27 のクールな Mac のヒントとコツ:パート I

スペイン語辞書を有効にすると、ほとんどのアプリで単語を右クリックして [検索] オプションを選択するか、マウス カーソルを合わせると検索できます。 Ctrl+Cmd+D をタップします。

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5.スクロールバーの復元

コンテンツがページのサイズに収まらない場合、スクロール バーを使用すると、上下に移動してテキスト全体を表示できます。しかし、Mac にはこれらのスクロール バーがないようです。いいえ、存在するのではなく、隠されています。それらを表示するには、特定の手順に従うだけです。

• 画面の左上にあるアップル メニューをクリックし、[システム環境設定] を選択します。
• 次に、[全般] 設定ペインを選択します。一番上にあります。
• [スクロール バーを表示] の見出しの下に、[入力デバイスに基づいて自動的に]、[スクロール時]、[常に] の 3 つのオプションがあります。
• 先に進み、最後の「常に」オプションを選択してください。完了です!

6.組み込みの絵文字

We use emoji to express emotions, ideas thoughts on our iphone but you can do the same on Mac, with some quick taps on the keyboard button.

1. Position the cursor on any text field in which you’d like to insert an emoji.
2. Now, press the Command and Control  keys on your keyboard. Then press the space bar, to launch the characters palette.
3. Click on the Emoji icon in the sidebar on the left side of the Character window.

There are various emojis divided into several categories:Smileys &People, Animals &Nature, Food &Drink, Activity, Travel &Places, Objects, Symbols, and Flags.

4. Double-click on the emoji you’d like to use and it’ll be inserted where your cursor is pointing.
5. When you’re done, close it by clicking the red close window

7. Speech to text conversion

Dictation works unexpectedly well on Mac OS. You just need to press the function (fn) key twice and start speaking. To convert speech to text just press fn one more time.

The surprise doesn’t end here. There is another feature called Enhanced Dictation. This feature not only lets you use all dictation features offline , but also get live feedback, do edits while recording, and then continue dictating your text. It is much faster, you can dictate longer sentences in a single go. But there is a catch. The offline dictation pack is around 700MB, so you’ll need to have space available on your Mac.

To enable Enhanced Dictation simply go to your Settings> Dictation &Speech, and then check the box Use Enhanced Dictation. auto

8. Auto-complete of words

No matter how good you are with words, spelling them can get confusing. This feature helps in auto correction of misspelled words. To get the auto-complete menu, press F5 or Option + Escape.

When we use iPhone or iPad, the first word of a sentence is automatically capitalised, and a full stop is added automatically after space is pressed twice. But need to enable this feature. To do so, go to System Preferences> Keyboard> Text, and select:‘Capitalize words automatically’, and ‘Add period with double-space’.

9.Making copy of an open file

To make copy of an open file, you do not have to look for a ‘Save As’ option like you do in Windows. To make a copy, you need to click on the file name. You will see a drop-down menu and an option copy, by selecting that option you can replicate a file.

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10. Free up RAM by shutting down running apps

We need RAM for optimized use of MAC. To free up RAM space by closing running apps just hold Command+Option+Escape it will bring up Force Quit window. Select the app that you wish to close and by pressing Q, you can quit any app that’s running and pressing H will hide it.

11. Do not Disturb

Getting a notification each time there’s a new message or update is frustrating when we are doing some important work or relaxing. But worry not, notification center can be set to ‘Do Not Disturb’ whenever you don’t want disturbance. Once you turn it on you will not get any notifications for a day.

1. Choose Apple menu> System Preferences, then click Notifications.

2. Select Do Not Disturb at the top of the list on the left.
3. On the right, select when to turn off all notifications.

12. Delete Apps from Launchpad

You can delete the apps from the Finder and can even do the same task from Launchpad. It shows all the apps installed on your Mac. To delete old apps in a secure and much easy manner, enter Launchpad and hold an icon until you see icons jiggle. You will see a cross next to each app. Click the X button to uninstall the app securely.

13. Preview Files

This option helps you automatically display more than one file. You can add files or pages to a document that’s already open.

You can also combine PDF files.

Set preferences for opening files

1. Choose Preview> Preferences, then click General.
2. Select an option for “When opening files”:

• Open all files in one window: Uses one window for all files you open in Preview, no matter when you open them.
• Open groups of files in the same window: Uses one window for each set of files you open in Preview at the same time.
• Open each file in its own window: Uses one window for each file.

Open a group of files

• To open multiple files from the Finder, select their icons (use Command-click or Shift-click), then drag them to the Preview icon, or choose File> Open With> Preview.
• To open the files from Preview, choose File > Open, then select several files or a folder.

Add files to an open document

1. Choose View> Thumbnails.
2. Drag the files to the window’s sidebar.

It is impossible to contain every single tip or trick in a single article. But do not worry as we will soon be back with another list, so stay tuned.

Watch this space for more such cool Mac tips and tricks.