Neat Mac tricks
Every Mac comes with tons of hidden features. The problem is that they’re hidden, and the Mac doesn’t come with much of a manual. Here are a few that I’ve stumbled upon:
- Move the mouse pointer to a word and press Control-Command-D, and its definition will appear. This also works with Find It! Keep It!
- Press Control-Option-Command-8 to invert the whole screen. Useful when dealing with low contrast webpages on some monitors.
- Press Command-Option-D to hide the Dock
- Press Command while clicking Safari’s titlebar to display a breakdown of the path of the document you are looking at
- The little icon in the titlebar of many applications is a “Proxy Icon” and can be dragged around just like the document’s icon can be… except it doesn’t always work.
January 29th, 2007 at 1:39 am
OK, I ordinarily hate “neat system tricks” type posts because they’re rarely anything I don’t already kjnow or will ever actually use. But the definition trick and the Safari path breakdown trick are both going to actually be handy. There’s no way I’m going to remember the invert screen command when I find myself needing it in the future, but I know I’m going to want to do it some day, so hopefully I’ll at least remember that it’s possible and be able to Google my way back here. Good job.
February 6th, 2007 at 12:59 am
great tricks. Thanks!
February 8th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Thanks. I know what you mean Mark about the invert screen one… I keep coming back to this entry to look it up!