If you happen to interact with at least one icon in your Mac’s menu bar, there’s a shortcut you should know about because it’s made things easier for you on more than one occasion. In fact, not everyone knows that except click left button and that with right click There is also a third key combination on the mouse that provides access to a richer list of options.
First of all, we would like to point out that this system does not work with all apps, but only with some Apple apps and all third-party apps that developers have authorized. expected to run.
Therefore, since we cannot list all existing applications for which this command is available (which is impossible considering the thousands of Mac applications in circulation today), we will limit ourselves to a few examples, using Apple as a reference, Let you get familiar with us immediately, Even as you’re reading these words.
how it works
The command we are discussing is very simple and is initiated with the following command Alt key On Apple keyboards, you’ll typically find this represented by the ⌥ symbol and the word Option. that’s enough for you Hold it while clicking Click one of the icons in your Mac’s menu bar and watch the magic happen.
what does he do
For example, if you left-click the icon Wifi You are given a list of nearby networks and the option to join another network, create one, or open system preferences.
However, if you Alt-click it, in addition to this information, you can access shortcuts to enable Wi-Fi logging, launch diagnostic tools, and prepare reports. And that’s not all: from this window you can Read IP addressactive security type, BSSID, channel, frequency, noise and many other useful information.
A similar situation will occur as shown in the figure Bluetooth If you would normally be returned to a small panel that contains the switches you turn on (or off) and a shortcut to open settings, by Alt-clicking it you can quickly read the version, device name, and his address.
superior drum The Alt key lets you quickly know where it is Wear statuswhile the indicator volume You can quickly select different input and output devices (if connected) or access the sound preference panel without making adjustments.
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What we have described to you is just one of the possible uses of the Alt/Option key on Mac: you will find some of them in this article Eleven others.
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