do something
It is always somewhat subjective when using works like "best" or "simplest." I'm sure if I showed mouse actions for something someone else would think that the keyboard would be simpler.
Another way to take a screenshot is just say hey Siri take a screenshot.