{"id":79654,"date":"2022-01-17T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=79654"},"modified":"2022-01-17T14:54:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T20:54:45","slug":"hot-corners-hidden-system-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/79654-hot-corners-hidden-system-shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Corners: Hidden System Shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, I&#8217;m going to cover a favorite tiny System Preference called <em>Hot Corners<\/em>. Thanks to Hot Corners, by sliding your mouse into a corner of the screen, you can activate several great OS X features. I&#8217;m going to show you how to start using it, what you can use it for, and how to modify it to make it even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' width='1170' height='659' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CkHTDNbC4tg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' sandbox='allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation'><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some cool OS X features that I never use, like <em>Mission Control<\/em> (show every window) or <em>Application Windows<\/em> (show every window for this application <em>only<\/em>). Mostly I avoid them because they&#8217;re not as intuitive for me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m going to use Hot Corners to make them more accessible. To begin, go to System Preferences > Desktop &amp; Screen Saver > Screen Saver Tab.  In the lower-right corner, click the Hot Corners button.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each corner of the screen can have different things occur when you slide the mouse into the corner.&nbsp; Here are your options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;Start\/disable the screen saver<\/li><li>&nbsp;Mission Control\u2014show every window<\/li><li>&nbsp;Application Control\u2014show every window for this application<\/li><li>&nbsp;Desktop\u2014move everything out of the way, showing your desktop<\/li><li>&nbsp;Notification Center\u2014hide\/show it<\/li><li>&nbsp;Launchpad\u2014show OS X&#8217;s launchpad<\/li><li>&nbsp;Put Display to sleep<\/li><li>&nbsp;Lock screen<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I assigned it a Hot Corner, I find that I now use Mission Control <em>all the time<\/em>\u2014especially when I&#8217;ve set an App to go full screen. 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