Tips for changing brightness on MacBook, external displays
Changing the brightness with Macbook keyboard always changes the laptop display. External keyboard always changes external display (if attached). Ctrl + brightness key inverts the behavior for both external and internal.
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Sloppy desktop habits? Too many GIFs laying around in ~/Pictures? Select a bunch of files and throw them in a new folder with two clicks.
Get to all your Mail drafts quickly with a shortcut
If you save a lot of drafts in Mail, and especially if you have multiple accounts, you don’t have to go digging for your account’s Drafts mailbox to start editing again.
Sticky Notifications plays well with OS X, nerds
A handy $3 utility for creating simple, visual alerts has a system-wide shortcut, Automator support, and even a URL scheme if you really want to start cooking with apps like Alfred and LaunchBar.
MarsEdit takes the pain out of pasting links
Especially handy since MarsEdit works with a bunch of services like Tumblr, WordPress, and Blogger.
Display OS X’s Spelling and Grammar panel for gooder writing
A quick way to glance at each app’s windows from the app switcher