This can help you identify and fix problems, automate repetitive tasks, and speed up long-winded workflows.

This is especially useful whenwhitelisting apps that have been quarantined.

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A 2021 MacBook Pro (14-inch) laptop.

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These can betriggered from your Mac’s menu baror using Siri.

Understanding this tool can help youidentify and kill unresponsive appsand spot apps that areconsuming the most energyand other resources.

There are a few tricks toidentifying non-system processes that can be safely quit.

Use Terminal to remove file from quarantine

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Launch any Mac app or System Preferences (System prefs) pane simply by typing its name into Spotlight.

Most of these tricksalso work with Spotlight for iPhone and iPad.

Homebrew lets you install software on your Mac using the kind ofpackage manager commonly found on Linux.

Creating a Quick Action in Automator for Mac

Homebrew can even keep this software up to date for you with the brew cask upgrade command.

Read for Mac and how to use it, then check out thefull list of commands.

Related:How to Use macOS' Spotlight Like a Champ

Shortcuts on macOS Monterey.

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macOS Activity Monitor

Run DOSBox with custom .conf file using AppleScript

Run First Aid in Disk Utility on macOS

Weeather in Spotlight for Mac