

Next, you might need to kill the Dock process to make the changes happen (or just log out and log back in). You can also assign a keyboard shortcut by double-clicking the menu item and typing in any key combination InsertĦ.

Check or uncheck every item that you want to be visible – in the example below I’d installed the anti-virus software ClamXav and chosen to hide it from the right-click menu earlier. These control what happens when you right-click on files and folders onlyĥ. It should be expanded by default, but if not just expand it to see all the options available. Scroll down the list shown on the right until you see Files and Folders.

In the left-hand panel, select the Services iconĤ. Open System Preferences and then choose Keyboard from the Hardware sectionģ. To choose what’s displayed on the right-click menu, follow the steps below:ġ. There are lots of options depending upon the type of item you’ve selected (it differs for files, images, and documents for example). I use this one all the time to find my open apps on the screen.Right-click any file or folder on your Mac and you’ll see a context menu similar to the one shown below. A double-tap using two fingers brings up Mission Control. Swiping left or right using two fingers will switch out your full-screen apps. When you have an app such as Safari open, you can swipe between pages using one (or more) fingers to swipe left or right to move through the pages, rather than having to click on the tabs. You may also want a faster tracking speed if you have a larger screen. Under normal circumstances, people may have somewhat different preferences when it comes to how fast they want their mouse pointer to move across a screen, but this is especially useful – necessary – for those who don’t have steady hands. This one is pretty cool if you want to quickly inspect something that is a little too small to see You can quickly return to a normal zoom state by repeating the same double-tap gesture.
