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Favorite Mac Keyboard Short Cuts

iBlue said:
it's the font. that apple doesn't show up with all fonts. ? is a pretty universal one but the apple ? seems to prefer Lucida sans unicode, chicago and a couple others i can't remember.

choose the lucida sans unicode font and then use the option shift k thing, it will show. :)
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Whaddya know, it works! Thanks, iBlue:).
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e: Arrghh! It doesn't work.
This makes me sad :(.
 
Aarow said:
Whaddya know, it works! Thanks, iBlue:).
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e: Arrghh! It doesn't work.
This makes me sad :(.
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it's because you previewed it i bet. not sure why but occasionally that throws the whole thing off.

just do an Option Shift K and when you see the little box thing in the text, highlight it and select the lucida font and it should be fine from there. if you need to preview your post then just re-highlight the place you want that apple to go and hit the keyboard shortcut again. make sense?
hope this eases your sad. :p

 
⇧⌘} - next tab (safari)
⇧⌘{ - previous tab (safari)
⌘T - new tab (safari)
⌘L - Location bar (safari)
⌘: - Search bar (safari - custom)
⌘W - close window
⌥⌘W - close all windows (most apple apps incl. finder)
⌘Q - quit
⌘⇥ - switch apps
⌘~ - switch windows within app
⌥⌘⎋ - Force Quit :-/
fn+fn - (me only) open QuickSilver :D
⌘⌦ - Delete file (finder/preview, etc.)
⌘F - Find / Find&Replace
⌘G - Find next
⌘, - Preferences
 
Press Apple-Tab to get the task switcher thing up. Whilst still holding down the Apple key, press Q to quit the currently highlighted program.
 
i use the following every day:

command + Q
command + N
command + W
command + T (safari).
command + ,
command + alt + space (spotlight window)

is there a keystoke to put the computer to sleep?

S
 
macOSX-tastic said:
is there a keystoke to put the computer to sleep?
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Power button then press S ?

By the way, CMD-Shift-D has become one of my favorites.
 
Glen Quagmire said:
Press Apple-Tab to get the task switcher thing up. Whilst still holding down the Apple key, press Q to quit the currently highlighted program.
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Or h to hide them. ;) :D <-- another favorite of mine.
 
Glen Quagmire said:
Press Apple-Tab to get the task switcher thing up. Whilst still holding down the Apple key, press Q to quit the currently highlighted program.
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I'm surprised it took someone this long to mention this shortcut. Although it may not be the most useful, I use it probably 50 times a day. Every time I switch apps, that what I use.
 
macbaseball said:
I'm surprised it took someone this long to mention this shortcut. Although it may not be the most useful, I use it probably 50 times a day. Every time I switch apps, that what I use.
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Pshh.. I was first. :mad:
 
I'm not sure if anyones mentioned it yet;

While Command+Tab will cycle through applications, Command+` will cycle through windows in one application.
 
i change the command+option+space shortcut from Spotlight (which i dont need because of my folder management system) and change it to play/pause iTunes via SizzlingKeys. Works through any app, which makes it perfect for music while gaming.

Other than that, i find cmd+` very useful.
 
Glen Quagmire said:
Press Apple-Tab to get the task switcher thing up. Whilst still holding down the Apple key, press Q to quit the currently highlighted program.
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whocares said:
Or h to hide them. ;):D <-- another favorite of mine.
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Holy crap that's useful. :eek:
Nice one...everyone who mentioned those. :)
You can also use Shift-Tab to move backwards in the program list (while still holding Apple of course)...Tab moves forward, Shift-Tab moves backwards.
 
Apple + delete for move to trash, then followed by apple shift delete to empty.
In safari apple T to open tab, then apple and number 1-9 to open a bookmark on the bookmark menu and then apple shift arrow to move between tabs.

Apple H a lot, to hide current app. or apple tab to switch between apps. Thats probably my favorite.
In finder, Apple Shift H to take you to your home folder, or apple shift A for applications folder.

If you're really good... you never really need a mouse. I try to use my mouse as little as possible... its much more efficient for me.
 
Oh and, my least favorite is apple - space bar. I hate that I accidently hit it when Im trying to switch apps and it just opens up spotlight. Thats kinda annoying
 
zero2dash said:
Holy crap that's useful. :eek:
Nice one...everyone who mentioned those. :)
You can also use Shift-Tab to move backwards in the program list (while still holding Apple of course)...Tab moves forward, Shift-Tab moves backwards.
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did you know that instead of doing Shift-Tab to move backwards, you can just do ` ?

If that's not clear, I'm saying while you're within the Apple-Tab menu, holding down the Apple key, pressing ` will let you cycle in reverse through the choices.
 
the best "shortcut" is to hold the power button for 5 seconds...that way i don't have to wait for the laggy shutdowns...
 
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