Apple Featured Terminal Hacks - Set Screenshot's Default File Name The macOS Screenshot application saves screenshots using a predefined naming convention [Screenshot YYYY-MM-DD at HH.MM.SS]. This LectroHack will show you how you customise this with your own text.
Apple Featured Terminal Hacks - Set Screenshot's Default File Type When using the macOS Screenshot application, screenshots are saved as PNG images (.png files) by default. This LectroHack will show you how you can change this default file type.
Apple macOS - Hide and Show Windows It's a common occurrence... you have multiple windows open on your desktop and you're beginning to struggle to find the windows you need quickly. These five short tips will explain how to quickly hide (or show) individual or multiple windows on macOS.
Apple macOS - Switching Between Light and Dark Mode macOS includes several different modes to alter the system's appearance: Light, Dark and Auto. In this short article we'll show you how to switch between them.
Apple Terminal Hacks - Force macOS to Shut Down Is your Mac refusing to shut down? Most likely an application or background process has frozen, preventing the process to close and in turn preventing macOS to shut down. This LectroHack will show you how to use terminal to force a shut down.
Apple Terminal Hacks - Caffeinate your Mac If you need to run a process on your Mac that cannot be interrupted by the Mac's sleep cycle, such as running a task in Automator or downloading a large amount of data, then you can caffeinate the Mac to keep it awake. Here's how...
Apple Terminal Hacks - View File System Usage Do you want to know why a particular drive is not ejecting on your Mac? Is a process causing a lot of strain on your computer's processor and you want to identify what that may be? This Terminal command will show you what your Mac is currently reading and writing to disk...
Apple Terminal Hacks - Show Uptime and Recent Reboots Unsure how long your Mac has been running for before it's last reboot? Wanting to see a list of recent reboot dates for diagnostic purposes? There are a couple of useful Terminal commands that can help with this.
