by Freelance writers need every excuse they can find to procrastinate. Hangovers. Nuclear fallout. Office UK bloopers. Hopefully, these keyboard shortcuts will free up even more time to put toward putting off that looming deadline.
Paste without formatting
shift + command+ V
Highlight text
shift + right arrow or left arrow
en dash
option + –
em dash
option + shift + –
Toggle between programs
command + tab
New finder window from desktop
command + N
Search your mac
command + spacebar
Move to trash
command + delete
Switch browser tabs
control + tab
Clear cache
cmd + shift + R
Lock screen
command + option + eject
Screen capture
command + shift + A
Force quit
command + option + esc
Go to folder
command + shift + G
Connect to share
command + K
Am I missing one? Oh, right: how to clear browser history. Don’t trip: You already know how to do that one.
Have some handy shortcuts of your own? We’re all ears. I mean eyes.
We’re all ears and eyes.
I use Ctrl + H (I changed my command and control buttons to function like Windows since I use Windows VM a lot of the time). This is Hide the active window, instead of closing it. This way I can quickly get to something that is most likely behind it. I also use Option + U + u/e/a/o to make umlauts in TextEdit, for you German writers or wannabe’s out there. Last but not least, with Snagit installed, I have a hotkey set up to take screenshots, Ctrl + F19, but you can set that up however you want.
Those are really good ones. Cmd + h works on Mac, too (just tested). I suppose cmd + w (close window) is worth mentioning, too. Dangerous, though.
I got another one just now. If you use Parallels for Mac running Windows (any Windows OS afaik) and a Mac keyboard with number keys, if the number keys stop working, there’s no “number lock”, use Shift + clear. The Parallels KB gave a long, convoluted solution that didn’t even work–Google user-generated content gave me the answer from the next search result…
#UGC for the win. So I’m clear, though, Shift + Clear is an alternative for Num Lock on a full-size external Mac keyboard hooked up to a Mac machine running Parallels for Mac?
Yes, in my case at least.