How to Enable and Use Hot Corners on Mac

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How to Enable and Use Hot Corners on Mac

How to Enable and Use Hot Corners on Mac

Are you looking to boost your productivity on your Mac? You’ve come to the right place! In this post, we’ll be discussing Hot Corners - an awesome feature that can help you work more efficiently. We’ll show you how to set them up and use them to quickly access the functions you use most often. By the end of this post, you’ll be a Hot Corners expert!

How Hot Corners Can Improve Productivity?

Hot corners are a simple but effective way to boost your productivity on a Mac.

  • The biggest benefit is saving time. If there's an app you use multiple times a day, setting a hot corner to instantly launch that app can shave seconds off each time you open it. Those seconds add up!

  • Hot corners also help you stay focused. You can set one to instantly mute all notifications when you're in the zone. This lets you concentrate on your work without distractions from new alerts and messages.

  • Hot Corners give you the power to customize your Mac to fit your work style. You can set a Hot Corner to quickly lock your screen when you step away or put your Mac to sleep when you need a break. This personalization helps you make the most of your Mac.

How to Enable Hot Corners on Mac

1. Open System settings & click on "Desktop & Dock". Here scroll down to bottom & click on the "Hot Corners" tab.

2. For each corner, select the action you want to occur when the pointer is moved to that corner.

3. After selecting your preferred option, Click on "Done".

How to Use Hot Corners on Mac

After you’ve turned on hot corners, it’s easy to use them. Just move your mouse to the corner of the screen where you set up an action. For instance, if you chose the top-left corner to start the screen saver, just move your mouse there and it’ll start right up.

How do I fix hot corners on my Mac?

If hot corners are not working, there are a few things you can try:

  1. Restart your Mac.

  2. Disable and then re-enable hot corners.

  3. Check to make sure that you've selected the correct action for each corner.

Additional Tips for Using Hot Corners:

Hot corners are a handy way to trigger actions with just a mouse move on your Mac. Here are a few tricks to get more out of them:

  • Add modifier keys for even more control. Set the top left corner to activate the screen saver when you hit the Command key. Or the bottom right corner to launch your favorite app when you hit Option.

  • Hot corners can do way more than just show menus. Make one put your Mac to sleep or instantly lock the screen.

  • The best part? If you change your mind and the hot corners annoy you more than help, you can shut them off in an instant.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the hot corners can be really helpful to boost the productivity of your Mac. In this post, we discussed in detail how you can enable them & then how to use them. Now it's your turn to implement this in your system & make your life easier.

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