You can add your favorite functions to the Touch Bar: Customizing the Calculator functions that appear on the MacBook Pro Touch Bar Remember the MacBook Pro Touch Bar feature I mentioned earlier? Select View > Customize Touch Bar and the following screen appears. There’s a 10-key pad for numbers 0 – 9, a decimal point, a +/- button to change a number’s sign, a % button for percentage calculations, and an AC button for “All Clear”.Ĭlicking the 2nd button changes the function of some of the scientific calculator buttons. On the right side, you have the operator buttons – (÷, X, -, + and =) to divide, multiply, subtract, or add numbers, then get the result. Calculator BasicsĮarlier I mentioned that most people use just the four-function calculator. Sure, this app is a great cheesy-looking four-function calculator (with percentages!), but how many of you know that it’s also a scientific and programmer calculator, and can perform a huge number of unit conversions as well? That’s what you’re going to learn today.

While many users know there’s a simple calculator app on every Mac, they probably aren’t aware of its many capabilities. Now that you have your graduate degree in Stickies, it’s time to move onto something even better – becoming a macOS Calculator app Power User! Recently, I showed readers of The Rocket Yard how to become power users of the macOS Stickies app.

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