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Access alternate menu items with the Option key

Access alternate menu items with the Option key - Mac OS Tutorial

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Access alternate menu items with the Option key

- [Narrator] Sometimes there are additional - [Narrator] Sometimes there are additional or alternative menu commands available or alternative menu commands available if you just hold the Option key. if you just hold the Option key. Go to any menu in Mac OS. Let's just start with the main system menu. Let's just start with the main system menu. Hold the Option key on the keyboard. Hold the Option key on the keyboard. See how menu items change? If you let go of the Option key, the menu returns to normal. If you let go of the Option key, the menu returns to normal. the menu returns to normal. So I could choose About This Mac from this menu So I could choose About This Mac from this menu So I could choose About This Mac from this menu for information about my computer, for information about my computer. or I could go back to the same menu, Or I could go back to the same menu, hold the Option key, hold the Option key, and that command changes and…

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