7 Mac Tricks You’ve Never Thought You Needed

Unleash the power of the Option key ⌥

Photo by Michał Kubalczyk on Unsplash

#1. Open a link in Private tab 🥷

Previously, if there’s a hyperlink on a Safari webpage, and I needed to load it in a new private window, I

• right-clicked and copied the link,
• opened a private window (File < New Private Window), and
• pasted the link and hit return.

But lately, I discovered a simpler way.

After you right-click on a link, this will appear, right?

This, and all the images below are by the author

Now, hold option (⌥) key and this will come up ⬇️.

Keep holding ⌥ and click on ‘Open Link in New Private Window’.

It’s done!

PSst: You may try it here now → ‘Blank page’.

#2. Stop Googling for special characters – do this instead