
The disadvantage is that before you do so, you need to save current projects and switch off some apps. I recently noted this on my own little blog, but I thought it useful enough to also include here: When/if a Mac becomes unresponsive, the usual response is to restart the computer because doing so frees up system memory and usually makes things run better again. Here are some more Terminal tips for your Dock.

Now Control-click your new Dock item, and you’ll find options to change what it does in order that it will show you Recent Applications, Documents, Servers, Favorite Volumes or Favorite Items. Open Terminal and type:ĭefaults write persistent-others -array-add '' killall Dock You can use Terminal to create a “Recent Applications” stack in the right-hand section of your Dock. How to create a Recent Applications folder To return your Mac to default behavior, just type the above code but replace JPG with PNG. To save screenshots in another format, open Terminal and type:ĭefaults write type JPGĪs you can see, in this case I’ve chosen to save images as JPG, but you can also use PDF, TIFF, or any other image format your Mac natively supports. That’s great, but you’ll probably want to create lower-res files if you want to share them online.

Your Mac saves screengrabs as PNG files by default. How to change default screenshot image format How to create a Recent Applications folder.How to change default screenshot image format.I’m going to share five neat Terminal tips:
