{"id":14822,"date":"2015-03-10T08:41:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T08:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/nistict\/?p=14822"},"modified":"2016-11-06T11:54:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T11:54:16","slug":"digital-tech-tip-revealing-options","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/knowledge-base\/digital-tech-tip-revealing-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Tech Tip &#8211; Revealing Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/nistict\/files\/2015\/03\/Mac-Option.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-14823 aligncenter\" src=\"\/nistict\/files\/2015\/03\/Mac-Option.png\" alt=\"Mac-Option\" width=\"240\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are many useful functions on your Mac that can be revealed using the Option key. Here&#8217;s a few examples:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By holding OPTION and clicking the volume button in your menu bar, you can easily switch between different speakers:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/nistict\/files\/2015\/03\/1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-14824 aligncenter\" src=\"\/nistict\/files\/2015\/03\/1-300x140.png\" alt=\"1\" width=\"491\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By holding OPTION and clicking the Wifi button in your menu bar, you can disconnect from a network without turning wifi off:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/nistict\/files\/2015\/03\/2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-14825 aligncenter\" src=\"\/nistict\/files\/2015\/03\/2-248x300.png\" alt=\"2\" width=\"510\" height=\"617\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By holding the OPTION key and clicking on the battery button in your menu bar, you can see the condition of your battery (to see if it needs replacing):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/nistict\/files\/2015\/03\/3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-14826\" src=\"\/nistict\/files\/2015\/03\/3-300x207.png\" alt=\"3\" width=\"409\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are many other hidden options that can be accessed using the OPTION key, so experiment and find some that are useful to you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; There are many useful functions on your Mac that can be revealed using the Option key. Here&#8217;s a few examples: &nbsp; By holding OPTION and clicking the volume button in your menu bar, you can easily switch between different speakers: &nbsp; &nbsp; By holding OPTION and clicking the Wifi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[586236,461046],"ht-kb-tag":[545,356527],"class_list":["post-14822","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ht_kb_category-digital-tech-tips","ht_kb_category-equipment","ht_kb_tag-skills","ht_kb_tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/14822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/14822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15368,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/14822\/revisions\/15368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=14822"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=14822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}