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April 7, 2007 / Mac

Mac Trick

Last night I came across this relatively useless but fun little Mac keyboard trick.

Pressing the following key combination does a cool color reverse on your display:

Cmd+Opt+Ctrl+6+8

I’m not sure what the utility of this could be, but it’s a fun little trick. Actually, I could see using this if working in a dark room in order to reduce the brightness of the screen (I know, you could just adjust the brightness as well). I might also invoke this if looking at photographs for use in promo materials–postcards for shows or theatre programs or websites–to see if a particular picture might look more startling or powerful in negative.

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One comment

  1. Sandro says:
    April 7, 2007 at 2:00 pm

    It’s actually an accessibility option (you can see the others by going to the System Preferences->Universal Access panel). But it’s there because for people with some kinds of optical disability, white text on a black screen is easier to read.

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