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How to Show/Hide hidden files in Finder - Mac OS

By Chaitanya | Filed Under: Mac

show hidden files finder

In this guide we will see how to show or hide hidden files in Mac OS. All you need to do is type a simple command in terminal. Later, in this guide we will also see how to create aliases to make things faster so that the users can quickly show and hide hidden files…. [Read More]

How to disable drop shadow in Mac OS screenshots

By Chaitanya | Filed Under: Mac

screenshot drop shadow disable terminal

Sometimes you want your screenshots to be smaller in sizes so that you can share them easily. Also, if you are sharing them on website like I do, you want them to be small in size so that your webpage loads quickly. By default when you take screenshot in Mac, it shows a drop shadow… [Read More]

How to change Screen Capture File Format on Mac OS

By Chaitanya | Filed Under: Mac

change screenshot extension terminal

By default the screenshot you capture on Mac is in .png file format. The .png file format supports lossless data compression which means that the screenshot size is on the higher side, well thats not bad for some but for those who are uploading them to web would not prefer it. The good news is… [Read More]

Top 25 Text keyboard shortcuts on Mac everyone should know

By Chaitanya | Filed Under: Mac

When working with text, you don’t want to switch between keyboard and trackpad(or mouse) frequently just to perform a simple text formatting, editing or text selection. If we can perform all the tasks though keyboard then thats make our work easy and faster, thats where keyboard shortcuts comes into picture. In this guide, I am… [Read More]

Mac Keyboard Symbols and Shortcuts complete reference

By Chaitanya | Filed Under: Mac

Keyboard symbols mac

While switching from Windows to Mac, we being a Mac beginner always wonder what are these symbols: ⇧, ⌥, ⌃ etc. that are showing up in Keyboard shortcuts. For example, In the screenshot below, we have keyboard shortcuts of chrome browser. So, in order to learn the keyboard shortcuts you must consider getting familiar with… [Read More]

Limit Finder Search to current folder rather than complete system

By Chaitanya | Filed Under: Mac

Finder prefrences advanced tab option

Sometimes, we just want to search in a specific folder rather than the whole system. By default, the Finder search (located at the top right corner of Finder window) in the complete system. This is annoying sometimes when we don’t remember the complete file name and search with the file name initials to end up… [Read More]

Open a Terminal window directly from current Finder location

By Chaitanya | Filed Under: Mac

system preferences

In the last post we have seen how to open current working folder in Finder from terminal. In this guide, we are going to see how to open terminal from current Finder location. The steps to do this are as follows: Open System Preferences from the top left apple menu Click on Keyboard. Click on… [Read More]

Open Current working directory in Finder from Terminal - Mac OS X

By Chaitanya | Filed Under: Mac

Open current folder in Finder From Terminal

While working in terminal, sometimes you just want to open the same folder location in Finder. To do this, you need not to open the finder and search for the folder, instead you can open the same location directly from terminal by typing a simple command. Open current folder in Finder from Terminal The command… [Read More]

How to show full file path in Finder window titlebar using Terminal

By Chaitanya | Filed Under: Mac

Finder titlebar full path

Sometimes while browsing through files, we need to see the full path to the file so that we don’t loose the track. By default the title bar of Finder window only shows the current folder name. However if you want you can enable the full path view in Finder window title bar. Especially, Windows users… [Read More]

How to show Path to a Folder / File in Finder

By Chaitanya | Filed Under: Mac

Finder view option for pathbar

It’s convenient if we have current folder path shown in Finder just like we have in Windows. It is useful in many ways, it helps us jump to the parent folder or root folder quickly and efficiently. In Finder, the current path to a folder or file is not shown by default. In order to… [Read More]

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