To use Dark Mode, open System Preferences and click General. Crazy, right? With Dark Mode turned on, all apps that support the feature will turn from light and bright colors to a nearly black color, making it easier on your eyes to look at the screen at night. In fact, Apple added a dedicated dark mode to the Mac well before the iPhone ( $499 at Apple) and iPad ( $279 at Amazon) received the same feature. A second later, the emoji picker will show up, complete with a search bar. Whenever you're typing, press control+command+space bar. It's actually a series of buttons on the keyboard, but once you commit them to memory, you'll be sending emojis from your Mac with ease. There really is a hidden emoji picker on your Mac. Getting to it, however, isn't as easy as hitting a dedicated button on the keyboard. Your Mac has its own emoji keyboard, just like the one on your phone. Read more: Best Windows and Mac laptops and desktops for 2020 All the emoji By the time you finish reading this, I hope you'll feel the same way. Here are seven hidden features from Apple's computer that I can't live without.
Your Mac has plenty of buried treasures, like a full-on emoji keyboard and a simple process to rename a bunch of files with just a few clicks. Mac computers are so stuffed to the gills with clever and useful features, you could go years without finding them all. The Mac has plenty of hidden features, you just have to find them.
