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By. 6:00 am, April 3, 2015.Using these simple keyboard tricks will make your life so much better.Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of MacMastering a few crucial Mac keyboard shortcuts will make using your Apple computer easier and much more efficient. Cutting your reliance on your mouse will help you work more quickly, and you’ll undoubtedly impress your family, friends and co-workers to no end. You might even end up becoming the go-to Mac person in your office, and we all know how wonderful that will be.Here are the top 10 Mac keyboard shortcut tricks you really need to memorize right now, whether you’re a Mac newbie or a veteran user who still uses the mouse for everything out of habit. Top 10 Mac keyboard shortcutsIngredients:.
Any Mac running OS X. Mac-compatible keyboard (has a Command key, not Windows)Directions:First up, take a look at the Mac keyboard in front of you to familiarize yourself with a few Mac-specific keys. The Command key has a special symbol (⌘) to help you recognize it, while the Option key can also say “alt” on it, a term borrowed from a Windows environment.
Your keyboard may also have a Function key (fn) next to the Control key (which just bears its own name — “control”).Many of these shortcuts have an equivalent menu item you’ll find at the top of your Mac’s screen. One way of finding new shortcuts is to look to the right of any menu item and see if a keyboard shortcut is listed.Now that you’ve got a good idea of where to find these keys, let’s take a look at some great ways to use them.
(In addition to writing out the instructions, we’ve also created a pair of videos to walk you through them in case you prefer to learn that way. You’ll find them at the bottom of this post.).
This post is sponsored by Whats The Host. Quit any Mac programCommand-Q: If you’re coming from a Windows computer, you might have gotten used to “X-ing out” of your applications by clicking on the X button at the top of any application window. In OS X, you close windows with the red X button (in the upper left of your window), but it will not quit the app. To fully exit out of any Mac program in OS X, you’ll need to use the Quit command with this shortcut, or click on the app menu, then choose Quit. Close Mac windows quicklyCommand-W, Option-Command-W: The first of these will close whatever active window you are using, while the second one will close all the windows in the currently active app (or Finder, which is also an app, really).
These shortcuts will do the same thing as the Close Window option in the Finder and most other apps. Chrome, for example, delineates between Close Window ( Command-W) and Close Tab ( Command-Shift-W). Open a new web browser tab on MacCommand-T: Whether you’re in a web browser like Safari or Chrome or in the Finder itself, this keyboard shortcut will open a new tab for you. In Chrome, Command-Shift-T will open the most recently closed tab for you. Keep hitting this shortcut to open multiple tabs (or continue opening tabs in reverse chronological order in Chrome).
Quickly switch between Mac applications The application switcher is just a keystroke away. Photo: Rob LeFebvreCommand-Tab, Command-: The first of these shortcuts will activate Mac OS X’s built-in application switcher, which will let you switch between active apps running on your Mac. Keep holding down the Command key and press Tab repeatedly to go to the next app from left to right. Use Command- (tilde, usually above the Tab key) to switch to running apps from right to left.
Holding down the Command key and hitting Q will quit whatever program you are currently highlighting. Cut, copy and paste on MacCommand-X, Command-C, Command-V: These are three of the things I do most often in my writing life, so mousing up to the Edit menu in an app to choose these functions from a menu makes me cringe. Learn these three essential shortcuts (Command-X for cut, Command-C for copy and Command-V for paste — go figure), and you’ll save a ton of time every day.
Find something fast on your MacCommand-F: Search is a massive part of any computer user’s workflow, from finding the right document to looking for a key word or phrase in Safari. To find something in the Finder, Safari or Chrome, or in a Pages or Word document, simply hit the Command-F key combination and a little window will show up where you can type in your search terms. Boom — you’ll find what you need. Take Mac screenshotsCommand-Shift-3, Command-Shift-4: Screenshots are a way of life in my daily work, and I’m willing to bet you’ve needed to take a quick capture of your screen at some point. Command-Shift-3 will take a picture of your entire Mac’s screen, from the upper left to the bottom right.
Command-Shift-4 will turn your mouse cursor into a set of crosshairs (not unlike a sniper rifle sight) that you can then click and drag around any portion of your screen to capture only the relevant area. Pro tip: Tap the spacebar once to take a screenshot of a specific window, or hold the spacebar to move the selected area around without changing its dimensions. Open Mac Finder folders Get to your most-often-used folders with this shortcut. Photo: Rob LeFebvreCommand-Shift-A, Command-Shift-U, Command-Shift-D, Command-Shift-H: In the Finder, you’ll need to navigate to any number of common folders: Applications, Utilities, Desktop, and Home. Simply hit the Command key and then the first letter of each of these to go directly to them: Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
Force quit a Mac appCommand-Option-Esc: If an app stops responding, you might need to force it to quit. You can do that with a right-click on the app icon in the Dock, but it’s even easier if you hit this keyboard shortcut.
This will bring up the Force Quit dialog, which you can then use to kill that unresponsive app. You might need to Command-Tab your way out of an active frozen app first, or use Command + Shift + Option + Esc to quit the currently active app.
Hide Mac appsCommand-H, Command-Option-H: Doing something at work you shouldn’t be when your boss walks by? It’s an easy fix to hit Command-H on your keyboard to hide the current active app. If you just need to declutter your view, Command-Option-H will hide all the other apps in the background, letting you focus on the one in front. See top Mac keyboard shortcuts in actionThe Cult of Mac how-to videos below will walk you through these shortcuts if you prefer to watch rather than read. We’ve broken up the top 10 into two easy parts. Here are the first five Mac keyboard shortcuts And here are five more.
2675 LogicKeyboard MakeMusic Finale Advance Line Keyboard for MAC 124.90 USD InStock /Computer Workstations/Computer Hardware/Application/Editing Keyboards Original Apple ultrathin anodized aluminum keyboardSupported host applications: Mac OS X v10.6.8 or laterColor: AluRequires Mac OS X v10.6.8 or later The MakeMusic Finale Advance Line Keyboard for MAC by LogicKeyboard is a transformation of the well-known USB-wired Apple ultra-thin aluminum keyboard. This shortcut keyboard is built based on the MakeMusic Finale software. Thus, it assists users to learn, and familiar with all of the key commands. It provides users the plug & play setup towards any USB-based Mac computers. Thereby, it is suitable for and but not limited to users in post-production facilities or professional editing houses. Apart from the color-marked as well as icon keys; this keyboard also features the conventional symbols as such it can be used for any daily tasks.
124.90 LogicKeyboard. The MakeMusic Finale Advance Line Keyboard for MAC by LogicKeyboard is a transformation of the well-known USB-wired Apple ultra-thin aluminum keyboard. This shortcut keyboard is built based on the MakeMusic Finale software. Thus, it assists users to learn, and familiar with all of the key commands. It provides users the plug & play setup towards any USB-based Mac computers. Thereby, it is suitable for and but not limited to users in post-production facilities or professional editing houses. Apart from the color-marked as well as icon keys; this keyboard also features the conventional symbols as such it can be used for any daily tasks.UPC: 77 Specifications.