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This article will explain in detail how to use mac for you. The editor thinks it is very practical, so I share it with you as a reference. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

Article 1. Common shortcut keys for Mac

On some Apple's own keyboards, there are usually special buttons in the top line, such as volume icons, display brightness icons, and other feature icons. Press the icon key to perform the function, or use it in combination with the Fn key to use it as F1, F2, F3, or other standard function keys.

Space (space) key

This is a magic button. In the Mac system, almost all files can be viewed quickly with the spacebar. Such as videos, pictures, music, pages, documents, PDF and so on. Take a picture as an example, just click on a picture in the folder, click the space bar to open it, and then click the next key to switch to browse other pictures. Instead of double-clicking every time to open, then close, double-click to open another, and then close.

Rope life is precious, space is good.

Command ⌘

This is another magic button unique to Mac. Usually cooperate with other keys to complete the operation. Just remember that most shortcut key combinations need to be used.

Copy and paste

⌘ + C replication (copy)

⌘ + X shear

⌘ + V paste

⌘ + option + V paste, the original copied object will not be retained, which is equivalent to "moving"

Close and exit

⌘ + W closes the current software window (the software does not really exit the process), which is equivalent to clicking the red fork in the upper left corner.

⌘ + Q really exits the software.

⌘ + option + esc forces the exit of a software. It is usually used when the software is unresponsive.

The closing window is the red fork shown below:

Force to exit a software:

Add a little nonsense: because of Mac's excellent memory management mechanism. In general, just click on the top left red fork or ⌘ + W to close the software. Will not have much impact on computer performance and battery, in exchange for the next time you open this software very fast.

⌘ + Z undo

When editing the document, it is equivalent to the Ctrl+Z key under windows, that is, to undo the operation just now. It's even more powerful in Mac, where you can use this shortcut to undo what you just accidentally did. For example, you have just deleted a picture, but you immediately regret it. Of course, you can click on the wastebasket, find the picture you just deleted, and put it back. A better way is to click ⌘ + Z immediately after deletion, when something magical happens, and the image you just deleted is back to its original position!

⌘ + A Select all

Equivalent to the ctrl+An of Windows

⌘ + delete deletion

That is, move the files to the wastebasket

⌘ + S save

You don't have to explain.

⌘ + N New

Create something new that you are using. For example, if you are using Safari, ⌘ + N means to create a new Safari window. You are using Photoshop, ⌘ + N means to create a new PS document.

⌘ + Spacebar toggle input method

You can also set it yourself.

Control + Spacebar

Shows or hides the Spotlight search bar.

⌘ + tab

Switch between app, try it and you will understand.

Some keyboard shortcuts can be changed to something you like in the system preferences, such as input method, Spotlight, etc.

Conclusion: the shortcut keys that Mac system is different from Windows still need to be remembered slowly. But only those 10 or so are commonly used, and there are rules to follow.

Multi-Touch touchpad gestures

In addition to keyboard shortcuts, using Multi-Touch gestures on a Mac with a Multi-Touch trackpad is another magic weapon that can help you improve your productivity and prolong your life. The trackpad on Mac is not the same thing as the touchpad on those Windows notebooks. Only by using this thing can we really realize the beauty of the Mac system and realize what is as natural and smooth as clouds and water. Press, roll, open and close and swipe, one finger, two fingers, three fingers, four fingers. Taking 10 minutes to understand these gestures will not only be used to pretend, but most importantly, it can greatly improve the efficiency and convenience of using Mac.

Many gestures on Multi-Touch are more like actions on iPhone, such as clicking on something with a tap on the trackpad rather than pressing it completely (you will hear the sound). For example, double fingers swipe to the left from the right edge of the trackpad to view the notification center, similar to the iPhone scan from the upper outside of the screen to the inside. For example, double fingers open and close to zoom pictures and web pages, just like on iPhone.

Example:

(double fingers open and close to zoom web pages or pictures, etc.)

(place both fingers on the right edge of the trackpad and drag toward the center to display the notification center. )

There's more:

Part III. Install and uninstall the software

It is recommended to download and install the software from the App Store installation or the official website of the software. The format extension of the Mac software is .app, and the app files downloaded from the website are dragged directly to the "applications" folder. It's even easier to uninstall the software. Open the "applications" folder, delete or drag the ⌘ + delete key that you want to uninstall into the wastebasket.

⚠ sometimes downloads software from the website in .dmg format, which is actually packaged into disk images. As long as double-click to open, there is usually a shortcut interface, just drag the .app of the small window to the Applications folder and the installation is successful.

Conclusion: to put the .app software into the "applications" folder is to install the software, and to remove the .app software from the "applications" folder is to uninstall it. Easy!

Part IV. AriDrop and Bluetooth

With AirDrop, you can easily send and share photos, videos, websites, locations and other content wirelessly between Mac and Mac, iPhone and iPhone, and even Mac and iPhone. It's still fast. You need to turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth when using it.

Turn AirDrop on or off in the Control Center of iPhone.

Send files from Mac directly to other devices

Select a file, then right-click "share-AirDrop" to find the device you want to send (iPhone or Mac), click to share.

AirDrop in Finder

Use AirDrop to send files from Finder on Mac to other nearby devices and Mac computers.

The new Macbook and iPhone Bluetooth are both low-power and won't cost a lot of power to keep them on. Once when I was on the street, I needed to process a picture and send it to my colleague. Just deal with it with MacBook and try to send it to your cell phone through AirDrop. Although there is no Wi-Fi on the street, I didn't expect it to be transmitted. As long as both iPhone and Mac have Bluetooth enabled, AirDrop can be used!

More about AirDrop: basics of Mac: send files from your Mac to nearby Mac and iOS devices through AirDrop

Summary: if you often need to send files between iPhone and Mac, or send files to your friends. AirDrop is a good feature. The speed is fast and it doesn't cost any traffic.

Part V. Continuous interworking of Handoff

To explain Handoff to you this way, you can start your email on iPhone and then continue to write on Mac. Or browse the web on Mac and then continue to browse the same page on iPhone. As long as your device logs in to the same iCloud account, everything will work seamlessly. Isn't that cool.

Of course, you need to make sure that your Mac and iPhone have turned on Handoff.

Mac is in "system preferences-General":

IPhone in "Settings-General-Handoff and recommended applications":

Take a chestnut, for example, you are browsing Zhihu on your mobile phone Safari, and then you want to continue reading on Macbook, just open MacBook and find that there is one more thing on the left side of Dock. Click on it.

If you use it on Mac, it's the same thing if you want to continue on iPhone. I'm writing these things in a Mac memo right now. I want to lie down on my phone and continue to write. I click the home button on iPhone and notice that the Handoof icon in the lower left corner of the screen unlocks. Just light it and roll it up.

Article VI. Spotlight

What kind of egg is the Spotlight mentioned many times before?

This is a story about Magic search, which can further improve the efficiency of using Mac. It usually hides something like a magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the screen. Or the shortcut key (control + spacebar) opens.

At this point you will see a beautiful search box in the middle of the desktop.

Try typing 12-83.

Try typing again. Try entering $30 again.

Wechat, and then enter.

See, of course Spotlight can do much more than that. On the upcoming OS X El Capitan, you can even use your own words to find what you are looking for. For example, just enter "photos taken last week" and Spotlight will display all the photos that match it.

Make your Mac a little safer

Compared with the Windows platform, the poisoning probability of OS X is very low. And because of the low market share, virus developers tend to develop Windows virus. So you really don't need to install any antivirus software. If you pay more attention to computer security and privacy, it is recommended:

1. Set up an iCloud account to log in to the computer.

2. Applications that allow Mac App Store and approved developers to download

"system preferences-Security and Privacy-General"

3. Open the firewall

"system preferences-Security and Privacy-Firewall"

4. FileVault is full disk content encryption.

General users do not have to open it (having a meeting has a slight impact on performance). If you are obvious or afraid of some door by the public, the wall crack is recommended to open. In this way, even if others directly remove the hard drive and take it away, the data inside can not be read and can not be cracked.

Summary:

Set up icloud login

No need to install antivirus optimization software

FileVault doesn't have to open it.

It is recommended that the firewall be turned on.

Article 8. Does Mac need to be turned off?

My advice is that you don't have to turn it off, or at least you don't have to turn it off often. Unless there is a system update or a computer malfunction that requires shutdown and restart, or you may not be able to use it for a month or two, turn it off.

The operation of turning off the computer is actually a habit left over from the use of personal computers a few years ago or even more than a decade ago.

At that time, the power consumption of computers was relatively large, and the memory file management and power management mechanisms of the system were not as good as they are now.

Windows computer shutdown can save power and free up system memory space. But today's computers, whether they are Mac's OS X or PC's new Windows, mainframes and portable ultrabooks consume much less power than in the past, coupled with excellent system management mechanisms.

The computer system can put the computer into a dormant (sleep) state without operation for a period of time, when the contents of the flash memory are temporarily placed on the hard disk and the power consumption is almost minimal. At this time, you also often turn your phone off and turn it on, and you have to wait every time you turn it off and turn it on, and you have to waste a few minutes on it every day.

This is the end of the article on "how to use mac". I hope the above content can be of some help to you, so that you can learn more knowledge. if you think the article is good, please share it for more people to see.

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