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Apple Mac Tip:  Opening the "Displays" or "Sound" sections of System Preferences!

Opening System Preferences System Preferences each time you want to change your Displays or Sound settings can be a pain, especially if you often hook up your Mac to an external display (projector) or you often want to change the sound inputs and outputs (like when recording a podcast or maybe for Skype).

There is however a really quick way of getting to the right spot instantly.

DISPLAY - If you hold down "Option" and click on any of the "brightness" keys on your laptop, it will open System Preferences in the Display settings.   The "brightness" keys on your desktop keyboard are F14 and F15.

SOUND - If you hold down "Option" and click on any of the "volume" keys, it will open System Preferences in the Sound section.

These two keyboard shortcuts can really speed things up. 

 

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