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Hot corners on the Mac for quick actions

Use hot corners on the Mac to trigger functions by moving the pointer into a screen corner.

Time
⏱ 2 min
Difficulty
◆ easy

How to do it

  1. Open System Settings and look for “Hot Corners”.
  2. Choose an action for the corner you want.
  3. To turn it off, set the corner back to empty.

Variations

  • A corner can be safeguarded with modifier keys.

Sources

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  • heise.de (opens in a new tab)Mit den sogenannten aktiven Ecken können Sie in macOS schnell bestimmte Funktionen wie den Bildschirmschoner oder die Programmübersicht aktivieren.

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