The Most Asked Mac Questions According To Google

macmost.com/e-2384 These are the answers to the most-asked Mac questions on Google. How do you take a screenshot? How do you type accent marks? How do you use F-keys? How do you copy and paste? And much more. Even experienced Mac users may learn from some extra tips.
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[@MichelChristensen]

I have been using MacOS for 19 years, and I'll admit that I learn very little from these videos, given that I am not in the target audience. But your quiet demeanour, and friendly aura just makes me click right away, when you upload! Thank you for the content, Gary!

[@iankastelic881]

Thank you, Gary! You blow me away with how much you know and what a great teacher you are! Love it!!

[@joeldcanfield_spinhead]

2:31 Computer geek for 40 years but never realized I could hold the key on my Mac to get the accent popup, just like on iOS devices. Also think the F4 might be ALT-F4 for "quit program" on Windows, which is of course CMD Q.

[@kanookbutterfly]

I switched from PC to Mac a few months ago & must say that your videos' have taught me so much....thank you!

[@loisskiathitis8926]

Very informative class, I certainly learned a few things! Thank you, Gary! 👍🏻

[@petermckerrow7694]

Gary, you are the best! First, you get straight into the presentation, second you give clear, coherent explanations, third the examples are easy to follow and best of all you don't descend into juvenlie slang, you treat us as adults and you don't call us "guys"! By far the best set of videos and explanations on Mac I have found on KZbin.

[@megapangolin1093]

Very, very helpful video, Gary, so many Mac things seem to be buried in menus, and the context often changes. Shame there isn't a help menu that allows this information to be found out easier. Meantime, we have you and what you do. Priceless and thank you.

[@debreale5236]

This video is excellent! Your tips are so helpful. Thank you!

[@OldAlabamaGardener]

Interesting tips. Thanks Gary.

[@HHanna-sx9bn]

thanks Gary for all you vidoes which helps a lot

[@christinewunder1672]

New to Mac and I'm binge watching, nice job, TY!!!😃

[@cohall46]

Wow! I picked up lots of new tips. Thanks for sharing.

[@JasonMcFadden]

The first two, for me, were great! Totally needed those for sure.

[@robevans2114]

You offer one of the few videos I watch with interested the entire length. They are very informative

[@ASTMA193]

Great video. I'm new to Macbook and this is so helpful. Thank you.

[@sundukchi]

This video is excellent! Actually all your videos are excellent. Your tips are so helpful. you are the best teacher ever in Mac! Thank you so so so much !

[@derekrowlands1189]

Great video, very informative, thank you.

[@satchman2000retro]

I reckon the F4 one might be “alt F4” which quits a program in Windows. One other useful one that threw me when I switched from Windows (years ago!) was how to backspace rather than delete (ie delete characters to the left of the cursor), which is FN and Delete for anyone who doesn’t know. Another cool video Gary, thanks :)

[@matthew4501]

I had the same thoughts on alt-f4

[@jesseharper7172]

For the mac equivalent would be command + Q

[@darincampbell171]

Well, all that I can say is that I enjoy these videos. They are very informative! Gary, you Sir, are indeed a genius when it comes to properly operating a mac. I just hope that one day I can be just as good operating a mac as you are. For me, it will take a lot of practice. Kudos to you for such a good channel. I learn a lot! Peace.

[@Grandpa.Dan8881]

This was a really big help video! Thanks...

[@72andres]

It worked thank God. Thank you for your informative and professional video. Your recommendation worked. God bless you and your channels and viewers as well.

[@marcosdeto9409]

excellent vid, thank you!

[@johnstephenson8087]

You provided a lot of useful information on your macOS Mojave How-To Cheat Sheet too which I downloaded from your website.

[@macmost]

Thanks. Gotta update that for Big Sur, though it is probably mostly the same.

[@jeremylerman765]

Shift+Command+5 Ctrl+Command+Spacebar Can you hear my hear me slapping my forehead here, Gary? Talk about game changing shortcuts. Brilliant, thank you for pointing these out :-)

[@Slimothy]

I have been watching this channel since before I had a Mac back in 2011-2012. Now, I only use Macs. One of the best Mac channels out there. Unfortunately comments are turned off on a few videos I remember commenting on. I went back to check them but can't. :( Keep up the videos 👍🏻 Cheers

[@macmost]

Comments on KZbin? From a long time ago? I had comments off for a lot of the old videos because I was spending too much time deleting spam comments. KZbin is better now (somewhat).

[@Slimothy]

@@macmost Yeah, I remember asking you about sleeping a Mac wayyy back. And you answered me about not needing to shut down. It was super valuable for me as I was young (in highschool) and had just gotten my first Mac at that point. Idk why I remember that, but it just meant a lot to me that you actually cared enough to reply even though I was just a tiny KZbin channel. I appreciate all of your videos throughout the years, most concise and helpful Mac videos, bar none.

[@siddu3278]

Thanks for the information

[@dragonballjiujitsu]

More gold from Gary.

[@abdulmuhaiminmohdyusri4858]

Great sharing Gary.

[@rmis32]

Very helpful, thanks

[@MyDogSteppedOnaBeee]

thanks for the screenshot tip because I know there are many ways to take screen shots with the keys. I use the touch bar for fastest way. I add it to the touch bar screen shot. I also use fn key for emojis in any app saves time instead of typing 3 keys.

[@jitenderdadwal]

very very useful. just awesome.

[@3747841602]

One memory key I have learned it that when you switch to a Mac "you give up control and take command."

[@Ka_T_ya]

Super useful for someone like me who switched from windows to mac for the first time in my life.sadly I’m pretty sure I’ll forget most of those and ask google again :v

[@nickkapatais]

Just told my wife the screen shot command. She's still hugging her Mac. This video's brilliant.

[@desertpatient]

Awesome as usual

[@GR-zd6xl]

Hi, Gary. I really admire your videos and now have a question. I have a mid- 2010 21.5" iMac (Mac 11,2), which runs High Sierra (10.3.6 12GB memory and 500GB HD). Can my iMac be upgraded to run the latest macOS? Thank you very much for your busy time. G.R.

[@lorenzrychner8894]

Gary, what's the system-wide (not via app prefs) key combination to instantly switch from American-style quotes (upper-upper) to German-style (lower-upper)? Word processors like Pages let you set it up in Prefs, but if you write in one and quote in the other language, you need to switch instantly, as quick as Shift-Option-2 for the Euro €. Can the Mac do that?

[@davebroere9078]

There’s a considerable amount of confusion (to me at least) regarding all the sets of login credentials within the Apple environment. Apple doesn’t always do well describing exatly what your logging into then it makes a login request. Apple ID, sounds like a really simple concept but there are so many other logins that it can get really confusing. iTunes Store, Apps Store, iCloud, the actual login I use when first accessing my physical device, short ID name, long ID name, etc, etc. Is there a way to sort all this out by unifying some (or all) of these credential sets - after I’ve managed to mess them up? If you could do an in-depth Apple account review/tutorial - I think lots of folks could benefit from it.

[@macmost]

You may be overthinking it. There are only two logins you need to worry about. Your Apple ID is for everything online: iCloud, iTunes, App Store. Then you have your local computer ID and password. That's just for Mac user account. Think of it like your passcode on an iPhone. It is for unlocking your Mac account and giving permission for Mac things.

[@nepolitics]

you are a legendary content creator

[@jorisArt]

Gary, I have a question. My wife and I listen to audio through the Libby app. The problem is we are often not in the same room, and can’t hear the phone that the book is playing on. We like to be in sync as we are both artisans and often spend hours working together. It there an app that you know of that would let us hear a book via Libby, and send that audio out to be picked up and played by a second phone in the house, on the same wifi network? Thanks, I alway enjoy your most informative videos and I have 6 apple devices to support!

[@Techie21]

there is a setting as well to enable right click.

[@roxammon5858]

I remember using f4 to repeat the last instruction or command. I think it was in older versions of microsoft

[@richhughes2225]

Thanks, Gary. You might have added, when describing copy and paste, how to move.

[@PatrickBijvoet]

Right click can with the magic mouse or a trackpad been achieved by configure it in the system preferences. Then it is also configured for almost every game.

[@javtimestwo]

Another great idea for a video from Gary. The screen capture is something that always confuses me and takes me a long time to figure out. Not anymore with your suggestion here. I will be using this going forward. Thank you!

[@bjack8645]

Get the Grab app, I thought it came with MacOS but I might be wrong.

[@javtimestwo]

@@bjack8645 thanks for the suggestion but I try to stay away from getting additional apps when possible. last year I was using Butler but realized that Spotlight does the same or better. so I removed Butler

[@JMLPhoto]

I would really like to know if there is a way to choose only one screen to take a screenshot of when having more than one monitor in use? It's so aggravating having to delete all of the screenshots created for one monitor when I only wanted to capture what is visible on the other. Thanks, in advance, for your time and response.

[@triangleadvisors]

As a new Mac user, I could not get the hang of using two fingers for right click. I went into Settings, Trackpad, Secondary Click, then selected "Click in bottom right corner". Boom, just like that I am using right click, just like my windows laptop.

[@josefhab8095]

regarding F4 I remember that this was function to repeat last step in Windows. That could be what people asked for.

[@MikzekingG]

Absolutely

[@chrish2879]

f4 is used in MS Office apps to repeat the last command (similar to CTRL-Y). It's very useful. But in Excel it's also used to cycle through the absolute/relative reference options when you're typing a formula (as you mentioned). The equivalent on a Mac is CMD-T. Why they didn't make it fn-f4 is beyond me.

[@melellington1333]

F4 key on Mac? When PC users ask that my first guess would be they are referring to closing a window. On the Mac that is the standard command-W, albeit it is not universal among Mac applications-no more universal than 'Quit' or 'File' or 'Open' or 'Help' menu options are universal on Macs; just standard and common. My guess would be they are referring to Alternate-F4 on a PC. This is one of the most common commands on PCs. It is available on standard PC application windows in the upper left corner of the window, typically on the leftmost side of the title bar. It's not universal on PC applications but very common and been there for well over 20 years.

[@aneshc3]

Hey MacMost the QuickTime player App icon in you’re intro is not the current one.

[@kimacsabe]

Re Right Click on a mouse, you didn't mention the Mac Magic Mouse which has no buttons. That may have been a source of that question. It took me ages to figure it out.

[@TedMattos]

Thank you for this video, Gary. Sadly, when I hold down a letter in a word processor, it just repeats (in this case, the letter e). Interestingly, if I do it in this comment, it does offer the options you suggested. Perhaps it's app-specific?

[@philippfolkerts6120]

Which word processor are you using?

[@chrish2879]

The copy/paste query might relate to files in the Finder. If you want to move a file on Windows, it's CTRL-X then CTRL-V, which is analogous to moving some text in a document. But that doesn't work on a Mac. You have to go CMD-C, then CMD-OPT-V. Personally, I think the Windows way is more elegant. Actually, after 15 years on the Mac, I still think the way you manipulate files in Windows is better. I love the right click-drag function, which just doesn't exist on the Mac. And I like being able to interact with files in save dialogs, like it's a mini File Explorer window. I understand why that isn't allowed on the Mac (it might confuse users) but it is a time saver.

[@zoltanzana]

The basic idea here is that if you want to move a file (on Windows, CTRL-X) and suddenly, for instance, you get a phone call and forget about that file being cut, it will disappear from the original location without being pasted into the new location. If, instead, you just copy the file (Cmd + C on Mac), it will remain in its original location and will only move when you've pasted it (Cmd + Option + V) into the new location.

[@JC-tm6wh]

Hey Gary, I set up my ISP and gmail on new macbook air, after I open ISP email they disappear after a few minutes, nowhere to be found. They remain inbox on my iPhone. I use apple mail on both devises . Any idea what I did wrong? Frustrating.

[@naingtun6620]

I want to find and replace in selected area in number app.Thank for your attention.

[@krishagrawal3646]

Yes

[@thrivingbranch]

2:08 When I hold down a letter on my keyboard, I don't see a list of accent marks. Rather, I lose the ability to type in that app until I close and reopen the app. I'm not sure why that happens or what I am doing wrong. Using macOS 11.6 Big Sur with an Apple wireless keyboard (US layout)

[@jasonrumsey5023]

Recommend a free download called cheat sheet. Shows keyboard short cuts for the relevant application you have open by using command spacebar at any time

[@macmost]

Or you could just look at the menus.

[@mowmowjapan]

Alt + F4 (Win) = Cmd + Q (Mac) is to close the current window. Alt + F4 can be used to shut down the windows system too.

[@toma1610]

⇧ + → select one character to the right. ⌘ + → go to the end of the line. ⌥ + → go to the end of the word. ⇧ + ⌥ + → select to the right until the end of the word. ⇧ + ⌥ + ↓ select to down until the end of the paragraph. ⌘ + ⇧ + → select to the right until the end of the line.

[@filizkorkmaz]

Home and End keys are missing in mac keyboard so I remember searching them too

[@dr.westwood]

Surprised you didn't suggest to create a keyboard shortcut if you use the same emoji frequently.

[@ashishsaxena7671]

Shift-cmd-6 will take the screenshot of your touchbar while you working in any app on your Mac..

[@lorenzrychner8894]

If you search Google for Gänsefüsschen you'll find that it is easily among the ten most searched terms - it's the German term for the (double) quotes, meaning "little geese feet". Nice, eh?

[@robertmaclean7070]

Thank you. You missed out. how do I get an apostrophe? like in don't except it did it automatically here, in emails it doesn't do it in autocorrect?

[@philippfolkerts6120]

If you're on an U.S. keyboard layout, the apostrophe is on the key right next to the Return/Enter key.

[@filizkorkmaz]

I searched for taking screenshot myself :)

[@Jimgoodwin846]

Thanks for the video…the one I can’t seem to find is the degree mark…as in 90 degrees (temperature) 😳

[@macmost]

It is Shift+Option+8 on U.S. keyboards. Or use Control+Command+Space and search for degree.

[@hagihayusiwi6527]

how to keep using emoticon in continous click???the emoticon window always get closed when i input 1 emoticon so i need to reopen emoticon window again...and thats kind of taking time

[@macmost]

Use the keyboard shortcut (Command+Control+Space) to do it faster. You can also bring up the Emoji Viewer when you have no text at all selected, not even a text cursor in a field, and it will appear and stick around.

[@hagihayusiwi6527]

@@macmost thank you Gary 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😄😄😄😄😄👏👏👏👏👏🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@Coronet_1969_]

Using newest Big Sur 11.2.2 and Shift Command 5 doesn't work for me, any ideas how to fix this so the shortcut works?

[@edwardpickett1760]

Mine works on 11.2.1

[@macmost]

Check in System Preferences, Keyboard, Shortcuts, then Screenshots on the left. Is the shortcut there and checked? It is by default, so if it has been changed you must have changed it a while ago and forgot.

[@Coronet_1969_]

That worked Gary, really appreciate your videos and your help!

[@SuperMiclovan]

Hi I have one question ... always when i open a file or picture in finder then fider goes in the dock bar...how can i open files and the finder remain active ...in the backround like in windows?

[@macmost]

Not sure what you mean. The Finder is always in the Dock, all the way on the left. When you "open" a file it opens in an app, and that app appears in the Dock, yes. Maybe you are doing something else not described here?

[@SuperMiclovan]

@@macmost Sorry ...i mean somethink like in windows explorer ...When i open a file in finder ...the finder window goes in Dock ...when i wanna open another file then i must go again in Dock bar and open finder ...i want to know if is an option or somethink ...that finder to remain on desktop ...like windoes explorer ...sry for my english ...

[@macmost]

@@SuperMiclovan I'm still not sure what you mean. The only time a file (window?) goes into the Dock is when you minimize it (yellow button). Is that what you are doing? It shouldn't go into the Dock when you open it, it should open and you should see it. The only other thing I can think of if that when you launch an app then if the app isn't in the Dock yet, it is then listed toward the right side of the Dock. Those icons will remain there as long as you don't quit the app. If you want to leave it in the Dock even when the app isn't being used, then add it to the Dock. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6HEqHegnbZ8oK8

[@arvekvalvik5027]

Hi, I have Imac27 2020 model. With 4 USB and two ThunderB 3 & USB C ports. I use one of the TB3 ports to another monitor (USB C to HDMI) and a SSD X5 into the other TB3 port. Now I bought another Samsung X5 SSD and it has to be connected to a TB3 port. Any solutions?

[@macmost]

Connect the SSD to a regular USB port (it is USB, not Thunderbolt, right?) and use the two Thunderbolt ports for your screens.

[@arvekvalvik5027]

@@macmost The SSD is TB3 not regular USB., so I need both TB3 ports.

[@macmost]

@@arvekvalvik5027 I'd look for a hub then that takes one TB3 port and gives you a TB3 port for your drive, and a DisplayPort port for one of your screens. In general, always go too DisplayPort to connect screens over HDMI.

[@arvekvalvik5027]

@@macmost I ordered a HUB now, to see if that fixes my problem. On my iMac its only two TB3 and four USB 3 ports. No DisplayPort :( Hope the HUB will work :) Thanks

[@macmost]

@@arvekvalvik5027 DisplayPort is one of the many things that Thunderbolt does. Both your TB3 ports are also DisplayPort ports. You can connect from TB3 to DisplayPort on a display without any adapter at all, just a cable.

[@wendalls53]

Hi, I have a constant prob with the app books on my imac, I don't open it but the activity monitor keeps showing it is using 15.5 gigs of memory I keep quiting it in activity monitor ( although in real life books is not open) it keeps coming back, also it is not in log in items I have nothing in there, how do I stop it using up my memory. I have found I cannot delete the app either. cheers wendy

[@macmost]

What is the exact name of the process? I can't think of any reason why you would see a Books-related process open there unless it is syncing data or something. Maybe it isn't the Books app but something else with a similar name?

[@wendalls53]

@@macmost when it pops up again I will take a screen shot, it is definitely books as it shows the books icon and says books I do have 600 plus books but i have never used it, just tried to put a pic in I dont think I can attach a pic but i will type exactly what is written in activity monitor when it appears in there again should not be to long thanks for your quick response very much appreciated cheers wendy

[@wendalls53]

Hi, I messed around with a lot of settings to do with Books App eg deleting what I could and changing settings. I must have done something right because it has not come back in a long time now thank goodness,

[@jodiehayes4410]

I can't find anywhere how to make f2 - rename file. It's cumbersome constantly right clicking. Likewise how to make the delete (backspace) button actually delete to the rubbish bin rather than the right click palaver....

[@macmost]

To rename a file there is already a shortcut: Return. Just select a file and press Return. For emptying the Trash/Bin, the shortcut is Command+Shift+Delete. You can see the shortcut right in the Finder menu.

[@msmith53]

How do I screen unwanted emails? Please answer...

[@cherylcabral4]

How can I access the Character map? I do not want to dedicate any keys for a character. I am a former window user.

[@macmost]

See kzbin.info/www/bejne/jny8cpyoiqmWm80

[@madmotorcyclist]

You forgot one, how to get around Gatekeeper. Hint: sudo spctl --master-disable

[@marchinayo8716]

Hey man my MacBook is frozen and I tried to do command ,option ,escape and nothing happen can you help me ?? Please !

[@macmost]

Just use the power button to restart it.

[@andreea2423]

hwy, how can we minimize all widows at once?

[@philippfolkerts6120]

Assuming you want to minimize all windows in order to get to your Desktop (which is "behind" all of your windows), you could simply spread your thumb and three fingers on your trackpad🤏🏻Check it out in System Preferences > Trackpad > More Gestures. If you have a mouse instead of a trackpad, you can achieve the same result by setting up a so-called Hot Corner. Go to System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Screen Saver > Hot Corners and set one corner of your screen to "Desktop". Yet another way to make all the windows slide away and display the Desktop is to press COMMAND+F3. Hope that helps✌🏻

[@daphetidroberto797]

Holding down the "E" key just repeats, regardless of the Keyboard settings for Repeat (Catalina)

[@macmost]

Did you turn it off with a Terminal command -- maybe many years ago -- and forget?

[@victorjcano]

I tried the shift/command/5 and nothing happens?

[@t4sturm]

Have you ever heard of the keyboard not being able to type anything on Apple TV while using the KZbin app?

[@macmost]

Sorry, no. Haven't tried it.

[@miltonvambe1558]

Please help. How do you "Cut and Paste". I want to move a doc from a folder to another permanently.

[@macmost]

See kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWLMq5-ensidrLM it is the 10th item.

[@zoltanzana]

Cmd + C then Option + Cmd + V

[@BanjoSick]

The problem is right-clicking a marked object without a mouse. This is trivial on a windows machine (there is a button for it) and impossible on a Mac. Any solution?

[@macmost]

So a trackpad? Usually you click with two-fingers. You can customize it in System Preferences, Trackpad. You can also Control+click to bring up the context menu.

[@BanjoSick]

@@macmost No, without the trackpad (😈), just with the keyboard. It should be trivial but even with BTT I havn't found a solution. I want to trigger the contextual menu of selected text or items, by pressing a button combination. Thanks for the answer, you are awesome!

[@macmost]

@@BanjoSick How would it work without a pointing device though? It needs a location to focus the context. You can go to System Preferences, Accessibility, Pointer Control, Alternate Control Methods and assign a pointer action to a key. But I don't think that's what you want as it would act on the pointer location, not the selected item. If your goal is to take an action on the selected item, it is better to either know the keyboard shortcut, or to use the menu bar. Usually anything you can find in the context menu is also in the menu bar. Control+F2 takes you to the menu bar, then you can use arrows to navigate. Or, I like to use Command+Shift+/ to start at the Help menu and search for the menu item. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5vQn3ytfZt6aZI

[@BanjoSick]

@@macmost I should take the selection as context, like it does when one copies/pastes. The menubar works for items in the Finder. I do that, even though it's clumsy and take like 11 keystrokes to open an excel file in numbers, while it takes 4 keystrokes when selecting the contextual menu by mouse/trackpad. For selected text this is plainly impossible, which is quite incredulous. It should be possible to navigate your machine by keyboard alone. The competing data systems (MS Windows, Chrome OS/Google Docs) have solutions here, I wish  would swallow its pride here. I actually tried the BetterTouchTool trigger and i works in Notes, but not in Safari. I will investigate further.

[@macmost]

@@BanjoSick To open in Excel, assign a custom keyboard shortcut to the exact name of the menu item in Finder (Whatever is in File, Open With, maybe "Microsoft Excel.app"?) For text, what are you trying to do? Which menu item are you trying to access?

[@sawmillvalley]

On Big Sur Ctrl-Cmd-Space brings up the emoji pallet, but there is no search bar.

[@macmost]

Try scrolling up in that window if you don't see it.

[@johnstephenson8087]

I's tried it in Excel and I did get a search bar with the emojis. I don't why it is different.

[@macmost]

@@johnstephenson8087 So it works in other apps, like Pages and Numbers, but not in Excel? Sounds like Microsoft has some custom code there for text input then.

[@sawmillvalley]

@@macmost Ya, that did it, scrolling showed the search box. I thought I had tried that, guess not 😀 Thank you.

[@user-rs7ws2wm8n]

Hi, you share a Lot of needed info,however, could you possibly talk a bit slower… I cannot begin to keep up … it’s like your running when you talk or you’ve speeded up your voice deliberately. Thanks😂

[@macmost]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/opq9hayfrp6BpLc

[@vmuffin4030]

LoL im the 69th like