Open the Mac’s Control Center with This Obscure Keyboard Shortcut

With macOS 13 Ventura, Apple brought Control Center from iOS to the Mac, providing a unified interface for features that users need to turn on and off regularly or that receive frequent adjustments, like screen brightness and audio volume. Clicking the Control Center icon in the menu bar brings it up, but it’s a [...]

By |2023-12-18T14:04:21-04:00May 28th, 2024|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Open the Mac’s Control Center with This Obscure Keyboard Shortcut

Put Files in the Mac’s Trash Using the Keyboard

You know that you can drag files or folders to the Trash icon in the Dock for later deletion. And you probably know that you can select multiple items on the Desktop or in a Finder window by Command-clicking each one in turn (Shift-click to select a sequential range of items in a list [...]

By |2022-05-04T17:06:50-04:00May 24th, 2022|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Put Files in the Mac’s Trash Using the Keyboard

Make Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts on the Mac

Power users like keyboard shortcuts because it’s faster to press a couple of keys than to navigate lengthy menus. If you have trouble remembering shortcuts, check out KeyCue, which displays a concise table of all currently available shortcuts. But what about menu items that lack shortcuts? Make your own in System Preferences > Keyboard [...]

By |2020-02-10T14:10:26-04:00February 18th, 2020|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Make Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts on the Mac

Two Secret Key Combos for Forward Delete on the Magic and MacBook Keyboards

Traditionally, extended keyboards come with a Forward Delete key that, when you press it, deletes characters to the right of the insertion point, unlike the main Delete key, which deletes to the left of the insertion point. Forward Delete still exists on Apple’s Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad, but it’s missing from the Magic [...]

By |2019-09-03T17:07:03-04:00October 8th, 2019|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Two Secret Key Combos for Forward Delete on the Magic and MacBook Keyboards
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