31/07/2016
10 useful key combinations for your MacBook
Did you already know that these keyboard shortcuts exist for your Mac? By using them, you can work faster, easier, and more efficiently.
- Command + N
Open a new document or window. - Shift + Command + O
Open the Documents folder. Handy if you want to quickly search for a document in this folder. - Command + Spacebar
Show or hide the Spotlight search field. Press Command–Alt–Spacebar to perform a Spotlight search in a Finder window. - Command + Tab
Switch to the most recently used app of the open apps. - Command + H
Hide the currently open program. Other programs remain visible in the foreground. Useful when colleagues walk by while you're checking your Facebook feed. - Shift + Command + 3 or Shift + Command + 4
Take a screenshot of the entire screen (3) or a portion of the screen (4). You can find the screenshot on your desktop. - Command + Q
Quit a program. - Alt (Option) + Command + Esc
Select a program to force quit. If a program is not responding, you can close it this way. - Shift + Command + Delete
Empty the trash. - Control + Alt (Option) + Command + Power button
Close all programs and shut down the Mac. If changes to open documents have not been saved, you will be asked if you want to save them.
For all keyboard shortcuts, check out the Apple site.