If You Have A Mac, Memorize These 13 Keyboard Tricks

1. If your boss walks by while you're reading this article, press...

COMMAND + W
Command + W quickly closes the current tab on your web browser, which
is helpful if you're trying to sneak in a cat video (or worse) at work.
2. If your boss walks by and basically everything you're reading is
incriminating, press...
COMMAND + H
Command + H hides the current application and all of its windows.
Because, let's face it, sometimes more than one tab can be incriminating.
3. If you're drowning in a sea of windows...
COMMAND + OPTION + M
Command + Option + M minimizes all your windows so you can create the
illusion of a fresh start. But remember, "starting over" really just adds to the
mess.
4. If you need to cut through the clutter, press...
COMMAND + F3
Command + F3 pushes all your open applications out of the way so you
can actually see your desktop, so you can procrastinate dealing with
impending application overload.

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If You Have A Mac, Memorize These 13 Keyboard Tricks

5. To become a tab-scrolling expert, press..

COMMAND + 1 (and so on)
Command + a number helps you easily scroll through the respective tabs in
your web browser, so you can quickly see what you need and, more
importantly, click out of what you don't.
6. If you're kind of picky about your computer volume, press...
OPTION + SHIFT + F11
and
OPTION + SHIFT + F12
Option+Shift+F11+F12 will lower or raise the volume in smaller increments
than the typical volume symbols. WHO KNEW?

7. If you need to add a little psychedelic flavor to your day, press...

CONTROL + OPTION + COMMAND + 8

Control+Option+Command+8 reverses the colors on your screen. Now try

going back and forth real, real fast. You will be transfixed.
8. If you don't want to watch the entire hour-long YouTube video of
your niece's dance recital, press...
1, 2, 3 (and so on)

1, 2, 3 will advance the video to 10 percent completion, 20 percent

completion, 30 percent completion, respectively (and so on and so forth).
Take that, little niece.
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If You Have A Mac, Memorize These 13 Keyboard Tricks

9. If you frequently write words like "antidisestablishmentarianism,"

press...
OPTION + DELETE
Option+Delete deletes entire words so you don't have to hold down the
delete key forever. Unfortunately, there is not a keyboard shortcut to ending
your insufferable wordiness.
10. If your vocabulary isn't quite as advanced, try...
CONTROL + COMMAND + D
Control+Command+D will define any highlighted word. Look at you, all
literate now!
11. If formatting copied text drives you insane, try...
CONTROL + COMMAND+V
Control+Command+V pastes your copied text without including its
formatting. Your formatting problems have now been disappeared.
12. If you're a fast reader or a little over-caffeinated, try
COMMAND + UP
and
COMMAND + DOWN
Command+Up and Command+Down will make your scroll jump. This
command will have you hopping through the text for a speedier, if not
slightly erratic, reading experience.
13. If the feeling of the sun on your face has been permanently
replaced with the feeling of your retina display on your face, try...
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If You Have A Mac, Memorize These 13 Keyboard Tricks

CONTROL + OPTION + COMMAND + EJECT

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If You Have A Mac, Memorize These 13 Keyboard Tricks