You know you can grab any edge of a window and drag to resize the window. Everyone knows that. But... if you hold the Option key while you do it, the window grows in the opposite direction too! For example, if you're grabbing a window's right edge and dragging it to the right, the window grows... Continue Reading →
Easy way to show your Library folder
Used to be, your Home folder showed folders labeled Documents, Pictures, Movies, Music, Desktop, Public, and Library. (This is "your" Library, the so-called "user Library. There are others but this is the one we're talking about now.) Your user Library is full of very important stuff that shouldn't be messed with unless you know what... Continue Reading →
How to make the green zoom button work the way it used to
When you click the green zoom button at top left of a window, that window goes full screen. It hides the menubar, it hides the window's bar , it hides the window's bottom frame. That's not usually what we want to do. If you hold the Option key down when you click a window's green... Continue Reading →