![]() ![]() ![]() I also use TypeIt4Me to hold text shortcuts. Clip Menu improves my workflow immensely and saves a lot of time. There are other chipboard utilities available and I recommend them to everyone. I have a clipboard utility, Clip Menu, that holds on to items I’ve copied so I can go back to them. I guess you left off the obvious ones, like Copy and Paste, because most people seem to know them already. I know and use many keyboard shortcuts, but have a hard time adding to my list, as my memory seems to have a hard time holding on to ones that I don’t use often enough. Unfortunately, I have a hard time convincing people who are used to using the menu bar to access routine actions, like Copy and Paste I feel rather isolated in my enthusiasm. I’ve tried to learn “show details” but can’t seem to remember it when I need it. I’ll learn the rest, like Shift-Command-D to send mail. Extra points for the most bizarre or little-known shortcut!Īs I am visually impaired, I am a fan of keyboard shortcuts and know and use most of those in your list. So, what are your favorite and/or most used keyboard shortcuts? It would be interesting to see if there is commonality or just a random shotgun blast of everything. It’s like trying to name your 10 least favorite Presidents when you can’t remember 30 of them in the first place. I can’t think of anything more useful than a useless list of useless shortcuts counting down from the greatest of the least to the least of the least. Perhaps I’ll do a “Top 10 Worst Mac Keyboard Shortcuts of All-Time” post somewhere down the road. So, why are these Mac keyboard shortcuts the greatest? Simply because they are the ones I use most frequently (aside from #1 which is just too cool to not mention □). More or less… This keyboard shortcut can fine-tune the volume of my Katy Perry or Perry Como or Oye Como Va jams with more precision than would ever be necessary. I know, right?!?! This is for those times when you only need a ¼ more or less. And stop miss-clicking the wrong app on your Dock, launching yet another program that will sit open and unused for weeks on end.Īnd the #1 Greatest Mac Keyboard Shortcut of All-Time is… Stop dragging windows all around your screen just to find the open app you want. Super helpful if you haven’t yet realized that Apple introduced tabbed browsing in the early 2000’s. Move quickly through the dozens of windows you have open in Safari. Was it called that once upon a time?)Ĭycle through open windows of any application Drop in a URL or a search term and let the fun begin! (Note: I associate the “L” in this shortcut with “Location Bar” instead of “Address Bar.” I have no idea why. This keyboard shortcut auto-selects and replaces whatever is in Safari’s Address Bar, so go ahead and just start typing. Go back, go back, go back, nope too far, move forward. I use it mostly for the thesaurus to help make my writing more flowery fancy.Ĭommand (⌘) + Left () Bracket Pop-up a window that shows a Dictionary, Thesaurus, Wikipedia and more! It even performs Siri searches for news, maps, movies, iTunes and the App store. I can go years without realizing there are features I never knew existed, and that makes me sad. Why? Because this is where so many interesting application updates seem to occur. I’ve recently started checking my preferences more frequently. ![]() Same as above, but also keeps you from cruising past the beginning of a word, having to reverse direction, going too far again, reversing once more… That gets annoying quickly – like having your reverse reversed in Uno a dozen times in a row. ![]() Option (⌥) + Left (◀︎) or Right (▶) Arrow Move the cursor to the previous or next word This could potentially save you several hours a day if you type a lot. You don’t have to point and click or rest your finger on the arrow key for 10 minutes waiting for the cursor to reach the end of a line. Move the cursor to the beginning or end of a lineĬommand (⌘) + Left (◀︎) or Right (▶) Arrow When you are done composing, stop lifting your hands just to click the send mail button. Top 10 Greatest Mac Keyboard Shortcuts of All-Time ![]()
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