10 Interesting Mac Tips Help Users to Handle Their Computer Easily

If you own a Mac computer or MacBook, you will want to know more about it, including the practical tips for handling your computer. Most of the tips for Mac computers are very easy to handle, and some of them are just interesting. You want to know about it? Right, the following guidance will show you 10 helpful tips for Mac computers. You may have known some of the tips, and you may have already started to use this tips, then you also read on, maybe some of tips are new to you.

Speaking the tips for Mac computers, the first thing we should make clear is that the Mac computer runs with Mac OS X, and the keyboards on the Mac computer aren't exactly the same as a Windows keyboard. The Command key of Mac computer plays very important role when you want to control your computer. Of course, some of the Mac tips will need users to take advantage of the Command key, and it will be full of fun. Check the post out.

1. Screen Saver Wallpaper

If you want to use a Screensaver as your desktop wallpaper, you will need to enter a command in Terminal to let the change happen. Some of the Mac users will ask why they would like to use Screensaver as wallpaper. Well, it's just fun. /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine-background The command above is all you need to set up Screensaver as the wallpapers for your Mac computer.

2. Let Mac Speak

Your mac computer speaks, don't you know that? Well, well, this is also an interesting tip for Mac users when they want their Mac computers to read files for them. Users only need to go to Terminal and hit "Say Hello World", and your Mac computer will speak. Or hit "say –f mytextfile.txt", and then your Mac computer will read the files for you. Don't forget to open the speakers.

3. Screen Sharing

Screen sharing function is also a great utility of Mac computer. A lot of useful features are hidden behind this utility. If users want to unleash these features, they can hit the following command in terminal. Defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing \ 'NSToolbar Configuration ControlToolbar' -dict-add 'TB Item Identifiers' \ '(Scale,Control,Share,Curtain,Capture,FullScreen,GetClipboard,SendClipboard,Quality)'

4. Kill Dashboard

Many people have abandoned the Dashboard of Mac OS X, and it is easy to that. If you want to get rid of the Dashboard, you can hit the following code in Terminal: defaults write apple.com.dashboard mcx-disabled –boolean YES

5. Show Hidden Files

This is one of the most well-known Terminal commands, and it is very helpful when users want to find the hidden files especially the ones they have forgotten the location. Mac users only need to hit the command below to show the hidden files: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

6. Look Up a Word

This is also a useful tip for Mac users. When you want to look up a new word while reading, you can move your mouse cursor over the word, and hold Command + Ctrl + D on your Mac, and then you will get the informative pop-up.

7. Show Date and Time in Menubar

Generally, your Mac computer will only display time in the menubar, and many people will also want the date displayed in the menubar as well. To achieve this goal, you will need to go to System Preferences > Date and Time, and hit the "Clock" tab, then check "Show Date" in "Date Options". There you go.

8. Put Files into One Folder

This is a useful trick when users have too many files scattered on the desktop and want to save them in order. To put many files into one folder, users need to hold command and choose the files they need, then right-click the files and choose "New Folder". Then the files will be put into the new folder.

9. Share Link with Friends

When you want to share a link you are browsing in Safari with your friends, you can hold Command + Shift + I on your Mac, and then the link to the web page will be pasted in the body of email inside of Mail.app. When you want to share web page with your friends, this keyboard shortcut is very helpful.

10. Black the Screen

When the user don't want others to see what he/she is doing when they walk by, they can use this trick to turn the screen of the Mac computer to black. Users only need to hold ^↑+ eject, and then the Mac screen will go to zero brightness.

If you search the Internet, you will find that there are thousands of articles about Mac tips. This 10 interesting tips for Mac computers are helpful in our daily life, and you can check them out when you are in need.

Windows 10 Runs Smoothly on Lumia 635

Windows 10 is now under beta test, and it may come out later this year, likely this June. The new Windows OS may bring great changes in the UI, Cortana and other specs, and it is said that Windows 10 will be able to run on the low-end Lumia smartphones. According to a post from PhoneArena.com, Windows 10 is very smooth with Lumia 635. So the users of low-end Windows smartphone will benefit from the update. In fact, if you are tired of Windows 8.1 on your smartphone, you can wait for the Windows 10 update as well.

Microsoft skipped Windows 9 and jumped to Windows 10, maybe it wants to bring a different using experience to all users. Running Windows 8 on smartphone is a cool experience, and it gives users a new Modern UI and a new way to handle their smartphone. The using experience of a Windows phone is very unlikely with an Android phone or iPhone, and it has its own characteristics to attract the users.

According to a post from Gadgets.com, not every Lumia phone will be able to update to Windows 10, and the update will only provide for the majority smartphones running with Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Besides them, the budget phone Lumia 430, the selfie phone Lumia 730, and the golden edition Lumia 930 can update to Windows 10 as well.

Windows 10 features have been released, and many new functions are added into the new OS, such as Spartan Browser, Snap app and others. But few are mentioned about how Windows 10 will look like on the Lumia phone. Actually, Windows 10 will bring an interactive UI on Windows phone, and it will make users feel like that they are controlling their computer with the phone.

From the leaks on the Internet, we have already known that Cortana will have a major update on Windows 10, and we hope that it can be more humanized and friendly. We can’t help to compare Cortana with Siri and Google Now, and we will find that although these voice assistant are alike, Cortana provides a great function of recording your controlling habits. This may be a good start of a user-friendly voice assistant.

Windows 10 will have built-in MS Office apps, including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint. These three apps are the most commonly used aps in our daily life, and when users want to edit their Word documents for example, they will be able to finish the task on the Windows 10 smartphone. The features of the Office apps on Windows 10 smartphone are almost the same like the Office apps on the computer, so the apps on Windows 10 smartphone will be very helpful.

The new features of Windows 10 smartphone may also include a movable keyboard. If you are using a large-screen Lumia 1520, you may feel that texting messages on the phablet are not as easy as texting on the 4-inch smartphone. The movable keyboard will provide much help because it can be located on the position you want on the Lumia phone. This is great, especially for the phablet users.

A cross-platform universal photo app will also be introduces on the Windows 10 smartphone. The new photo app allows users to use OneDrive to sync photos and make up the beautification and selection of the photos. For example, the photo app will automatically sort out the accidental duplicates and the photos taken in burst mode. This photo app may redefine the usage of photo apps on a smartphone.

When Windows 10 arrives this year, it won’t only bring surprise to the PC users, but also the fans of Windows phones. This new PC and mobile operating system is like Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 in its UI design, but it will have more great features than the Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Let’s wait and see.