Mojave: Expert Guides and Resources

macOS Mojave comes with a plethora of useful utilities that make using your computer more pleasant or make you more productive when you use your computer or both. The first item, Calculator, is in your Applications folder (Go →  Applications; keyboard shortcut: Command+Shift+A). All other items mentioned in this article are in your Utilities folder (Go→ Utilities; keyboard shortcut: Command +Shift+U), which you’ll find inside your Applications folder.

If you’ve been a Mac user for a while, you might have noticed that the venerable Screenshot (formerly Grab) app, the app you use to manage screen capture features including timed shots and cursor visibility, is no longer in your Utilities folder in macOS Mojave.In its place, Mojave has more and better screen-shooting capabilities than any version of macOS before it.

It’s been many years — way back in the days when Apple named its operating systems after jungle cats — since a macOS upgrade included as many improvements to Finder. And, having been around on the Mac in some form since 1984, Finder was surely due for some love.You’ll love what they’ve done with Finder in Mojave.

The Quick Look command in macOS Mojave displays the contents of the selected file in a floating window. The key point is that it’s built into Mojave, so you can see what’s in a file without double-clicking (to open) it and without launching an application.This feature is handy when you want to peek at the contents of a file without having to open it.

Introduced in 2011, the Mac App Store is the largest catalog of Mac software in the world. In macOS Mojave, the App Store has been redesigned with a clean new look, expanded editorial content, and even videos of some apps in action.If you’ve already installed Mojave, you don’t have the old App Store for comparison.

Continuity Camera may be macOS Mojave’s coolest and most useful new feature. It lets you use your iOS device as a camera or scanner for your Mac.Before you try it, here are the rules: Both devices (Mac and iDevice) must be logged into the same Apple ID. Both devices must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

Speech Recognition enables your Mac running macOS Mojave to recognize and respond to human speech. The only thing you need to use it is a microphone, which most of you have built right into your Mac (unless it’s a Mac Mini or Mac Pro).Speech Recognition lets you issue verbal commands such as “Get my mail!” to your Mac and have it actually get your email.

This System Preferences pane in macOS Mojave is mostly designed for users with disabilities or who have difficulty handling the keyboard, mouse, or trackpad. Select the Show Accessibility Status in Menu Bar check box at the bottom of the window on the left to see the status of all Accessibility Preferences in your menu bar.

All Macs are Energy Star–compliant (and have been for years), allowing you to preset your machine to turn itself off at a specific time or after a specified idle period. To manage your Mac’s energy-saving features, open the Energy Saver System Preferences pane by choosing Apple→System Preferences and clicking the Energy Saver icon.