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The episode discusses hidden Mac features, including how a stray backtick activates the Magnifier and how to use built-in OCR to extract text from images.

Ever triggered a hidden Mac feature by accident? This week you’ll find out why a stray backtick fires up the Magnifier in macOS Preview, and how a single screenshot plus built-in OCR can lift text straight out of an image (even if that Wi-Fi password still refuses to cooperate). You’ll […]

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