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The MacMost Newsletter: Issue #570
December 5, 2019
Stop Doing These 8 Things On Your Mac
As someone who has been helping people with their Macs for a long time, I see lots of things people do with their Macs that if they stopped it would solve a lot of problems. Learn from my past experience and years of teaching to prevent current and future problems.
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Using Handoff To Copy Text, Images and Files Between Your Apple Devices
The handoff feature of macOS and iOS allows you to use a Universal Clipboard to copy text, images, files or just about anything between your devices. You can use this to copy and paste text and images between documents while working with two or more devices. You can also transfer entire files this way, which is actually easier than using AirDrop in many situations.
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Understanding the Function And Special Features Keys On the Mac Keyboard
New Mac users sometimes don't understand why the top row of keys on the keyboard don't work as expected. These keys are both the function keys and the special features keys, also knows as f-keys and media control keys. You toggle how these keys behave with the fn key. But a setting in System Preferences determines which mode is the default one and which requires the fn key.
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How To Control Your Mac With Your Voice in macOS Catalina
With the new Voice Control feature in macOS Catalina you can control almost anything on your Mac with your voice. You can access menu commands, dictate text, click buttons and even click a specific point on the screen using grids. This functionality is critical for some, but for others it can also offer a nice hands-free alternative to using your Mac.
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Make the Mac Dock More Powerful By Adding Special Folders
If you only use the Dock to launch apps, you missing out on one of the Mac's most powerful features. By adding folders to the right side of the Dock, you can have quick access to downloads, applications, files and more. You can create Smart Folders to view recent documents or documents from a single app. You can create folders full of aliases to get quick access to groups of applications or files.
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Quick Tip: Finish Sentences With Two Spaces
Instead if typing a space and then a period at the end of the sentence, you can tap the spacebar twice to add the period automatically. Make sure you have this feature turned on in System Preferences, Keyboard, Text, "Add period with double-space." This is especially useful for consistency if you are used to doing this on iOS.
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