🔥 5 Secret macOS Features that Apple Hides in Plain Sight

Shrouded in secrecy, these features are actually super useful!

1. Type Umlauts Easily

You know how you can press and hold letters on iOS to see their umlaut variants? You can do the same on macOS!

Press and hold any key to see its umlaut variants. You can even select which one you like based on its number!

2. Take Screenshots

You don’t need an app to take screenshots on Mac because Mac already comes with Screenshot.app . Here’s how to use it:

CMD+SHIFT+3   →   Capture entire screen
CMD+SHIFT+4   →   Capture selected portion

When using CMD+SHIFT+4 , there are a couple tricks you can do:

CMD+SHIFT+4   then press SPACE and click window   →
                                             Capture selected window

CMD+SHIFT+4   SPACE   then hold OPTION and click window   →
                              Capture selected window without shadow