14 useful tricks Option key in OS X
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Perhaps you did not know, but the Option key when working with the Mac can be very useful at some point in the interaction with the system and your mouse. Below, I will give 14 different combinations of clicking the mouse button in conjunction with Options, which will help you to see the additional menu items that are hidden from your eyes by default.
1. Select the top menu WiFi icon and hold down the Option key and click the left mouse button (LMB) to open more options.
2. Do the same with an icon Bluetooth, and see additional information.
3. Option + LMB will reveal additional parameters input and audio output settings, as well as show a hidden menu item with which you can quickly go to the general system settings, on the tab, "Sound"
4. Turn off the Notification Center is very simple: paint + Option to HQ icon in the upper right corner.
5. View full information about the system is the combination of coatings + Option icon «Apple» (with the apple logo in the upper left corner)
6. To resize a window not only on one side, but both at once, you just need to hold down Option and drag LMB the edge of the window. The window will expand immediately to both parties.
7. All sub-folders can be opened in the Finder window, if you hold the Option key and click on the arrow.
8. Show hidden place "Save As ..." dialog box can be the same combination, tselknuv on the "File" menu.
9. In the same way, you can expand the list of export formats in the "Browse". When saving, before the file size selection, hold down the Option key and click on the drop-down list.
10. If the village in the browser is too long, you can not scroll it down. Enough to clamp Option-click in the right place scrollbars - page instantly move the cursor.
11. Increase or decrease the size of 16 pixels Doc combination Option + can pull himself Doc.
12. By clicking on an application in the Dock while holding the button Option, you can deploy it to the foreground, hiding all others.
13. To display the item "Force Quit" is not in frozen applications, enough with the button held down Option click on it right mouse button and select the appropriate item.
14. Add the next song in the losing, by pressing Option and clicking on the icon appeared "+" next to the song. The next will play it.
Hopefully, many of these combinations will be useful. And whether you use what some keyboard shortcuts? Tell us about it in the comments!