Tag Archives: macOS

A Global Hyper Key

There’s an interesting article over at Prodtyping that illustrates how to implement a global Hyper key on the Mac. By “global” I mean it works everywhere, not just Emacs. The idea is to use Hyper as a global shortcut key. … Continue reading

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Sudo by Touch ID on Macs

This post is just a quickie for those of you using a Mac with Touch ID. My latest MacBook Pro has Touch ID and I was surprised at how much I like and use it. It’s especially handy for 1Passowrd … Continue reading

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Two Clicks Needed for Menus on macOS

This is another one of those posts that are of interest only to folks using Emacs on macOS. For some time, the Emacs menus haven’t been working right for me on macOS. In previous versions of Emacs/macOS, there would be … Continue reading

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How To Wrap The MacBook Power Cord

While learning how to pour organge juice, I stumbled on a video that shows you the right way to wrap your MacBook power cord into a small neat package that fits easily in your backpack: Here’s another video that shows … Continue reading

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PSA: How To Hotkey Into Messages in MacOS Catalina

This post will interest only Mac users so those of you who worship in another church will probably want to skip it. I spend almost all of my tube time in either Emacs or Safari but I usually have three … Continue reading

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An Update on Emacs and macOS Catalina

Just a quick update on my experience with macOS Catalina and Emacs. Last week, I wrote that after not reading about any significant problems with Emacs on Catalina, I upgraded my laptop. I haven’t seen any problems with Emacs as … Continue reading

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Emacs and MacOS Catalina

Last night I upgraded my MacBook Pro to macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15). I’d been holding off to see if there were reports of problems with Emacs on the new OS. That happened last time with the upgrade to Mojave because … Continue reading

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Emacs Keybindings on MacOS

Every three or four years, I run across a tweet or post from someone who’s discovered that the Mac recognizes a few basic Emacs keybindings. Here’s the most recent example. The time before that was about three years ago. It’s … Continue reading

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Toggling iTerm2 Full Screen Mode

This post is Apple Mac specific so Linux and Windows users can have the day off. I came across this tweet that has a very useful piece of parenthetical information: TIL about `winner-mode` for #emacs. Excellent tool (especially after having … Continue reading

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