Change Notification type
- Preferences > Notifications
- None: no notification at all
- Banners: go away automatically
- Alters: stay until user dismisses it
- in Finder, Option+Click will show menu: “copy items as pathnames”, and “show inspector”
Prevent a Mac from Sleeping
- Preferences > Keyboard > Customize Control Strip
- Highlight the Siri button, click, and drag the Siri button upward and out of the Touch Bar
- Preferences > Touch ID
- Then we can use touch id instead of manually type password
- Use Touch ID for sudo
- vi nano /etc/pam.d/sudo
- add “auth sufficient pam_tid.so” to the top
- right-click the file, select Get Info and change the application in Open With section.
- click Change All… button to apply the changes to all files
Spotlight Search
- Shortcut: Command+space
- Reveal the Location
- Preview location: with Command key
- Open the location in Finder: hold the Command key, and press Return
Mail
Messages App to send/receive SMS
iPad
Manually manage music and videos
To manually copy videos from mac to iPad: - Select Summary option from the device’s settings in iTunes, then enable the option
brew
- brew cask install the-unarchiver
- open its preferences and select all the file format
References
Mac Tips & Tricks - 2016