Now that OS X El Capitan (OS X 10.11) has been out for a little while, I have managed to stumble across some of those cheeky hidden features (AKA Easter Eggs) that Apple love to slip into an OS update.
10 OS X Finder tips that still work with Yosemite Greetings again Mac enthusiasts! With the recent release of OS X Yosemite, I thought I would keep the excitement going with some useful tips that have been around on the
Now, before I begin, I am well aware that many of you have not embraced the ‘All My Files’ feature of OS X since its introduction in OS X Lion. However, for those of you that have, you can tweak
On one of my ‘how to disable’ series blogs, a reader asked about this specific issue and so especially for you Peter Bevan, here it is! Have you ever wished that Preview would default to ‘Single Page mode’ instead of
For those of you enjoying my ‘how to disable’ series, here’s another handy tip. The built-in Parental Controls in OS X has a very useful option called ‘Use Simple Finder’ as shown below: Like most user interface features, there is
To carry on with my ‘how to disable’ series, here’s a simple but useful tip. Do you find that the OS X Finder’s warning dialog to be fairly irritating when you’re deliberately changing file extensions? You know what you want
To add another to my ever growing ‘how to disable’ defaults-write series, here’s another to restrict the Finder. If you want to prevent a user from modifying the Finder’s preferences, one option is to enter a simple command to simply
To continue on with my ‘how to disable’ defaults-write series, here’s a great one that I have used in the past. Firstly, I should clearly state that it is VERY rare for a Mac to be poorly, so this should
Over the years of delivering Mac Training for Apple through Amsys, I often get asked how to disable something or change how a default feature works, more than how to configure something! Have you ever selected the ‘Help’ menu in
If you have a preferred shortcut or tip that we haven’t yet featured, please feel free to add them in the comments below or email, blog@amsys.co.uk and we’ll include them in a future blog. 1. Add your signature to