MacOS – Please share your hidden macOS features or tips and tricks

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Do you know any hidden or little-known nice feature of macOS (née Mac OS X)? It doesn't matter what it is—maybe just a short terminal command or a keyboard shortcut. Share your experiences on hidden Mac OS X features with us..

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In any Finder window or Open/Save dialog, you can hit ⌘⇧G (just '/' also works in Open/Save) to get a location bar from which you can directly type in the directory to go to. It even supports ~ for home and tab completion.

The Open/Save dialog has several other useful shortcuts:

  • ⌘ R - Reveals the selected item in a new Finder window.
  • ⌘ I - Info window shows for the selected item.
  • ⌘ ⇧ > - Shows/Hides hidden files in the dialog
  • ⌘ F - cursor jumps to the Find text field
  • / or ~ - Opens a Go To Folder dialogue.
  • ⌘ D or ⌘ ⇧ D - selects the ~/Desktop folder as a destination
  • ⌘ ⌥ L - selects ~/Downloads folder as a destination
  • ⌘ ⇧ O - selects ~/Documents folder as a destination
  • ⌘ ⌥ S - Shows/Hides sidebar
  • ⌘ . or esc - Cancels and closes the dialog window
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