Increase Productivity With Mac Keyboard Shortcuts by

Here are a fewer keyboard shortcuts that volition marque your regular (computing) tasks much efficient

Did you cognize that successful the aboriginal days of computers, the rodent didn't exist? Everything was done by keyboard. Though mice and trackpads are large for doing delicate worldly similar design, erstwhile utilized correctly, keyboard shortcuts prevention clip and boost productivity.

There are galore much keyboard shortcuts disposable than what I americium listing, but not each are utile connected a day-to-day basis. Many programs and websites (such arsenic the Google suite) adjacent person their ain built-in keyboard shortcuts that tin beryllium reviewed successful their settings, but the ones discussed beneath are reasonably universal. Though the pursuing shortcuts are listed from a Mac idiosyncratic constituent of view, astir each are transferable for different machine systems.

In bid to differentiate betwixt the antithetic uses for these keyboard shortcuts, I volition interruption them down into 2 main categories:

• Workspace and idiosyncratic acquisition shortcuts
• Convenient, clip redeeming shortcuts

For each keyboard shortcut, I volition database the keystrokes, on with wherefore it’s utile (some are not truthful obvious). Also, present is simply a screenshot of the shortcuts that I person created that has each of the beneath shortcuts and more!

Remember though, if you don’t spot a keyboard shortcut listed beneath oregon successful the spreadsheet, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist; conscionable hunt for it!

Workspace and idiosyncratic acquisition shortcuts

• ‍Full screen: Ctrl + ⌘ + F (again to exit afloat screen). Works connected immoderate app with treble arrow icon successful apical close of window
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• ‍Ultra afloat screen: Shift + ⌘ + F (again to exit afloat screen). Note: these 2 shortcuts lone enactment with Mountain Lion OSX and higher
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• ‍Hide toolbar successful google docs: Ctrl + Shift + F. Why these are useful: Sometimes erstwhile you person galore antithetic programs/windows unfastened connected 1 surface (or adjacent two), it tin make a batch of ocular clump and marque it much hard to implicit the task astatine hand.

If you perpetually person to minimize oregon resize windows, you are wasting clip and apt breaking the bushed of your enactment flow. True, minimizing a model whitethorn lone instrumentality a 2nd to do, but if you person to bash it each minute, it adds up.

Using ⌘ + M to minimize a model oregon programme tin prevention you time. As for hiding the toolbar successful a google doc, I conscionable similar to bash this erstwhile I cognize I won’t request to entree it for a while, giving maine much country to enactment with. Any of these afloat surface shortcuts besides enactment nicely erstwhile presenting, either from a projector oregon surface sharing.

Convenient, clip redeeming shortcuts

Tabs

• ‍Close tab: ⌘ + W. Works successful chrome, safari (most if not each browsers), finder windows with Mavericks OSX. Why this is useful: if you’re doing this often, it is mode faster than uncovering the small ‘X’ connected the tab itself; besides works for closing finder windows and different programs
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• ‍Re-open closed tab: ⌘ + Shift + T. This keystroke remembers past 10 closed tabs. Why this is useful: If you accidentally closed the incorrect tab oregon intentionally closed a tab but privation to callback it without having to look spell done your browser history. With that, this relation does not enactment with incognito windows successful Google Chrome
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• ‍Next tab: Ctrl + Tab
  Previous tab: Ctrl + Shift + Tab.
  Why these are useful: If you person a ridiculous fig of tabs unfastened successful 1 browser window, this tin beryllium much businesslike than clicking connected each tab one-by-one; particularly if you person truthful galore tabs that their width is compromised.

Google Docs

• ‍Hide toolbar: Ctrl + Shift + F
  ‍Add numbered list: ⌘ + Shift + 7
  ‍Add bulleted list: ⌘ + Shift + 8

  Why these are useful: If you’ve hidden the toolbar (Ctrl + Shift + F), it is easier (in my opinion) to usage these keyboard shortcuts than to reopen the toolbar and click the bulleted oregon numbered lists icons.
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• ‍Add hyperlink: ⌘ + K (with oregon without desired substance selected)

Screenshots

• ‍Full screen: ⌘ + Shift + 3
  ‍Specific selection: ⌘ + Shift + 4
  ‍Of circumstantial model (without having to take with crosshairs): ⌘ + Shift + 4, then, erstwhile crosshairs appear, property Spacebar. Now, hover implicit desired model until it’s highlighted green, past click.)
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  Why these are useful: If you person aggregate windows unfastened connected 1 surface and privation to instrumentality a screenshot of 1 of those windows without having to minimize, move, oregon resize the others.

Window Tools

• ‍New incognito model (Google Chrome only): ⌘ + Shift + N. Why this is useful: Most radical presume this relation is for surfing the web without leaving a trace. While this is true, I usage Google Chrome’s Incognito model relation for testing. For example, if I marque a alteration connected the Volacci website, I’ll privation to spot however it looks from a new/unidentified user’s constituent of view. I usage an Incognito model to sojourn our tract without having to logout successful my main Google Chrome window.
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• ‍Shift absorption for similar windows: ⌘ + ` . Why this is useful: if you person declined to participate afloat surface mode oregon minimize immoderate of your windows to trim clutter, chances are you mightiness person much than 1 similar model open. If that is the lawsuit and you are without a 2nd surface oregon garbage to harvester them, utilizing this keystroke volition alternate betwixt open, similar windows (‘like’ means aforesaid program).
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• ‍Spotlight Search: ⌘ + Space. Why this is useful: the keyboard shortcut for Spotlight Search is simply a large mode to rapidly unfastened a programme oregon document. I similar not to person Safari successful my dock due to the fact that I chiefly usage Google Chrome. However, erstwhile I bash privation to rapidly entree Safari for investigating purposes, it’s astir a keystroke away. After accessing the Spotlight Search, Safari is the apical effect aft lone typing an ‘S’. Once it’s selected, I conscionable property Enter and Safari is already being launched.

Bonus: (not a ‘keyboard’ shortcut)

If you are utilizing a rodent that has a scrolling wheel, determination is simply a bully accidental that it besides functions arsenic a clickable button. If that is the case, you tin unfastened a nexus successful a caller tab by clicking a nexus with the instrumentality button.

Why this is useful: If you person conscionable searched for thing and privation to unfastened aggregate links successful caller tabs, this method is importantly faster than right-clicking connected each nexus and selecting ‘Open Link successful New Tab’ oregon holding down ⌘ and clicking each link.

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