Tag: Mac OS

  • Diacritical typing with Mac OS

    Diacritical typing with Mac OS

    Meet me at the café for jalapeño poppers. Then we’ll catch an Über to my château and I’ll read you my résumé. It was too easy to type that. It is always a happy moment when I discover something new on my mac.

    Today I learned a new word: A diacritic is a mark that is added to a letter. The symbolic meaning of a diacritic varies from language to language. We see them most commonly in English words we’ve borrowed from the Romance languages. Apple has made it easy to work them into your typing. Simply hold down a key (usually a vowel) and select the number of the diacritical mark you desire.

    Diacritical typing with Mac OS

  • Using back-ticks with Slack mobile

    Using back-ticks with Slack mobile

    There are plenty of articles on hidden tricks in Apple’s operating system. Apple even has an app for that. Still, it is always a happy moment when I discover something new on my own.

    Today I learned how to add back-ticks while entering text. Why would you need back-ticks? Because that’s how you style your text as computer code. Just hold down the apostrophe key, and you’ll get an option to enter a back-tick. It is very handy for sharing code on the go via the Slack app.

    Using back-ticks with Slack mobile