High Sierra: Expert Guides and Resources

Whether you've purchased a new Mac with macOS High Sierra preinstalled or you've upgraded from a previous version of macOS, you'll find that macOS High Sierra makes your Mac easier to use and offers myriad improvements to make you more productive. Get additional information on things you should never do to your Mac, a compendium of useful and timesaving keyboard shortcuts, a discussion of when folders are too full and when (and when not) to create subfolders, recommendations for backing up data, and a short discussion of iDevices and Continuity.

Continuity is the blanket term for a set of features in High Sierra and iOS 8 or newer that allow you to seamlessly move between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.At present, four features provide Continuity: Handoff: Start working on an email or document on one device (your Mac, for example), and pick up where you left off on another Apple device such as an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

How full is too full? When should you begin creating subfolders in High Sierra? That's impossible to say, at least in a one-size-fits-all way, but having too many items in a folder can be a nightmare — as can having too many subfolders with just one or two files in each one.If you find more than 15 or 20 files in a single folder, begin thinking about ways to subdivide it.

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When working in macOS High Sierra, would you like to ensure that you won't lose more than a little work no matter what happens — even if your office burns, floods, is destroyed by tornado, hurricane, or earthquake, or robbed? If so, you might want to follow the setup described here.I am continually testing new backup solutions, so the software I use can change from month to month.

In the expanded view of macOS High Sierra, if you press the Tab key while the Save As field is active, it becomes inactive, and the search box becomes active. Press Tab again, and the sidebar becomes active. Press the Tab key one more time, and the file list box (more accurately known as the detail pane — the part with Icon, List, Column, or Cover Flow view buttons in it) becomes active.

Make your work go faster with these macOS High Sierra keyboard shortcuts. Print the following chart and refer to it while using macOS High Sierra. Command Keyboard Shortcut Add Selected Item to Dock Command+Control+Shift+T Add Selected Item to Sidebar Command+Control+T Close All Windows Option+Command+W Close Window Command+W Copy Command+C Cut Command+X Duplicate Command+D Eject Disk Command+E Empty Trash Shift+Command+Delete Find Command+F Get Info (on selected item or items) Command+I Go to All My Files Shift+Command+F Go to Applications Folder Shift+Command+A Go to Desktop Shift+Command+D Go to Documents Folder Shift+Command+O Go to Home Folder Shift+Command+H Help Shift+Command+?