Tag: Apple

Emoji on Mac

Everyone loves emoji.  If you have a Mac computer, here’s how to access emoji (and other symbols) quickly.

  1. Click in a text box (it appears that this doesn’t work for Google Docs)
  2. At the same time, click control + command⌘ + space
  3. Double-click on the emoji (or symbol) that you’d like to add

Emoji on Mac Animation

Deleting Larger Files from your Mac

Is your Mac running out of space?  Do you need a quick solution?

When you don’t have time to go through all of your folders and files to cleanup, a good, quick solution is deleting your larger files.  The process for doing this in the GIF below, or in the steps below the GIF.

Mac Delete Larger files Animation

  1. Open Finder.
  2. Go to Finder>Preferences.
  3. Make sure “All My Files” is checked.
  4. Go to “All My Files” in your Finder menu.
  5. The files are now sorted with the largest at the top.  Go through these files and identify things you can delete.  Drag them to your Trash.
  6. Don’t forget to empty your trash!