Option clicking a window...

Causes the window you’re focused on prior to the click event to hide. I was trying to remember how to do this so I’m writing it down for future me. This is something I heard @siracusa@mastodon.social talking about on a somewhat recent video epsiode of ATP.

UI Bug with Xcode's invisible characters in documentation comments

Feedback number: FB12128126 I like to display invisible characters in my text editors/IDEs because I want to know if the spaces I’m seeing are spaces or tabs. I also like to be able to tell immediately if I’m seeing multiple spaces or not. Here is an example of what that looks like. …

How to type macOS keyboard modifier characters

Link to stack overflow answer Use the emoji picker using the function key (🌐) and search for these strings then add to favorites to make them easier to find in the future. place of interest → ⌘ [Command] option → ⌥ [Option] arrowhead → ⌃ [Control] upwards white arrow → ⇧ [Shift] upwards white …

How to set iTerm2 window and tab bar to show current path

I tend not to use tabs and instead have a bunch of windows so I originally wanted to know how I could set my window title bar to show the current path, but in this post I’ll share how to do both in iTerm2. Here is a screenshot of the iTerm2 Preferences window showing Profiles -> Window. For …

How to mark all messages as unread on Slack for Mac.

I am part of a ton of channels at work and sometimes I need to check them and sometimes I don’t. Normally I scroll through all of them with cmd + K to mark them as read. Today I learned that you can do Shift + Esc to mark all channels as read.