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Two Mac windows with default settings

Two Mac windows after tweaking the settings

Displays

Display Scaled option in macOS System Preferences

The More Space option in macOS System Preferences

More room after tweaking the settings

The dock taking up space like a jerk

Turn hiding on for the macOS Dock

The dock is gone

Click and drag this little line here

Tiny dock in macOS

Turn on magnification

Magnification in action

The option to hide the menu bar in System Preferences on macOS

Now the menu bar is hidden hooray

Mission Control in macOS

Click this + button to add more desktops

Multiple desktops in macOS

App tips

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You can free up space on your Mac by adjusting the display settings, hiding the dock, and hiding the menu bar. This gives you a lot more room to work with.

Tweak these settings to make your Mac's screen feel bigger

You're doing serious business on your Mac—so much serious business that it doesn't all fit on your screen. You might think you need to buy several large monitors to contain all of your business, and maybe that's true.

How to hide the dock and menu bar on a Mac and add multiple desktops to free up space

Tweak these settings to make your Mac's screen feel bigger

How to hide the dock and menu bar on a Mac and add multiple desktops to free up space

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