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One of the advantages of Macs is that we can basically start using them to their full potential as soon as we bring them home from the store and turn them on for the first time. Despite this, it's always a good idea to customize your Mac to make it work as well as possible for you and to best suit your specific needs. In today's article, we'll introduce five useful tips for customizing your Mac.

Sort items in the Finder

Everyone has a different way of sorting items in the Finder. Someone prefers alphabetical sorting, others sort by file type, and someone may prefer sorting by date of addition. It is enough to change the order of items in the Finder in the bar at the top of the Finder window Click on items icon and select the desired sorting method.

Hiding the top bar and Dock

If you want to keep your Mac's screen area as spacious and clean as possible, you can hide both the top bar and the Dock. In this case, both will be displayed only after you point the mouse cursor to the respective places. First in upper left corner of the screen of your Mac click on  menu -> System Preferences. Then choose Dock and menu bar, in the section Dock tick the option Automatically hide and show the Dock, and then do the same for the item Automatically hide and show the menu bar.

Changing the color scheme

Don't like the default display color scheme on your Mac? There is no problem to change it. IN in the upper-left corner of your Mac screen click on  menu -> System Preferences. Then choose In general and in the section Color accent choose the desired shade.

Screen saver

Like other computers, Mac also offers the option to change the screen saver. If you want to customize the saver on your Mac, click v upper left corner on the  menu -> System Preferences. Choose In general and then select a tab Saver. In leve panel you can select a new saver, down on the left you will find the option to activate the random rotation of the savers and the option to display with a clock.

Even better wallpapers

Are you not satisfied with the current offer of wallpapers and would like to have a constant fresh supply of new wallpapers on your Mac? For these purposes, there are a number of third-party applications in the Mac App Store that allow you to set the exact details of wallpaper rotation and choose themes on your Mac. If you do not know which application to choose for these purposes, you can be inspired by one of our older articles.

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