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[email protected]Please can you tell me how to replace the boring default
folder icons on my Mac with my own? Sabine Tadaro1Copy the icon
Open the image that you
would like to use for your new
folder icon, then press cmd+A
to highlight it. Now, press
cmd+C to copy the image and
then turn your attention to the
folder you want to edit.2Open info
Click to highlight the folder
and then press cmd+I to ‘Get
Info’. This will open the folder’s
info box whereby you can add
tags, comments and sharing
permissions. Click on the small
thumbnail icon in the top-left.3Paste icon
Now, press cmd+V
and you will paste the new
icon over the old one. Once
done, close the info box and
your new icon will be saved.
Highlight the icon in ‘Get Info’
and press delete to remove it.macOS FinderThe place to come
for key terms
made easy
------------------------------App Switcher
This refers to a feature in
iOS that lets you view all
of the apps currently open
on your device. When in
the App Switcher, you can
swipe up to ‘flick away’
apps you don’t need to run
to save battery power.
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The M1 is the first Apple-
designed ARM-based
silicon processor featuring
two types of cores: high
performance and high
efficiency. The M1 chip
has been rolled out to
MacBook Air, MacBook
Pro, iMac, Mac mini and
iPad Pro.
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When watching a video in
Safari, Picture in Picture
mode transfers the video
to its own separate viewing
window, meaning you
don’t have to watch it in
the web page. You can
manually drag the corners
to increase the size of this
window, and drag it to
various snap-to positions
on your desktop.