Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of buttons that you can press on your computer to complete certain actions—like opening and closing files, copying and pasting text, and much more—that you would ...

Despite what this stock photo implies, I believe your Mac has to be turned on for the keyboard shortcuts to work. Photo: Fabian Irsara firsara/Wikimedia Commons Mac keyboard shortcuts are a great way ...

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 ...

Windows hotkeys—when you press two or more keys at once to tell your computer to do something specific—are your, well, key to saving time when you’re at your computer. Once you have them memorized, ...

20 useful ALT commands and keyboard shortcuts for Office 365 apps Your email has been sent To get access to the complete set of ASCII characters, users have to know and enter special keyboard shortcut ...

Here’s a little secret: I can’t stand taking my hands off the keyboard. Mice and trackpads are great tools, but they aren’t always an ideal (or speedy) solution for navigating the Web. That’s where ...

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 ...

If your Mac is having problems, macOS has multiple keyboard combinations that you can hold to recover your system, start in safe mode, run diagnostics, and more. Here's how to use them. Apple's macOS ...

Reader Ed Blair Greene would like a keyboard shortcut for a Quicken command he uses routinely. He writes: This program has no keyboard shortcut to print checks. To my mind this is a really stupid ...

A minor puzzle arrived from a reader who was trying to choose his boot drive by holding down the Option key at startup. OS X has a variety of keyboard combinations you can press to invoke different ...