Ask HN: What feature did you find after years of using macOS?

Post by madhadron » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

awinder wrote: post #166

I’ve been using windows more recently since my personal Mac bit the dust and I’m trying to decide if there’s really that much reason to own a personal Mac. So now I realize for years I’ve been using this silent feature of macs for years called “not totally jacked up font rendering”. I would never have imagined this was a feature, but apparently there is a collective insanity in windowsland where the quality of font r…

Post by m463 » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 5:03 PM UTC

frankjr wrote: post #132

You can tell Finder to show actual folder sizes instead of just "--". Right click in a folder -> Show View Options -> Calculate all sizes. I'm not sure why it's not the default, it's not like Finder needs to traverse the folders hierarchy to calculate the size (I hope!).

Post by donarb » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 5:05 PM UTC

haddr wrote: post #104

house9-2 wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

cmd + shift + h = home directory cmd + shift + a = applications directory cmd + shift + d = desktop directory Semi-related, type `open .` in terminal to open that directory in Finder

And when you are in terminal and want to change dir to some different path, just drag and drop it from finder (either a file or just a icon from the title bar)

Post by fedorareis » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 5:05 PM UTC

Post by m463 » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 5:08 PM UTC

atombender wrote: post #189

DamnInteresting wrote: post #108

I have long used Shift-Command-4 to take screenshots, but I only recently discovered Shift-Command-5, which provides finer control (and it's much easier to use when I'm working at my treadmill desk). Also, Command-K to clear out a terminal window (also often works in similar places, such as the MAMP error log viewer).

My favourite hidden function: Pressing space after Shift-Cmd-4 toggles window mode. In window mode, only the window you select will be captured.