Humanity should be grateful for the invention of Mac hotkeys. They probably saved us thousand years of time if put together. There is something addictive in using shortcuts - the quickness, the feeling of a keyboard, the geeky confidence in your fingers when you realize “hurray it works!” Once you get hooked on shortcuts, you’ll never go back to clicking again. Basic Mac hotkeys combinations 1. Quit all apps Sometimes an app that you thought you quit is still secretly running in the background. Over the last few days I’ve been finding myself using a keyboard designed for Windows users on my Mac. The reason behind such a change was that my MacBook Pro’s keyboard was causing wrist pain. I just installed Parallels 8 from using Parallels 7, and I'm having serious difficult a few excel keyboard shortcuts. They work as I would want. However, CTRL+Left and CTRL+Up, both send me to Mac OS, even though I tried to set them up as Excel short cut keys, can I override this behavior? When your Mac lags and you need some fresh memory, you may choose to quit all apps. You probably heard of Force Quit (Cmd + Option + Esc), but it’s a too long way to do it. Quit many apps in a row: Cmd + Tab Then, holding down Cmd press Q to cycle between apps you need to close. Delete a file completely Dragging files to the Trash? Wait, this is not the only option. Here’s a shortcut to quickly delete unwanted files on a Mac, bypassing the Trash. Caution: there’s no way back. To completely delete a file: Option + Cmd + Delete. Quick fact:?? Did you know, the Command key? Symbol was borrowed from a road sign that is used across Scandinavia? Its original use is to denote tourist attractions. Early Mac models had Apple key instead of Command, but it later was changed as Steve Jobs feared that there would be too many “apples” in the OS interface. Copy and paste a screenshot directly Cmd + Shift + 4 is an old classic way to make a screenshot on a Mac. But here comes the combination to take your screenshotting skills to the new level. Normally you would make a screenshot, pick it from your desktop, and only then paste it to the new location. It appears, all this time you could do it easier. To copy-paste a screenshot: Shift + Control + Cmd + 4 4. Quickly switch to the desktop Sometimes your screen is so obscured by windows it would take years to click through to the desktop. Thank goodness, there is a Mac keystroke combination designed for people like us: the folks who are drowning in an ocean of windows. To remove window overload: Cmd + F3 5. Open Spotlight Spotlight, your Mac’s internal search engine, can make your life 1000% easier. It finds files faster than Finder and intuitively predicts what are you after. To open Spotlight right on the spot (sorry for the pun), use this magic combo. To launch Spotlight search: Cmd + Space bar Cool shortcut keys for Mac 1. Invert display colors A truly psychedelic key combination. This shortcut inverts all the colors on your Mac's screen to their opposites. Try it, and your world will never be the same. On the flip side, you can find a few practical applications for this command, for example, to adjust your screen to different lighting. To invert colors on screen:?md + Option + F5 2. Restore a recently closed tab This one can be a real savior if you accidentally closed an important tab in a browser, like that pancake recipe or payment confirmation. There’s an easy Mac keyboard shortcut to restore it. To restore a closed tab: Cmd + Shift + T 3. To shut down your Mac instantly No, the following Mac shortcut is not about the force shutdown. It’s used when you need to quickly close all dialog windows and shut down your Mac in a legit way. Learn this one, quickly finish your work and finally go outside. To quickly shut down a Mac: Control + Option + Command + Eject 4. Mac hot keys to invoke Siri Among all Mac keyboard commands, this is the easiest. Since Siri’s arrival to macOS we got used to talk to Siri about weather and even ask her play our favorite tracks in macOS Mojave. If you are using macOS Sierra, High Sierra or Mojave, you’ll enjoy the ability to summon Siri using just one hand. To launch Siri: Cmd + Space bar A shortcut to free up space on your Mac Well, not exactly a shortcut, but indeed the quickest way to get more storage on your Mac. Download CleanMyMac + Install + Click Smart Scan This combination of actions will free up dozens of gigabytes of space taken by garbage: unwanted files, system junk, app leftovers, etc. CleanMyMac removes about 54 GB of junk on an average Mac. Try and see how it cleans your Mac. Finder shortcuts Finder is quite a resource-demanding tool. When you open a new Finder window it usually takes some time. For quicker access to your main destinations like Applications or Desktop, you can use the following shortcut combinations. To quickly access Finder folders: Cmd + Shift + A (for Applications) Cmd + Shift + U (for Utilities) Cmd + Shift + D (for Desktop) Chrome shortcuts Having hundreds of opened tabs in a browser has become a widespread syndrome nowadays. Closing tabs with a mouse is not only frustrating but also may freeze up your browser. Using a direct shortcut makes this job easy as a morning walk. To close a current tab in Chrome: Cmd + W To close a Chrome window: Cmd + Shift + W To open a new Chrome tab: Cmd + T.
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