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Restore the Finder status bar on your Mac to see available storage, number of items, and the icon size slider on the bottom of the Finder window. Go to the "View" menu and click "Show Status Bar".
If you find yourself repeating the same text over and over, Apple provides a text substitution feature in Mac OS X. Go to the Apple menu > System Preferences > Language & Text > Text. Enable "Use symbol and text substitution" and create any new "shortcut&q
Access your history in Safari by tapping and holding the "Back" button. Works in some other browsers like Safari or Chrome on Mac or Chrome on iOS.
Make Finder search your current folder by default. In Finder go to the Finder menu > Preferences > Advanced > When performing a search > Search the Current Folder.
Rather than configure email filter rules in your email client, you might want to configure filters on the server. Many hosted email servers such as iCloud and Gmail support this. The advantage is that rules are carried out before the message is delivered to all your devices and will even execute if
Don't like how Apple Mail lumps your emails into conversations? You can easily return to the old-fashioned way of keeping every email as a separate entity. OS X: In Apple Mail, visit the "View" menu and uncheck "Organize by Conversation". This is a per-folder setting.
Easily import address book contacts into Apple Numbers. Just drag a selection of contacts or even a group name and drop it into an open Numbers document. A new table will be inserted with the selection's first and last names, phone number, and Email.If you need additional fields you can control-clic
Discover the path of your current folder in Finder by Command-clicking the folder name at the top of the window.You can jump up the folder tree by clicking on one of the folders from this dropdown menu.
Music, Movies, and TV purchases in the iTunes store can be downloaded again for free on any device you own. On iOS open the iTunes app, click the "Purchased" tab on the bottom right, find the media you want to download again, then tap the cloud download button.The same can be done for iBoo
Get definitions instantly with a single 3-fingered tap on your trackpad. Don't click down, just tap. This works in Apple software such as Safari, Mail, and Preview but seems to be lacking from most third-party apps such as Chrome and Firefox.
Set the default account for new contacts, calendars, reminders, and email in iOS. In your Settings app go to the "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" and "Reminders" sections and check these items.
Jan 4 2025 Update : for several years now much of this information has been outdated. The features listed are still there, but the limitations are gone: no more annoying emails, and you can do this from iPhone. The Reminders app is a great way to share a grocery list with housemates or your si
Kill the duplicates in your Mac's "Open With" menu. Make sure your computer has a current Time Machine backup. Using Terminal can be dangerous if you mistype something. Launch Terminal from your Applications/Utilities folder. Copy and paste this command into Terminal and press retur
If children use your iOS devices then set the App Store to require a password "immediately"! If you don't, your device gives you a 15 minute window where you don't need to type your password again for purchases. Many parents have racked up bills in the thousands of dollars.Settings app &am
Use your MacBook as an external battery for your iPhone. Open your computer, plug in your iPhone, close the lid, and your iPhone will continue charging while your computer is asleep.This helped me get through PEPCO's infamous power outages.
Quickly insert a screen capture into Mail, Messages, Notes, and many other programs on OS X. Put the cursor where you want the screen capture inserted, go to the application menu (Mail, in the case of my example picture) > Services > then choose one of the three available capture modes
Get the formatting menu in iOS Mail. Simply select some text as if you were going to copy it (double tap a word then drag the edges to highlight the entire selection you want if needed). Then tap the right arrow in the popup menu. From there you'll see basic formatting such as bold, italics, and und
Turn on the iTunes status bar to see information about your currently selected media or about your current view. View menu > Show Status Bar .
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