by Austin MacWorks | Aug 13, 2020 | Mac OS Tips
On the Mac, scroll bars are essential for both orienting yourself and navigating within a Web page or document window. But they may not appear unless you hover the pointer over the right spot or start scrolling with a gesture on a trackpad or a turn of a mouse scroll...
by Austin MacWorks | Jul 29, 2020 | Mac OS Tips
Image by Taylor Wilcox on Unsplash Whenever you view a document that’s longer than will fit onscreen, a scroll bar appears (often only if you’re actively scrolling). That’s true whether you’re using an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Inside the scroll bar is a control called a...
by Austin MacWorks | Jun 22, 2020 | Mac OS Tips
Image by Noah Fischer from Pixabay This isn’t about periscopes or mouthwash—when it comes to searching, a scope is the area in which a search takes place. When you use the Search field in a Finder window to look for files and folders, you have the choice of two...
by Austin MacWorks | Jun 16, 2020 | Mac OS Tips
Image by NeONBRAND on Unsplash If you have access to multiple printers, you probably know that you can choose one from the Printer pop-up menu at the top of the Print dialog. But macOS has a feature that should make it so you don’t have to switch printers manually as...
by Austin MacWorks | Jun 8, 2020 | Mac OS Tips
Image by Thomas Kelley on Unsplash We all want Mac laptops that can run for days on a single charge and never need their batteries serviced. Sadly, we’re always going to be disappointed. Battery and power management technologies continually improve, but those...
by Austin MacWorks | Jun 1, 2020 | Mac OS Tips
Image by Snapwire from Pexels When you’re in the Finder, choosing File > New Finder Window does, as you’d expect, open a new Finder window. But what folder appears in that window? By default, new Finder windows open to Recents, which is a built-in smart folder...
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