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    56 APPLE TIME SAVERS

    Jan 04, 2022 11 minutes
    WRITTEN BY RYAN BUTT

    WE ARE CREATURES of habit that can easily fall into the trap of using our Apple devices in certain ways, while neglecting to drill down further into the inner workings of macOS and iOS to discover how these processes can be made easier. Our Macs, for example, have always come with keyboard shortcuts that can shave seconds off of the functions we perform tens, if not hundreds of times every day, but do you know them? And as macOS has evolved, there are certain settings that can be tweaked to speed up everything from writing to finding things quickly. The same can be said of iOS, which is similarly packed with handy tricks to streamline the effort needed to perform everyday tasks. Over the following pages, we aim to showcase these hidden features and help you do more in less time.

    Set up your Finder windows

    Here are some options you can tweak to maximize the effectiveness of your Finder

    1 Change the layout

    To change how Finder displays a folder, open any folder and go to View > Show View Options. Here, you can change how the contents should be grouped and more. Use shortcuts to change the view: press Cmd+1 (icon), +2 (list), +3 (column) or +4 (gallery).

    2 Sidebar control

    Go to Finder > Preferences > Sidebar and then tick all of the items you would like to see displayed in the sidebar of your Finder windows. In the “General” settings, you can also opt to display external disks and suchlike on your desktop, which can be useful.

    3 Show Path Bar

    Particularly useful when performing Spotlight searches, while in Finder, go to View > Show Path Bar and then a visual pathway to a file will be at the bottom of Finder. Open a folder from the Path Bar by Ctrl+clicking and selecting “Open in New Tab”.

    4 Customize your toolbar

    The Finder window toolbar itself can be customized by Ctrl+clicking on

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