**Using Hot Corners on Your Mac**

If you're one of those people who loves having quick access to Mission Control, you'll love Hot Corners on your Mac. But sometimes, accidentally triggering these corners can get annoying. Luckily, you can adjust the settings to prevent that from happening.

To do so, head into System Settings and go to Desktop & Dock. You'll see the Hot Corners dialog box in the bottom corner of the screen. If you hold down a modifier key while setting up your hot corner, you'll now have the ability to customize which keys trigger each corner. In my case, I like to hold down the Command key to initiate the Hot Corner. This means that if you hover over the bottom left or right corner of your screen, nothing will happen unless you press the modifier key.

**Customizing Your Dock**

The dock in your Mac is a great place to quickly access frequently used apps and files. By default, it shows three of your most recently used applications. But if you want to change that, say you want to add 10 apps that you've recently opened, it's not as simple as just clicking on the number in the dock. Instead, you'll need to use the Terminal app to edit a configuration file.

To do this, open up the Terminal app and paste the following command into the window: `defaults write dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"label": "Recent App 1", "type": "application"}'`. Repeat this process for each of your desired apps, making sure to customize the label to match the actual name of the app. Then, close the Terminal app and go back into System Settings and go to Desktop & Dock. You'll see a section called Dash int 10 (or whatever number you chose earlier). Click on that number to change it to whatever new value you want.

**Resizing Windows**

If you're not fond of resizing windows by dragging from the top right corner, you can customize this behavior as well. When you drag your mouse from one side or corner of a window to resize it, you can hold down the Option key to resize the dimensions of the window from its Center Point instead.

**VIP Notifications**

If you're like me and love VIP notifications in your Mail app, you'll want to know how to customize this feature. To do so, go into System Settings and click on the "Rules" tab. Then, click "Add Rule" and for the first condition, select "Sender is VIP". Next, under "Perform the following actions", select "Play sound from the first drop-down". Finally, choose a sound to play for this rule, and then click "OK" and apply.

**Floating Notes**

In Mac OS, you can float individual notes over other windows so that they stay invisible regardless of which application is currently active. To do this, simply double-click on a note in the Notes app to open it in a separate window. Then, select "Window keep on top" from the menu bar. The note will now remain above other open applications even if you switch between apps using Stage Manager.

**Toolbar Shortcuts**

If you're one of those people who loves having shortcuts on their toolbar, you'll love this tip. To add a convenient app file and folder shortcut to the toolbar of Finder windows, simply begin dragging an item within the Finder window, hold down the Command key, and drop it into an available space on the toolbar.

**Modifier Keys on Max Keyboard**

If your Mac has a Max keyboard with icons printed on some of the function keys, you can customize these features by pressing the corresponding modifier keys. For example, pressing F11 or 12 with speaker icons will adjust the volume. Holding down Option when pressing one of these keys will open the Sound Pane and allow you to choose from various preferences.

**Bonus Tip: Using Modifier Keys**

If your Max keyboard has other feature icons on some of the function keys, such as a globe icon, you can press those keys with Option held down to perform special features. For example, pressing F11 or 12 with a globe icon will switch to the language set in System Preferences. By using these modifier key combinations, you can discover new and useful shortcuts for your Mac.

**Conclusion**

These are just some of the lesser-known tips that can make your Mac experience even better. Whether it's customizing Hot Corners, resizing windows, or taking advantage of VIP notifications, there are plenty of ways to take control of your Mac and make it work the way you want. By following these tips, you'll be well on your way to becoming a Mac expert.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin this video I'm going to give you 10 tips that you absolutely need to know they might be life-changing they might be time saving I don't know let me know in the comments down below if these tips help you out and of course let me know your favorite Mac OS tip that you think absolutely no one knows or maybe not a lot of people know and we'll feature it in the next video and of course be sure to like And subscribe so you don't miss more videos like this in the future and follow me over on Twitter or Instagram did you know you can open a copy of a file by default it's actually pretty simple to do all you have to do is just right click on the type of file in this case we'll use a PDF as an example and then select get info then you'll see in the general tab the stationary pad check box go ahead and check that and the next time you open up a PDF it'll automatically create a copy of that file so you won't accidentally ruin the original if you're working on a file in preview when it comes time to save or export go ahead and option click the format drop drop down to get even more additional file types it's pretty easy to fall into a safari search Rabbit Hole these days and let's say I search for something like oh I don't know UFOs it seems pretty relevant right now and then I click three or four links deep and then I want to go back to the search results and that's going to be a little bit of a tricky thing because I'm gonna have to keep clicking the back button over and over again but there's actually a better way to jump right back use the keyboard shortcut command option s or you can just go into the menu bar under history and select search results Snapback which will take you right back to your initial search page setting up hot Corners is one of the first things I do when I get a new Mac I love Hot corners and I love being able to quickly access Mission Control in the top right corner whenever I hover my mouse or maybe go to the bottom left corner and get my desktop Etc however it's pretty easy to accidentally trigger these hot corners and uh yeah it can get kind of annoying so thankfully if you head into system settings and under desktop and Doc you'll see the hot Corners dialog box here in the bottom corner if you hold down a modifier key while setting up your hot corner owners you'll now have the ability to hold down the command key in my instance to initiate the Hot Corner meaning if you hover your mouse over the bottom left corner or bottom right corner whatever it might be your Hot Corner won't initiate until you hold down whatever modifier key you add in my case it would be the command key by default the dock here shows three of your most recently used applications but if you want to change that say you want to add 10 applications that you recently opened at the dock you can do that but this is going to require a little bit more work it's going to be a little bit more in depth and so you'll have to be comfortable with opening up the terminal app and then just honestly pasting a couple of commands into the terminal window and I'll leave them actually Linked In the description down below so it's not going to be that bad all you have to do is copy and paste or you can check out the corresponding article as well and so in this case we have it set to have 10 apps open up and if you want to change that number you can just go ahead and edit the section here that says Dash int 10 you can go ahead and bring it back down to three which is the default or make it five six seven whatever you want to do and then it'll show you in the bottom right corner of your dock 10 apps or three apps or five or whatever you set those will be your most recently opened apps when you drag your mouse from one side or corner of a window to resize it you can actually hold the option key to resize the dimensions of the window from its Center Point instead so that it's just a much better looking resize of the window if you want special notifications from your mail app specifically VIPs and specifically assign that VIP a special sound or even bounce the dock when an email is received by that person in the mail app you can set that up by heading into settings click the rules Tab and then click add Rule and then for if choose any from the drop down and then for the first condition select sender is VIP next under perform the following actions select play sound from the first drop down another option available here is Bounce icon inside of the dock which is actually pretty useful as well then under perform the following actions choose a sound to play for the second drop down finally click OK and then apply and whenever you get an email from that VIP I specifically like the bounce the dock icon because I don't always have the sound up but at least I can see if my mail dock is bouncing up and down I most likely got a mail from my VIP Center in the notes app in Mac OS it's possible to float individual notes over other windows so that they stay invisible regardless of whichever application is currently active and to do this you can go down and double click the note to open it in a separate window then select window keep on top from the menu bar the note will now remain above other open application Windows even if you switch between apps using stage manager just remember that your floating notes can't share the same screen as another app that's in full screen mode you can add a convenient app file and folder shortcuts to the toolbar of finder windows and to do this all you have to do is simply begin to drag the item within the finder window then hold down the command key and drop it into an available space on the toolbar and for our last tip if your max keyboard has icons printed on some of the function keys you can actually press them to perform special features so for example pressing the f11 or 12 keys with speaker icons adjust the volume if you hold down option when you press one of those keys the specific preference in system settings that are associated with the feature will open instantly so for this case option f11 or 12 opens the sound Pane and so there are a bunch of things to choose from here and just have fun option clicking away to see what other bonus features you get and that's it these are 10 Mac OS tips that I think you need to know they might change your life they might be a little underrated and if any of these tips helped you out please let us know in the comments down below this has been down with Mac Rumors thanks so much for watching and I hope to see you around in the next videoin this video I'm going to give you 10 tips that you absolutely need to know they might be life-changing they might be time saving I don't know let me know in the comments down below if these tips help you out and of course let me know your favorite Mac OS tip that you think absolutely no one knows or maybe not a lot of people know and we'll feature it in the next video and of course be sure to like And subscribe so you don't miss more videos like this in the future and follow me over on Twitter or Instagram did you know you can open a copy of a file by default it's actually pretty simple to do all you have to do is just right click on the type of file in this case we'll use a PDF as an example and then select get info then you'll see in the general tab the stationary pad check box go ahead and check that and the next time you open up a PDF it'll automatically create a copy of that file so you won't accidentally ruin the original if you're working on a file in preview when it comes time to save or export go ahead and option click the format drop drop down to get even more additional file types it's pretty easy to fall into a safari search Rabbit Hole these days and let's say I search for something like oh I don't know UFOs it seems pretty relevant right now and then I click three or four links deep and then I want to go back to the search results and that's going to be a little bit of a tricky thing because I'm gonna have to keep clicking the back button over and over again but there's actually a better way to jump right back use the keyboard shortcut command option s or you can just go into the menu bar under history and select search results Snapback which will take you right back to your initial search page setting up hot Corners is one of the first things I do when I get a new Mac I love Hot corners and I love being able to quickly access Mission Control in the top right corner whenever I hover my mouse or maybe go to the bottom left corner and get my desktop Etc however it's pretty easy to accidentally trigger these hot corners and uh yeah it can get kind of annoying so thankfully if you head into system settings and under desktop and Doc you'll see the hot Corners dialog box here in the bottom corner if you hold down a modifier key while setting up your hot corner owners you'll now have the ability to hold down the command key in my instance to initiate the Hot Corner meaning if you hover your mouse over the bottom left corner or bottom right corner whatever it might be your Hot Corner won't initiate until you hold down whatever modifier key you add in my case it would be the command key by default the dock here shows three of your most recently used applications but if you want to change that say you want to add 10 applications that you recently opened at the dock you can do that but this is going to require a little bit more work it's going to be a little bit more in depth and so you'll have to be comfortable with opening up the terminal app and then just honestly pasting a couple of commands into the terminal window and I'll leave them actually Linked In the description down below so it's not going to be that bad all you have to do is copy and paste or you can check out the corresponding article as well and so in this case we have it set to have 10 apps open up and if you want to change that number you can just go ahead and edit the section here that says Dash int 10 you can go ahead and bring it back down to three which is the default or make it five six seven whatever you want to do and then it'll show you in the bottom right corner of your dock 10 apps or three apps or five or whatever you set those will be your most recently opened apps when you drag your mouse from one side or corner of a window to resize it you can actually hold the option key to resize the dimensions of the window from its Center Point instead so that it's just a much better looking resize of the window if you want special notifications from your mail app specifically VIPs and specifically assign that VIP a special sound or even bounce the dock when an email is received by that person in the mail app you can set that up by heading into settings click the rules Tab and then click add Rule and then for if choose any from the drop down and then for the first condition select sender is VIP next under perform the following actions select play sound from the first drop down another option available here is Bounce icon inside of the dock which is actually pretty useful as well then under perform the following actions choose a sound to play for the second drop down finally click OK and then apply and whenever you get an email from that VIP I specifically like the bounce the dock icon because I don't always have the sound up but at least I can see if my mail dock is bouncing up and down I most likely got a mail from my VIP Center in the notes app in Mac OS it's possible to float individual notes over other windows so that they stay invisible regardless of whichever application is currently active and to do this you can go down and double click the note to open it in a separate window then select window keep on top from the menu bar the note will now remain above other open application Windows even if you switch between apps using stage manager just remember that your floating notes can't share the same screen as another app that's in full screen mode you can add a convenient app file and folder shortcuts to the toolbar of finder windows and to do this all you have to do is simply begin to drag the item within the finder window then hold down the command key and drop it into an available space on the toolbar and for our last tip if your max keyboard has icons printed on some of the function keys you can actually press them to perform special features so for example pressing the f11 or 12 keys with speaker icons adjust the volume if you hold down option when you press one of those keys the specific preference in system settings that are associated with the feature will open instantly so for this case option f11 or 12 opens the sound Pane and so there are a bunch of things to choose from here and just have fun option clicking away to see what other bonus features you get and that's it these are 10 Mac OS tips that I think you need to know they might change your life they might be a little underrated and if any of these tips helped you out please let us know in the comments down below this has been down with Mac Rumors thanks so much for watching and I hope to see you around in the next video\n"