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key:

shift: ⇧
control: ⌃
escape: ⎋
eject: ⏏
command: ⌘
option: ⌥

Volume increase in smaller increments

Pressing ⌥ + ⇧ while increasing/decreasing will slowly increase/decrease the volume bar by a quarter value.

Horizontal scroll with mouse

If you have mouse that can only scroll vertically, you can press ⇧ and scrolling to get your horizontal scrolling ability. However in Photoshop, this cannot work. Instead, you need to press ⌘.

speak items using terminal

Open your Terminal and use the command-line:

say hello

Your mac will speak whatever it is you type, in this case, 'hello'

Zooming In/Out Display

Press ⌃ and scroll up/down with your mouse will get your display zoomed in/out.

Drag Items to Finder Toolbar!

Yes, you can do it by drag-hold-release item on the toolbar of Finder. To drag them out again, use ⌘ before dragging the item.

hidden psych office in terminal

1. Open Terminal
2. Type emacs
3. Press ⇧ + ⎋
4. Write xdoctor
5. Be nice and answer all of her questions
6. It's for free

Open Two or More Similar Application at the Same Time

Open your Terminal and use the command-line:

open -n /Applications/Safari.app

You will have two Safaris running at the same time. You can also do that for other applications by replacing the path with Application's path. NOTE: doesn't work for Firefox.

Zero Brightness

The display brightness can be instantly set to zero: ⌃ + ⇧ + ⏏

Open Two or More Similar Application at the Same Time

Open your Terminal and use the command-line:

/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &

Use this ⌘ to kill the process:

kill PID #number

Enable Safari Inspector

Open your Terminal and use the command-line:

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true

Quick Shut Down

The last trick, quick shut down which is used almost every day: ⌘ + ⌃ + ⌥ + ⏏.

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