Use Shortcuts for speedĪpple brought Shortcuts to the Mac in macOS Monterey, and it’s a great way of automating common tasks. Now, right-click the file or folder whose icon you want to change, select ‘Get Info,’ click on its icon and press Control+V to paste it. Right-click the file or folder whose icon you want to copy, select ‘Get Info’ and copy the preview image.

So if you want Photoshop to open every time you connect your iPhone, Image Capture can be configured to make that happen. You can also link your camera to any macOS application that you want. What’s more, you can connect wirelessly to a scanner to import scanned documents or photos to your preferred directory. Image Capture enables you to import all of your camera’s photos at once to the folder of your choosing, or better yet, you can pick and choose which photos to store on your Mac while deciding whether to keep or delete the originals one by one. If you have macOS Catalina or later, left-click and hold on the app window’s green maximize button to see a drop-down menu with the options ‘Enter Full Screen,’ ‘Tile Window to Left of Screen,’ or ‘Tile Window to Right of Screen.’ If you have a secondary screen this menu will also give you the option to move the active window to that screen. If you’re still on macOS Mojave or older, you can hold down a left-click on an app's green maximize button on the top-left corner, then drag it to your preferred position on the left-hand or right-hand side of the display.

Make sure the Edit Toolbar is visible (under the View menu) and you'll see options for drawing shapes, arrows, speech and thought bubbles, and more. Beyond letting you, well, preview PDFs and images, Preview allows for a ton of annotations that are compatible with Adobe Acrobat – widely used by Windows users and many companies – making it easy to share annotated documents with colleagues, regardless of the platform they use. You can add your signature by either holding up a signed piece of paper to the webcam on your Mac (it does a fantastic job of cutting it out of the background) or by drawing it on the trackpad. Click it and you get a range of Markup options, including one for signing documents. Drag a PDF into the email you’re sending and hover over it – at the top-right you’ll see a little button appear.

If you’re emailed a PDF to sign, you don't have to worry about printing it, signing it and scanning it back in: you can sign it right in Mail.

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