Most unsung parts of the Mac experience?

By Barb Dybwad

It never ceases to amaze me that, as a Mac power user, I am still always uncovering subtle, tucked away features that don't quite grab the limelight of things like the iLife suite. There are a lot of features that seem 'latent' in OS X, that one almost needs to stumble upon – features just waiting for their chance at the fame they deserve.

What are your favorite 'unsung' aspects of the Mac experience? I'm going to start the list with a few very Apple-centric things I brainstormed, but we can include innovations from third-party developers, as well. Please chime in with those elements of using your Mac that you wish every Mac user, and/or every potential switcher, could know about.

  • The Services menu
  • AppleScript
  • Speech command
  • Inkwell
  • UNIX command line

What unsung parts of your Mac do you want to sing about?

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