Use Your Mac like a Pro : Be more Effective with your Mac

Enable dark mode in system preferences and select dark to apply across windows and the menu bar, then enable dynamic wallpapers to shift with the day.

Learn macOS trackpad gestures, enable secondary click, use two and three finger taps for right click and dictionary lookups, and practice scrolling and zooming with pinch and smart zoom.

Learn to organize a cluttered desktop with Mission Control: spread windows across spaces, switch apps with keyboard or trackpad gestures, and drag windows between desktops.

Learn to zoom with keyboard shortcuts or scroll gestures in accessibility, and adjust cursor size in display settings, with zoom toggled by option-command eight and plus or minus.

learn how to use full screen and split view on your mac, manage windows with the green button, mission control, and three-finger gestures for efficient multitasking.

Learn to customize your magic mouse and use gestures like natural scroll, secondary click, smart zoom, and page swipe; adjust tracking speed and switch desktops with two-finger swipes.

Set up your printer on Mac by opening system preferences, adding a printer in printers and scanners, installing the right driver, and connecting via usb or wifi.

Learn to schedule your Mac to turn on, wake, sleep, restart, or shut down at specified times using energy saver preferences, with daily, weekday, weekend, or specific-day options.

Explore the mac help menu to search keywords, access notes help, and discover menu items and help topics, including how to import and share features, for boost in productivity.

Drag folders from Finder to the Mac dock on the right side of the separator to create shortcuts, then right-click to view as grid or list and open files.

Drag the applications folder from finder to the dock, right-click to display as folder, and view all apps on the dock without using full screen launch, preserving the desktop look.

Discover how macOS shows recently used apps in the dock, including those opened from Launchpad, up to three items, with the oldest replaced as you add new ones.

Master fast app switching on macOS with the command-tab shortcut to browse open apps and switch to Safari, Calendar, Notes, or News; quickly quit apps by pressing q.

Master quick tips for Siri on Mac by using voice commands to launch apps, send messages, check weather, view sports results, and search Safari.

Learn to take screenshots and record your screen with shift-command-3, shift-command-4, and shift-command-5; capture the entire screen or a portion, view thumbnails, and manage save locations and microphone options.

Delete apps on Mac using Launchpad or the Dock, with the X icon for store apps. Open Finder and drag non-store apps to the bin.

Master keyboard-only file navigation in finder using icon, list, column, and gallery views, plus shortcuts to open folders, quick look with spacebar, and rotate images.

Master Mac finder keyboard shortcuts to navigate folders, view files, duplicate with command-d, rename with end key, search with command-f, and empty trash with shift-command-backspace.

Enable the f1–f12 keys as standard function keys in system preferences, then use control-f shortcuts to navigate the menu bar, status bar, and dock with arrows.

Organize your desktop quickly by using stacks to group files into images, films, and screenshots, and adjust sorting by kind, date added, or date modified.

Explore how to browse files in finder using icon, list, column, and gallery views, view metadata, rotate and markup images, and quickly preview and manage files directly in finder.

Enable the finder path bar to reveal a file’s path, then jump directly into its enclosing folders in the documents folder for faster navigation.

Use Spotlight to search your Mac and external drives, filtering by kind or last modified. Save these searches in Finder and add them to the sidebar for quick access.

Set a file's default opening app using open with and change all, so double-clicked files launch in the assigned program, like quick time for videos or pages for documents.

Copy and move files between your Mac and external devices using drag and drop. Use the green plus to copy, and hold command to move files to the external drive.

Learn to batch rename multiple files on your Mac by selecting items, right-clicking to rename, and choosing format, replace text, or add text with index or date options.

Learn to save documents quickly to subfolders on an external drive by using drag-and-drop in Finder, and use save as with the option key to create duplicates efficiently.

Master mac keyboard shortcuts to speed up work, using copy and paste with command+C and command+V. Explore the Apple shortcuts page and menu bar for function-key tricks across apps.

Learn Mac shortcuts and hotkeys, master essential keys—command, control, option, shift, tab, and escape—and apply them to copy, paste, navigate forms, and work in spreadsheets.

Learn essential Mac shortcuts and symbol tools to boost productivity, including the emoji and symbol viewer, keyboard viewer, copy-paste, select all, and window management.

Master text replacement on macOS by creating keyboard shortcuts in system preferences, keyboard, text tab, and inserting full phrases with spacebar for emails and messages.

Learn to enable dictation on your Mac with a double-tap of the function key, switch to offline mode, and dictate text anywhere, including search and spotlight.

Learn to use quick look previews to preview files with the spacebar, rotate images on the fly, and markup with drawing, text, color, and signatures on Mohave.

Learn to scan documents with your iPhone camera on Mac, then sign them using Markup and share via email or messages.

Discover how to manage your Mac clipboard with copy clip, saving multiple clippings via the status bar and later pasting any item with a click.

learn to locate and create keyboard shortcuts in system preferences and app shortcuts, including a custom 'take photo' shortcut for notes to access the iPhone camera using command old P.

Master continuity camera on Mac OS Mohave to import photos from your iPhone or iPad directly into your Mac, using two-factor authentication and iCloud login.

Enhance privacy and security in Safari by clearing history, blocking cookies, using private windows, enabling cross-site tracking prevention, and using reader mode and content blockers to speed loading.

Block pop-up ads with Safari extensions like adblock, verify secure sites by the lock icon, and improve privacy and performance with tools such as clean my Mac.

Explore new privacy permissions in macOS, learn how to grant or deny camera and microphone access, manage screen recording apps, and control full disk access.

Explore the redesigned app store, navigate left-hand sections—discover, create, work, play, develop, categories, and updates—and learn how editorial articles, app previews, and recommended apps guide your discovery.

Update Mac OS via system preferences, as Marvin now handles updates automatically in software update. Manual checks remain available through the app store for other apps, including third-party updates.

Make group calls with Facetime for up to 32 participants; the active speaker is larger and thumbnails show others, with bottom controls for star effects and ending the call.

Discover how Automator lets you create applications and automate daily tasks, like batch image processing and opening Safari, emails, and music with one click.

Create a quick action with Automator to batch convert images to jpeg and resize them to 1920 by 1080, accessible from the right-click menu for efficient Mac workflows.

Use automator to tidy your desktop by creating applications: desktop cleanup and revert files to desktop, which move items to a folder and restore them when needed.

Learn to personalize Mac app icons by downloading new icons, copying them, and pasting onto the app icon via Get Info for clearer, customized automation shortcuts.

Learn to build a macOS automator workflow that launches apps, plays music, opens Safari with multiple websites, sets volume, and hides apps to boost daily productivity.

Use Disk Utility first aid to repair corrupted files on external drives and the Mac drive, then review repair details; if issues persist, restart into recovery and rerun first aid.

Partition an external drive with Disk Utility on macOS to share it with Windows, choosing exFAT for large drives or MS-DOS FAT for 32 GB or less.

Learn to partition a drive and select formats such as APFS, Mac OS Extended (Journaled), MS-DOS FAT, and ExFAT, including encrypted and case-sensitive options for Mac and Windows.

Encrypt your Mac's internal drive with file vault and a master password to protect data if the device is stolen; enable via system preferences, security and privacy.

Enables you to encrypt internal and external disks from Mac Finder, set strong passwords with the key icon, and understand password loss and USB drive compatibility.

When the beach ball spins and your Mac is unresponsive, use the Apple menu or the old command escape to open the force quit window and close non-responding apps.

speed up your mac by clearing the caches folder from the library via the go menu, deleting it, and restarting to regenerate the cache.

Boost your Mac OS skills and gain confidence with your Mac to start learning any applications you want, including mastering your Mac ten times your productivity.