There are two kinds of Mac users. The sad, harried folks who don’t know how to use this easy, essential, life-changing Command key trick. And the happy, efficient, relaxed people who learned it years ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

The Leader Key is a popular concept in coding, and it essentially works like a hotkey. In old-school text editor VIM, a leader key is a shortcut starter, a first button to begin a special command. For ...

On Apple keyboards, a modifier key that was originally the "Apple key." Like the Control and Option keys, Command is pressed along with a letter or digit key to peform a function. The Command key is ...

Keyboard shortcuts are a brilliant time-saver. It’s much easier to tap two or three keys at once than to go hunting through nested menus. But shortcuts depend on knowledge and muscle memory – you need ...

The iPad is a capable laptop replacement in many ways, and iPadOS multitasking features and Apple’s Magic Keyboard take that to the next level. iPadOS differs from iOS in several ways, and includes ...

Apple rarely mentions keyboard shortcuts, you're just somehow expected to find them. So here are ten AppleInsider favorites, each one of which is guaranteed to speed up working on your Mac. You should ...

Microsoft's use of open standards such as USB means that its peripherals will work with products from almost all computer manufacturers, including Apple. However, Apple's own keyboards and Mac OS X ...

In the beginning, there was the keyboard. If you wanted to issue a command to your computer, you typed it. Then came the Apple Macintosh, which popularized the mouse as standard equipment. No longer ...

Keyboard shortcuts don't stop at Command-Z, Command-C, and Command-V. Here's how to create your own keyboard shortcuts in every version of macOS. Almost all applications provide their own keyboard ...

As a computing ecosystem, the Mac has always sided with functional simplicity while the Windows platform has believed in versatility. But that doesn't mean the Macs are short on shortcuts. On the ...

Almost as old as the computer keyboard is the keyboard shortcut, which can transform several clicks of the mouse into a simple combination of keys. Using these shortcuts can save a lot of time and ...