12 Cool Mac Tricks You Did Not Know (2017)

There are a number of hidden features in tricks in macOS that not many people are aware of. In this video, we show you 12 cool Mac tricks that you did not know. These Mac tips, tricks and hidden features should come in handy for people who own a MacBook, a MacBook Air, iMac or a MacBook Pro.

We are demonstrating this video using a MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and MacBook Pro with Touch Bar running macOS Sierra and macOS High Sierra.

Terminal Commands:

Caffeinate -i -t 'time in seconds'

Video Walkthrough:

1. Batch Rename Files
2. Smart Folders to Categorize Stuff
3. Lock Mac with shortcut (High Sierra)
4. Search for apps using just their initials; emojis to search
6. Use Siri to change system settings
7. Keep Mac awake with Caffeinate (-i -t 'time in seconds')
8. Advanced multiple text selection
9. Quickly Type Emoji on Mac with a Keyboard Shortcut
10. Change screenshot file type
11. Sign things using your trackpad
12. Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

Music: Monday by Joakim Karud

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[dreamscapeai]

I don't even own a mac, but I'm watching because it's beebom.

[carterrossi]

dude has the coolest last name ever!! gangwar

[connorgriffin]

I'm so happy they finally added a shortcut to lock your mac. That was a windows feature I always missed so much.

[macboyyhd]

this is way better than I was expecting. wow. added it to favorites for future reference!
I also like how you recommend terminal commands over third party apps, its so much more seamless that way

[abhijeetcomplex]

Thnx Akshay for dis awesome videp update my fvrts were the screen lock one, screenshot, spot light, &

[harshdeepsingh]

Hey! I just wanted to know whether a macbook air is worth buying in 2017? Is it performing well?

[XiangzhenLU]

All of the tricks here are great. Will give Smart Folders a shot soon :)

[gsdlvr]

Very helpful - I did NOT know about signing documents...I need this daily! Thanks.

[VeerDeeJ]

pretty useful video! 😄
(i just used the Emoji shortcut trick here)

[hookedonbattlerap]

🆒....I didn't know about the emoji shortcut...Thanks

[JJCoxUTube]

- The rectangles block copy is very important, thank you. One main use for it it to pull a set of data that is in a document in several columns. This allows you to pull the data without typing it all back in yourself. I had this decades ago as an EMACS command and have been missing not having it on the Mac. Thanks again for sharing.

[salviskify]

Useful tricks... was really unknown of this stuff. By the way I liked the Akshay replica toy at the the end...

[SnehalTodkar]

Wallpaper was awesome...can you share?...n as usual...video was awesome too... using mac for almost 2 years n these things were still new to me :) ... thank you

[estradajustdoit]

😃Thank you so much for sharing your information🙏🏼👍🏽

[donrochuios]

the feature to change the picture size was very useful.

[mogencheng]

smart Never knew such greatness existed

[tejacavalera]

Beautiful background, animation, editing and of course the tips, , thx 4 sharing

[ihateyoulie]

really helpful.... good piece of work.... cheers 🍺🍺🍺

[MrNobody]

I own a macbook air since 2 years and didn't know any of these things. Awesome video! Thanks.

[cxxd]

cool tricks . didnt kno most of these . thanks !! ❤️