Mac hacks

Handy tips and tricks to use MacOS like a boss

Take screenshots with shadows

Press ⌘ + shift + 4 then press Space. The selector will then change into a camera icon, and you can take a screenshot of the selected window with a shadow. Screenshot gets stored on Desktop by default.

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Add custom website search to Firefox

To save

1. Go to the website (say Stackoverflow)

2. Right click on the SEARCH field, select Add A Keyword For This Search

   

3. Save the bookmark with a custom keyword

   

To use

1. In the address bar, just type the customer keyword followed by a space followed by the search query: <keyword><space><search query>

Reduce file size - good quality filter in Preview

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/297417/how-to-decrease-pdf-size-without-losing-quality