9 Mac Tips and Shortcuts You Should Know

Useful Mac tricks including window management, Spotlight shortcuts, trackpad gestures, and system preferences tips

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How to Switch between multiple windows of an app when ⌘ + Tab-ing

While ⌘ + Tab-ing, hold down command (⌘) and press the arrow up or arrow down when an app with multiple windows open.
How to Find a file in Finder from Spotlight

With a Spotlight search open find the selected file by clicking Command + R.
How to Change which app that defaults open a certain file type

- Right click on a file - Click on Get Info - Click on Open With - Select the app you want to use from the dropdown menu - Click "Change all"
Reorder System preferences alphabetically

Tired of not finding anything in System Preferences?
Zoom in to anything with your mouse / trackpad

- Open System Preferences - Go to Accessibility - Click on Zoom - Enable "Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom" - You can now zoom by holding Cont
Drag windows around without clicking your trackpad

- Open System Preferences - Go to Accessibility - Click on Pointer Control - Click on Trackpad Options - Check Enable dragging and select "three finger dra
Remap the emoji picker to the Fn key

This makes it much easier to show emojis.
Additional menu items or alternate menus

Holding Option (⌥) while having menus open or clicking items in the menu bar will give you additional menu items or alternate menus.
Resize a window while holding down the Option key

Resize a window while holding down the Option key to resize the window from the center Press Shift to keep the aspect ratio.

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