I have been using Macs for over ten years and have loved them. I am now locked down for a bit due to the virus so have spent the last few days watching your videos. I guess I was using my Mac for about 5% of what it can do. I am a little embarrassed by all the things I didn't know. A big thank you.

Never knew that Digital Colour meter can provide the colour code in HEX. Thank you, Gary. Respect.

@TheSnarkMusic

3 жыл бұрын

This is definitely the killer discovery in this video, for me.

Dear Gary, you make me, a silver server, have that feeling of an inadequate student, when all around Are all so savvy. A humility which reminds me of early years in college. A good thing. To know, one will never be a polymath. And as the ancient Greeks told us; we discover more Through humility, than pomposity...

I've always depended on Disk Utility. It a great tool. My wife was a big fan of Stickies. Font Book is in my Dock along with Automator, Script Editor and the Terminal. I have the last MacBook Pro with an internal DVD drive. The DVD Player app used to always be in the Utilities folder but it isn't anymore. A Spotlight search wouldn't reveal it. I had to set the disk insert action in System Preferences to have it automatically launch DVD Player to coax it out of hiding. Once it was running I put it in the Dock where I can find it again if I need it.

Thanks for sharing Gary!

Great video again. You also learned me something, which you did not intend with this video. At 6:25 You did command and then clicked on the title of the folder, to go up a folder. I did not know that either. Thanks again Gary.

@martinlundkristiansen3859

2 жыл бұрын

This works in most apps, not just Finder. Let’s say you have a file open. Cmd+click on the proxy icon (yes, that’s what it’s called) allows you to see where the file is located. AFAIK macOS is the only operating system that allows you to do that, which is crazy. It’s incredibly useful.

@PatrickBijvoet

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinlundkristiansen3859 Thanks Martin! Also useful!

Never used an Apple. Got my first SE in 1985 and I've been employed by using MACs ever since. And after 36 years I'm still learning. Thanks, Gary...

Thanks as always Gary!!

Hello, Gary. I very much enjoy your informative material on the ‘You Tube It’ web site. Some things don’t quite translate from American English into British English. For example, where you say ‘app’ (application?) I would probably say programme. Despite these very small language differences, I have learned enormous amounts about my Apple manufactured devices so thank you for your work and your very clear explanations. I have become a ‘You Tube It’ subscriber of your excellent channel.

I frequently use the Dictionary's front/back matter to access the U.S. Constitution. It's easier than doing a web search.

@LMacNeill

3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised Tim Cook hasn't banned the U.S. Constitution as racist or something... ;-)

@gund89123

Жыл бұрын

@@LMacNeillwhy would he do that ? What did he do for you to say that ?

The Image capture app has just blown my mind !🤯 thank you so much 🙏🏻👏🏻

This was SO helpful to me! Thank you!

Wow -- been using a Mac daily for 10 years, and I had no idea about the existence of several of these apps. Definitely going to create a shortcut to the "system" version of the Applications folder on my desktop!

Another gem. Thanks Jezza

Bless you! This is awesome!

Wow , that was very helpful information. I didn't know about most of those apps. Not sure why they are not in the launcher for all to see.

Thank you so much.

Many thanks. You are the best.

Yet another sensational video. Thank you for your work.

Well shame on me I knew none of these, but know I do! Very informative video! Thank you, Gary! ❤️👍🏻

Blown away that I just found your channel. So useful!

Thanks, they were indeed useful tips to know!

Great information! Thanks!

I’m the kinda nerd who has the font library and color meter in my dock for quick referencing while I do design work

I think I'm in love with all your tutorials.

super useful¡ thanks

Useful info… thanks

You earned a new subbie!

Another Great Video

Thank you

Hey Gary, Thanks so much for yet another informative video. I have owned my Mac ow for 3 years and never knew half of this stuff. I'm so glad I found your website back when I purchased my Mac.

I know some of them, but not a color meter, which is great and simple. Thanks!

Really helpful! Didn't know about 8 of these lol

Great tutorial,May I ask how do I get the apps onto my dock please? Thankyou

I do web design and I never knew my iMac had a digital color meter. This is a face palm moment 🤦🏻‍♀️ I done the switch over from Microsoft not to long ago. Thank you for this video.

Wow...'Grapher'...who knew?? Thanks Gary!

Grapher was a great intro! Thanks!

“this whole thing is created by ‘simply’ using this equation up here” !!!!!!! 😂😂 that cracked me up Gary. I busted out laughing. The scribbles of that equation look like Chinese writing to me!! If I see a + or - then I know what that means. Outside of that 👎🏼. I love your videos Gary. Please never stop!!

These videos make my Mac 50% more useful every time! Thanks Gary!

well I guess this video is for new apple users coming from window. Sure those apps evolve with the OS, chess was introduced in 10.0 X and stickies was on OS9 I used a lot. Glad someone is doing this .

👍👍👍👍😎 👍👍👍👍🏆 As always, THANK you Gary.

In Audacity, a bunch of "Apple AU" effects can be enabled from within the app. I've always assumed these are a hidden part of Mac OS, but not sure.

@ErikMeike

3 жыл бұрын

Those are Apple developed. AU stands for "Audio Unit" and there was an application called AU Lab which came with Apple Developer Tools which lets you do all sorts of fun realtime production and effects and mixing with them. I think it may still be available on the developer downloads site.

3:12 Pages can render the FONTAWESOME icons; MS Word, can‘t. Video about formatting disks? Which settings allow partitions?

Is Logic Pro one of the free programs that come with a Mac Pro

Hello Gary, because Mac has a PDF converter, but is not for large documents with several pages, it is limited. So what other PDF editor should I use in my MAC?

@macmost

2 жыл бұрын

What is it you are trying to do. You usually don't "edit" PDFs, but edit the source document (Pages, Word, InDesign, etc).

Does it help to use the "First Aid" feature on Disk Utility to have better overall performance? Love your videos

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

If you are having an issue, First Aid can help. But no need to use it if everything is working.

@guillermocastillon9362

3 жыл бұрын

@@macmost Alright. Thank you!

Video suggestion, hardware you use...like mac mini, imac etc?

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I use a Mac Pro because I make my living from it (video tutorials, app development, web development). Each person has different needs.

For extra credit, show us where the Screen Sharing app is! (Yes, I found it, but it's in none of the obvious places).

Hi, my Mac is a iMac 27inch mid 2011 which I have upgrades with a ssd. I don’t seem to have voice memo. Also would it be worth upgrading the graphics card to a magnetic one so that I can upgrade to the latest os?

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

You are definitely running an older version of macOS if you have a 2011. That's why you don't see the newer apps. You can't upgrade the graphics card in an iMac. Even if you could, it is the model of Mac, not the specs, that determine which version of macOS you can install.

@lisajones1036

3 жыл бұрын

@@macmost Thanks for that, just confirming what I thought, cheers

If only the Activity Monitor would let you monitor the current transfer rate of the disk. I have yet to find a way to do that and knowing the total bytes transferred isn’t all that useful as compared to knowing the current rate of transfer.

Thanks for your work. I need a database for my books and cds. Hard to find. Can you help?

@macmost

2 жыл бұрын

Are you looking for an app to do it? Just search the App Store. Otherwise, you could always just create your own spreadsheet in Numbers.

All these applications you mentioned are in the regular applications folder on my computer - no need to go under the GO menu to access them. Not sure why the difference.

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

No difference. They appear in both places. They are actually "in" the System folder. But they also appear in the regular applications folder. I explain at 0:56

@ninacleven7889

3 жыл бұрын

@@macmost I thought, since a lot of people didn't know about these apps, that somehow they weren't showing up in their regular applications folder. Love your site and all the useful information you pass along. Thanks for all you do for the Mac community.

KZread added chapters to this video. Very nice!

What! Color meter... what! Thank you 🙏🏻!

Is there any benefit accessing these apps the way that's in the video versus me opening "Lauchpad"?

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

No. Using the Dock, LaunchPad or Spotlight is the best way to launch apps.

1:34 Chess 2:00 Dictionary 2:47 Font Book 3:10 Image Capture 3:31 Stickies 4:00 Activity Monitor 4:29 Digital Colour Meter 5:11 Disk Utility 5:54 Grapher 6:31 Voice Memos

@bikeman5

2 жыл бұрын

color

@javtimestwo

Жыл бұрын

dictionary-never knew that was possible. I was double clicking on words to highlight and then selecting looking up a dictionary or thesaurus as a result. the app=much more effective

This is somewhat useful as a tip. All one needs to do is browse the Application folder to see what's there. The sad thing is, I know too many people who have no idea what all the apps are on the Mac. I have 174 entries in my Applications folder (many are apps that I have added) and another 17 entries in Applications/Utilities. And just out of curiosity, at one time or another I have launched every app just to see what it does.

macmostvideo, questions: if I have an older Mac that has the hard drive changed to a SSD drive say about 3 years ago. 1:Why won't it upgrade to the newest operating software for Mac? It keeps saying not enough space on drive, so I wiped and deleted it still this same issue. 2: can a Mac once wiped clean with 7 delta wipe with no backup's or cloud in use be recovered say with disk drill app? 3: can a wipe clean delete and reinstall remove all spyware/viruses from my Mac? 4: can you do a how to do video on all these things? I don't have the original software operating reinstall disk anymore. I think it was the one or two before the Lion one. Help me please!

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

Requirements for macOS versions are based on the model, not the details like hard drive type. Not sure why you are getting a not enough space message. Hard to diagnose from afar. I've never used "disk drill" so I can't say. But you can use Internet Recovery to reinstall macOS. (No need for a 7 delta wipe on an SSD BTW). A wipe will delete everything, so if you have malware it will delete that too. See kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZOFtqmwmK2plKg.html

Grapher 🤯

Love your Videos! But: Open the Launchpad and you see directly all these apps in a second 😉. Ist is the shorter way.

I LOVE Audacity! Probably one of the greatest free apps out there!

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@calsarchandler6851

3 жыл бұрын

Wait, what? Audacity? Is that mentioned in this video? I couldn’t find it. I don’t know what Audacity is, please help! 🙂

@Ransomed77

3 жыл бұрын

​@@calsarchandler6851 Nope, it's not mentioned. I just noticed it in his app list. One of the best free software apps out there for audio. For my needs, I prefer it to GarageBand. Audacity is a free open source app.

Related to the dictionary app, what I often use is force touching on a word with the trackpad, either on a laptop or with the magic trackpad, and getting a quick view of meaning, and especially thesaurus. This comes through clutch when writing. You can also set it up to display dictionaries in other languages, so my wife uses force touch on her laptop to quickly translate words in her native language.

How about DVD Player?

There are 62 Apps that you can actually find in Finder, but there are some that pop up as required by certain tasks. Not sure where Apple stashes those.

Of holidays apps it’s probably the chest one is the one I probably use the most

I love you

Can you help me please, my app store on my MacBook pro opens normal but when i go to search for an app it shows ( can not connect to App Store) :(

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

Try restarting your Mac and your network router too. Make sure you have a good connection (browse to some websites). If that works OK but you still can't access the store by tomorrow, call Apple Support.

I know it's unrelated to the today's vlog, but do we need to use a VPN when connected ethernet or wifi at home?

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

Short answer: no. You may want to use VPN for untrusted networks. But I assume you trust your own Wi-Fi.

@reallifelegend4781

3 жыл бұрын

@@macmost Thank you. But am I mistaken, I thought the purpose of a VPN was to hide us from others on the internet who might want to try to discover and hack into our home networks?

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

@@reallifelegend4781 No. That's not what it is for. It doesn't protect your home network at all. It protects the data traveling between your computer and the sites and services you are using. And the real weak spot would be using some public Wi-Fi network that is listening in on your data.

@reallifelegend4781

3 жыл бұрын

@@macmost I see. Okay, thank you once again!

Image capture needs a physical connection to an iPhone? Also, iPhone cannot connect to a Mac using Bluetooth?

@macmost

Ай бұрын

Yes, connect with a cable. You can "sync" your iPhone to your Mac using Wi-Fi (not Bluetooth which is much slower) but that's something else.

Didn't you cover this last month?

Gary how come your time machine is showing under networks in your hd folder, mine isn't???? i would think the most known would be chess, even non skilled computer people find the games first, i think. Know how to play chess, however ive never used this app. I know of all apps im in my app folder a lot. ive used dict, I-C, A-M, D-U & briefly a long time ago V-M. I like the tip on font, never accessed it in app folder.

@macmost

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't. I see it under Locations in the left sidebar. That shows all of my attached external drives. I have one drive named "Time Machine" (I could have called it something else).

@bikeman5

2 жыл бұрын

@@macmost i see thanks

Some application are not deleting so what to do

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

Are you trying to uninstall apps? Which ones? What are you trying?

I was expecting him to talk about the Applications in /System/CoreServices/Applications...

i like stickies

Why doesn't the boot camp work in M1 mac's ? I wanna play some window games on Marcos.

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

Boot Camp was a way to install Windows on a Mac that relied on the fact that both Macs and Windows used the same (Intel) processors. M1 Macs use M1 processors, not Intel processors.

@AGill-mx8bj

3 жыл бұрын

@@macmost I know that well. But, if M1 mac's doesn't support Boot camp then why do M1 mac's even have a boot camp in the system ? Why does my M1 has boot camp if it doesn't even work ?

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

@@AGill-mx8bj Maybe because it is part of macOS Big Sur and Big Sur works on both Intel and M1 Macs.

@AGill-mx8bj

3 жыл бұрын

@@macmost alright yeah that makes sense.

I never knew about the chess app! Or the grapher.

At 1:00 you explain apps that are part of the system and how to get to it. I used your navigation method to remove an "adware or malware" from my 2010 iMac computer. I've been searching KZread videos to give me ideas as to how to search for my malware "TotalAdviseSearch" which has haunted my computer for over a year now. I refused to use the methods on KZread that require a download whether it was free or for purchase. My paranoia about these anti-adware programs is that they were created by the same people that came up with the fix. That's just me and my paranoidal bewares and cautions that haunt me. So I have to thank you for putting videos up to teach us about our computers. "Thank You"!

@ 3:20 But only Apple phones. : (

GNU Chess :)

None of these Apps are hidden.

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

Hidden doesn't mean invisible. These are apps that many Mac users never see because they aren't in the Dock or something they regularly come across.

Why on Earth did Apple move some of these basic common apps to System? hmm

@macmost

3 жыл бұрын

The whole system is now protected, since Catalina. Those system-related apps were moved there to get that same protection. So malware can't mess with them.

I’m a bit disappointed that more apps don’t work on the Mac...when I bought my M1 Mac Mini I thought I was gonna be able to use the majority of apps that I use on my iPad like KZread, Facebook and many others.

@gund89123

Жыл бұрын

iPad apps are designed for touch UI, MacOS is not. I don’t think KZread & FB make an app for MacOS.

What about the Boot camp ?

Start video at .26 always

OMG all these apps i can see normally how are the hidden? makes me laugh....they have always been in my apps folder by default... lol

This is so crazy all those are in apps folder ,,,,lol click bate

Most of this is useless to me, how about finding out why my 62 K emails have turned up back in my inbox from a previous edition! Mojave. They were gone for ages but have now turned up in the latest and greatest version of Mac since i upgraded. WTF!! If you don't know you tell them folks at Mail to message me so we can have a chat...Please.

Just go to launchpad you find them all there, so simple! thumbs down for wasting my time

And never need to know. Buying anything by Apple is one of the most stupid things you will ever do.