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  1. TIL we can manually force Universal Control with another Mac.

    On the Mac that UC is not working:
    1. Click the Control Center icon in the #macOS menu bar
    2. Click the “>” on the Display section
    3. Click the name of your other Mac under “Link keyboard and mouse to:”

    #macOSTips

  2. [Mac Tutorial]
    How to set up a macOS shortcut to Save or Export as PDF with Cmd+Ctrl+S. A simple way to turn any document into a PDF in just a few clicks.

    #macOS #Productivity #Shortcuts #MacTips #MacOSTips #TechTips #Apple #PDFTools

  3. [Mac Tutorial]
    How to set up a macOS shortcut to Save or Export as PDF with Cmd+Ctrl+S. A simple way to turn any document into a PDF in just a few clicks.

    #macOS #Productivity #Shortcuts #MacTips #MacOSTips #TechTips #Apple #PDFTools

  4. [Mac Tutorial]
    How to set up a macOS shortcut to Save or Export as PDF with Cmd+Ctrl+S. A simple way to turn any document into a PDF in just a few clicks.

    #macOS #Productivity #Shortcuts #MacTips #MacOSTips #TechTips #Apple #PDFTools

  5. 2: Verify your new sudo setup by using Touch ID instead of a password. Need to switch back? Just comment the pam_tid. line in your config. Simple and secure! 👆🔒 #macOSTips #Security

  6. Ah yes, another groundbreaking revelation about how to press buttons on a computer 🍏🔍. Who knew that pressing F2 could move keyboard focus to the menu bar? 🤯 And hold onto your hats, folks, because typing letters jumps to a menu title! 🚀💥 Meanwhile, command prompts are still the edgy rebellious teenager of the macOS family 🙃.
    saurabhs.org/macos-tips #computerhacks #macOStips #keyboardshortcuts #technews #userexperience #HackerNews #ngated

  7. #TIL a #MacOS shortcut that just makes my day a bit brighter. 💡 :badabing:

    Control - Command - Space

    Brings up a nice little built in emoji picker!

    🌼✌🏼

    It’s the little things.

    #MacOsTips #MacOsTip

  8. TIL that on macOS, clicking the active application in the dock will rotate focus between its open windows. 🤯

    #macos #macostips

  9. If you need to drag something to an open application, you don’t need to drag it to the Dock: you can Command-Tab, and then drag to the icon in the Cmd-Tab strip!
    #macOStips

  10. Also:

    - hold ALT
    - double click on any edge of a window
    - the window would maximize to the nearest screen end, keeping the direction of the double-click

    i.e.: double click on the right edge and the window would expand to the right end of the screen.

    #macos #macostips

  11. In macOS 15.2 Sequoia, you can display the current weather conditions in your Mac’s menu bar. Here’s how to enable that feature. #JimmyTechTips #macOSTips #macOSSequoia

    jimmytechsf.com/add-weather-to