Creating Links Directly To System Settings

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@slincoln9452 Ай бұрын

After years of watching I’m done free loading. This is the video that convinced me to join “uncle Gary’s” Patreon. I can’t afford to hire Gary as my personal IT department so monthly donations it is.

@macmost Ай бұрын

Thanks for your support!

@TheDanEdwards Ай бұрын

Thanks for doing this. Apple now has 40 years of having Macs with scripting capabilities that they never bother to truly document or have training material available to the customer. So you're doing the work.

@stephenbamforth1514 Ай бұрын

Brilliant Gary, always surprised with all the money Apple has, it never has the succinct ability to produce such helpful information for users as this. 👍🙂

@semidemiurge Ай бұрын

this is gold, thanks

@Erin-Thor Ай бұрын

Thank you! If you ever decide todo a series on shortcuts and AppleScript, I’m all in! 🤓

@macmost Ай бұрын

Hate AppleScript. As a programmer, I see it as old-fashioned and dated. But I would do one on JXA (JavaScript for Automation), sure. We'll see.

@Erin-Thor Ай бұрын

@ - I agree, but find myself needing it. I’m open to ANY alternatives as I have found AppleScript challenging.

@koertschonewille Ай бұрын

Thank you for this video and all the others! As of today, I've joined Gary's Patreon. I truly appreciate the effort and energy you put into your videos. They are incredibly instructive and save me a lot of time. I learn something new every time, even though I've been using a MacBook for years.

@macmost Ай бұрын

Thanks for your support!

@karayuschij Ай бұрын

This is the best advice (for me). Thank you Gary!!

@phileagle8432 Ай бұрын

This is so useful! You would never find this in any documentation easily - thx so much for highlighting this and how you can use it! 😊

@tvdfotoart Ай бұрын

I like the TextReplacements shortcut. Well done

@The_Cali_Dude_88 Ай бұрын

I dont even own my mac mini, yet I'm doing as much research as X possible, that's why I'm here. It arrives in the next two weeks. I already have all the peripherals. I can't wait for my Hello screen ❤

@stephenbridges2791 Ай бұрын

Compiling those paths took some effort. Nice work.

@macmost Ай бұрын

An afternoon well spent.

@kl9941 Ай бұрын

You are a wizard man!

@josefhab8095 Ай бұрын

This one is great, thanks Gary. The keyboard shortcut is completed.

@loisskiathitis8926 Ай бұрын

Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️

@JumpingCow Ай бұрын

It's amazing all the stuff you figure out! I have wanted this feature for ages. Can't wait to try it on the iPhone to set display auto lock, for when I am testing a new app I am writing.

@darh78 Ай бұрын

You rock this Gary! Thanks for this useful video.

@argee55 Ай бұрын

Thank you for a super informative video. This is helpful.

@davidcking7 Ай бұрын

Very cool. Thanks, Gary

@Poverello2001 Ай бұрын

Truly amazing!

@gbsailing9436 Ай бұрын

Just for your information Gary, the System Settings link (at the bottom of your list) to headphones or AirPods link does work after all, but your headphones or AirPods, if Bluetooth need to be connected and in your ears at the time for the link to work.

@martrom0 Ай бұрын

Thank you very much !

@sergebureau2225 Ай бұрын

Thank you, super useful

@frankvet1 Ай бұрын

Thanks for such a great channel. While back I shared frustration over NUMBERS seemingly adding space in front of some text entries. I have finally figured out what it was.... "TEXT INSET". For some reason, some of the text entries had this setting higher than 0! No idea why. Fixed!

@bobp3738 Ай бұрын

Good video! Those reverse DNS-type addresses are usually pretty intuitive, until they’re not.

@ph5915 Ай бұрын

Ha! I got one for iPhone to Toggle the 'Silence Unknown Callers' setting (prefs:root=Phone&path=SILENCE_CALLS) it takes me straight there! Normally I always keep it on (silenced) but occasionally I disable it if expecting a call from a business, for example, that I will not know the real number incoming (not the PBX number) so that isn't in my contacts list. It's a pain to go to settings then apps, then phone, then toggle...This takes it right there! WIN!

@marklaurendet1861 Ай бұрын

Very Interesting I try to make a few of these

@tonymeadows100 Ай бұрын

Hi Gary. Very informative tq! I have long wanted to create on automation on my MacBook to “speak” when it’s charge state reaches say 80%. It’s easy to do on iPhone and iPad but I can’t figure how to do it on my MB. A video on making the MB speak certain occurrences or circumstances would be very useful 😊

@macmost Ай бұрын

What's the purposed of such an automation? What would it be important to know that?

@tonymeadows100 Ай бұрын

@@macmost Thank you for your kindly for your interest. Specifically, the purpose I have in mind is for my MB to issue an advisory that my MB had charged to say, 80%, so I could decide to stop charging, to help preserve the battery life. Currently I have to use AIDente (free option) from AppHouseKitchen to achieve the same end. I currently have automations on my iPhone and iPad to announce their charge levels at 80%. Also it may be useful to have my MB "tell" me about other transient conditions, such as SSD 90% 🤔🤷‍♂

@macmost Ай бұрын

@@tonymeadows100 You don't need to do that. In fact you shouldn't micromanage your battery that way. Look in the Energy settings, the Charging settings. Set that as you like and let the system optimize things. Don't use an app to do that, or micromanage it yourself as that won't help and will probably actually be worse. Let the system do its thing. It is fine to keep it plugged in.

@tonymeadows100 Ай бұрын

@@macmost Tqvm! In my M1 MBA I finally found in Settings>Battery>Battery Health that by clicking the (i) button, it reveals the "Optimized Battery Charging" switch, which was set to off - it's now on 🤦‍♂ Thank you again. Would "speech" be of any use regarding the SSD and CPU levels, as notes above, or am I just being too nerdy 🤓?

@farhadyaz4430 Ай бұрын

Wow thanks for sharing. What would be Open Urls for "Natural Scrolling" On/Off under Trackpad, please?

@macmost Ай бұрын

Check out the list I provide.

@djr3386 Ай бұрын

The OG Apple Mac tutor strikes again. 👏👏👏 Really eye opening stuff. Thanks for sharing 🙏 Is it possible to link a cell in Apple Numbers spreadsheet to a photo of a receipt stored in a different folder in Mac? So that if you click that cell, the photo of the receipt is displayed by Preview or Quick Look?

@macmost Ай бұрын

Not really. Probably best to come up with something more sustainable, like naming the receipt files consistently so you can find them if needed.

@djr3386 Ай бұрын

@@macmost Thank you Gary.

@darh78 Ай бұрын

You rock this Gary! Thanks for this useful video. Will they work in iOS and iPadOS?

@macmost Ай бұрын

I talk about that at the end of the video...

@elizabethwilcox8006 Ай бұрын

Oh My...

@tonywalker23 Ай бұрын

Does anyone know how to get to the Filters and Proxies section? This would be Sys Settings>Network>Filters I use NextDNS to block ads, but sometimes need to disable it to load something and then turn it back on.

@JORGELEME Ай бұрын

Great! Can I use shortcuts like that to change something? Like, for example, change the output the sound in sound setting?

@macmost Ай бұрын

There are some actions like that in Shortcuts, but only a few.

@JORGELEME Ай бұрын

@@macmost Tks Gary!

@Canadian_Living_in_Mexico Ай бұрын

Thanks: I am using a keyboard shortcut now to setup keyboard text replacement. Eventually, I will have enough text replacements so that I dont have to type or take my hands off of the keyboard to use a mouse

@kodywilson2286 Ай бұрын

Hi I'm using the 15.1

@trayntp Ай бұрын

I'm trying to create a keyboard shortcut for *Rename...*

@gbsailing9436 26 күн бұрын

Hey Gary, I've noticed that the list of URL's provided have been placed on my phone as well due no doubt to handoff and continuity. The problem is they don't work on the phone AND yet they reside at the top of my shortcuts list in the phone. This means I have to scroll down to get to more commonly used shortcuts. Is there any way of getting these short cuts to work on the phone? If not - having them reside at the bottom of the list? Have you encountered this problem with your shortcuts from your Mac appearing on your phone? Cheers.

@macmost 26 күн бұрын

Your Shortcuts appear across all of your devices. Sounds like you want to create some folders and group your Shortcuts to meet your needs.

@gbsailing9436 26 күн бұрын

@@macmost Ah good thought. Thanks for the prompt reply, Gary.

@thomasnewsom6084 Ай бұрын

Great video as usual. One issue that I found and maybe you have a workaround... I created one to open the "SOUND" section of settings. I have some aggregate output settings that I need to access frequently so I thought it would be a great one to do. It works but the listing through the shortcut has the Output settings list in an abbreviated form. You get a max of 8 characters that then has a ... (dot, dot, dot) appended to it. There does not appear to be a way to expand this or hover over to expand. If I access it through Sytem Settings directly, it is expanded. So an example is "Air Pods Pro #2 + BH". This shows through the shortcut as "Air Pods...". Any ideas would be appreciated.

@macmost Ай бұрын

Interesting. When I tried it the Output list looked exactly the same as what I get if I manually go there in System Settings.

@thomasnewsom6084 Ай бұрын

I could send you screen captures if you provide a way. I am running Mac Os 15.2 on a M4 Macbook Pro Max full config except for 4TB storage instead of the 8TB I have on my M3 version. I also have some feedback on your course on Numbers that I am currently taking that would be hard to provide with just words.

@macmost Ай бұрын

@@thomasnewsom6084 There's no need to send a screenshot about the sound settings. I believe you, I was just providing another data point for you to consider: that it isn't something happening to everyone. Knowing that may or may not help. As for Numbers course feedback, you can use macmost.com/ask for that. Thanks.

@thomasnewsom6084 Ай бұрын

Thanks. I was just trying to provide a data point that maybe you would say "oh, try this" ...