Hold the Option key while tapping volume up, volume down, or Mute on the keyboard to quickly access the Sound preferences.
Quickest way to access the Mac’s Sound preference pane
Quickest way to access the Mac’s Displays preference pane
Hold the Option key while tapping the bright/dim buttons on the keyboard and the Displays preference pane pops up. So cool.
Show your laptop’s battery charge percentage
Here's how you show how much charge your laptop's battery has-- the precise percentage. If your menu bar is getting crowded, turn it off.
Minimize a Mac window by double-clicking its title bar
Minimize a window with a simple double-click in the title bar. It's easier to click the title bar twice than to click the yellow button once, because the target is so much bigger.
Did your Mac’s red, yellow, and green buttons change to gray?
Bring some color back to your Mac! If the Close, Minimize, and Zoom buttons aren't red, yellow, and green, check the System Preferences.
How to name your Mac
Name your Mac, making it easier to find it when using file sharing or AirDrop. This is especially nice if your Mac used to belong to someone else. Make it yours by renaming it.
How to find the Mac’s Software Update options
Apple has moved the Software Update options again! Here's how to find them. It's important to know where they are so you can change them as desired.
Close, minimize, or zoom Mac windows in slow motion
Hold the Shift key down while clicking the red, yellow, or green button in a Mac window's title bar to see the effect in slow motion. Very beautiful and fun.
Speed up your older MacBook Pro with a Solid State Drive (SSD)
Some Apple laptops are easy to open, making it easy to upgrade to solide state drives. You'll get big performance improvements with an SSD.
Hold Command key to see file path in Mac’s Spotlight
Spotlight is great, it finds stuff for you. But when you want to know where the things it found are, it falls short. Unless you use the Command key!