7 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts To Forget and What To Use Instead

[@bikeman5]

Also you can add launch pad to hot corner, I love it, top right, and bottom right for Mission Control, bottom left Lock Screen and top left for desk top that is my favorite combo of hot corners

[@pdlagasse]

Shift+Cmd+5 is also great if you want to grab shots of individual windows, just hover over the window and it will automatically highlight it.

[@iPigee]

Gary, were you an apple developer who made all this stuff…? Wow. I never cease being amazed with your videos. Apple needs to buy them from you and supply them to customers.

[@MargoBeatty]

Another excellent video! I use shortcuts all the time and some even work on my iPad (I use an old Apple Magic Keyboard with batteries from eons ago). My favorite Keyboard shortcut is the “COMMAND TAB” to flip thru open apps super fast - but you can also go BACKWORD - once you select ”COMMAND TAB” you can then tap on the “TILDA” key (while still holding the COMMAND key to go backward) I use this all the time with my iPad. Thank you for this video it is packed with great tips!

[@carolinemyddelton580]

Another feast of useful tips! Great time-savers and practical suggestions across a number of apps. I will be reclaiming loads of time thanks to this. Thanks, Gary!

[@charliestrniste1752]

Solid gold! Simple, but deadly effective! Thanks again, Gary!

[@juliesmith7993]

Always GREAT info, and, as usual, quick and to the point:) thank you!!

[@kstoeb]

Great. Even an old grey short-cut nerd like me has learned something new ;-) Thanks

[@Taigf24]

Gold. All. Ur fantastic! Learned soo much from you. Thank you

[@drvoodoo3073]

I do all of these already but I prefer using Spotlight for launching apps 😃

[@CassKMac]

Another treasure trove of time-saving gems! I'm definitely going to start using the launchpad shortcut key to launch apps instead of laggy spotlight. Thanks, Gary!

[@siddharthadas1040]

Thanks a lot Gary! I am converted to using full screen on my Mac now instead of maximum size windows. More screen real estate and Cmd Tab between apps. The trick of dragging and dropping between Finder Tabs has made me quit those annoying double windows for dragging dropping files too. Will stick with spacebar for previews though, maximizable view and generally more convenient.

[@ElmarDertnig]

Thank you Gary!

[@jcinaz]

Using Launchpad does now allow for accessing the separate functions of System Preferences the way Spotlight does. Try searching for Displays or Passwords with Launchpad. The best you can do is get System Preferences, then click on the function you want. Spotlight may be a little slow, but so is Launchpad for those functions.

[@macmost]

Right. I'm just suggesting using LaunchPad for app launching. For getting directly to part of System Preferences, LaunchPad isn't an option.

[@harryhellerman474]

Great one today Gary!

[@darrenalbertson-digitaldus6227]

I have assigned keyboard shortcuts for any of the 1-7 different Desktops I have up going at any given time, and have set those to open on that Desktop only so they stay consistent. Rather than arrow key or tap thru the App Switcher, I just tap Control +(Desktop number) and I can fly thru my Desktops/apps. I only use App Switcher for apps I’ve hidden but not quit.

[@theoversouls]

Excellent tips as always, Gary. Thank you!

[@desertpatient]

Thanks bunches

[@FifthBtle]

Some good tips here. Thanks. One thing I noticed is at around the 3:50 mark there is a picture of you next to a sandy beach that says Denver 2020. I've lived in Denver for 30 years and I've never seen that. Is that north of I-70, or south?

[@axion8788]

Gary= The Encyclopedia of Mac"!

[@mijaba71]

If you don't take a lot of screenshots, you might want to go further and not use any keyboard shortcut for it. Instead, just open up Launchpad and search for "Screenshot" (or "Grab" on older MacOS versions), which gives you what command-shift-5 does now. I don't think I've used the shortcuts since Mac OS X came out, because it was easier for me to just remember the name than whether I needed command-shift-3 or command-shift-4.

[@jordanlivesey4715]

while I were watching I noticed the f4 key on my mac brings me strate to the launchpad, for the past year I've been finding the app I want simply by going into my applications folder and launching it that way, I was considering organising my apps by catigory in there but I can't move system apps but I could easily do it with apps I install, for instance, move vlc into a folder titled sound and video, and put balena etcher in accessaries

[@loisskiathitis8926]

A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️

[@fehlervogel8190]

Thanks for your awesome videos, everyday!

[@paulcamalin5236]

Thanks for all the great videos! I have two questions 1 how do you quit picture-in-picture zoom box. The only way I know now is to zoom out until the box is gone! 2 How do you center picture preview or make the default full screen. Now it always pops up on the left. Then I have to click on the green dot to make it full screen and centered. Thanks!

[@macmost]

Do you mean the system Accessibility feature, Zoom? See System Preferences, Accessibility, Zoom and look at the "Toggle Zoom" shortcut. For the Preview app, you can't make it default to full screen or center.

[@paulcamalin5236]

@@macmost Thanks for the reply! Toggle (command-option -8) gets you back to the "zoomED" box. I just want to quit the zoom box and start all over next time and not having to zoom out first. ESC would have been a good option to quit. About the preview there are many mac users who are annoyed by that left-sided preview as I googled for a solution. Another annoying thing is you can't move to the next picture in the preview using the arrow keys if you have not selected all the photos in the first place. I know you can use highlight one and press space bar to be able to use the arrow keys but it's not brining up the same preview window with its all functionality. I wish Apple would learn from Windows and correct that.

[@macmost]

@@paulcamalin5236 I'm not understanding what you mean then. Command+Option+8 toggles Zoom on or off. This is a feature of the system, not something you "quit." As for Preview, that is an app and you open things with it. Don't get hung up on the name of the app. If you open a group of photos, you can view them all. But using arrows won't open a new one. Quick Look (spacebar) is what you want, or just the Finder Preview is probably best for your needs. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/j162fpl3q7R-kK8

[@paulcamalin5236]

@@macmost Thanks again for your response. For the zoom I upgraded to Monterey and that solved my problem. I think the zoom behavior as I described was just a software glitch. About the use of arrows I do not know if you work with windows but apple really should do it like windows photo does it. much easier to use.

[@paulcamalin5236]

Gary I found out tapping with three fingers toggles zoom on and off. Very useful!

[@martinwilkinson3959]

I appreciate the range of useful information, but I find the demonstration of using procedures too quick for me to take in. Is there any way you could add a slow motion insert so that I have time to follow what you are actually doing ?

[@macmost]

You can change the speed of the video using the Settings control at the bottom. You can also pause it at any time.

[@altugciftci93]

Hi Gary, I was watching several of your videos, but I can't find one thing: How can I move my maximized window, when connected to 2 screens, from one screen to another by simply moving the tab to the other screen, just like Windows?

[@macmost]

Just click and drag in the title bar to place the window where you want, even across screens. Or, go to the Window menu and there is an option there to move to another display.

[@mediaperson4190]

Great video once again. Thank you sir. Can you make a tutorial on Karabiner-Elements, that will be mother of all short cuts for Mac.

[@macmost]

I don't have a video on that app, but I do have one that lets you skip that app and change your keyboard directly. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4fVhWpsor9rfJY

[@mediaperson4190]

@@macmost Yes, i remember i watched that video last year. In one of your videos you mentioned Karabiner-Element, I knew the software's name from there and then start using it. It is the best keyboard shortcuts app in very detail. I even cannot use a fraction of it, yet I think its very useful. I searched video tutorials about it, but could not find one explaining as good as you do. So consider making one about it. It works very well with external keyboards with different set of keys than on your MacBook and you can make any keyboard exactly as you want.

[@andrewk5418]

At about 2:30, you talk about a Spotlight key (F4) but then show what appears to me to be Launchpad. Am I wrong, or is that a mistake in your video? I'm using the old white extended keyboard (I prefer it!) which has 15 function keys. I think that I can assign almost any function to any of those function keys even though none are pre-configured.

[@macmost]

I misspoke. I'm talking about launchpad.

[@bikeman5]

i love launch pad, i never use spotlight for anything

[@saleas21]

Great video, thank u very much!! In number 3 how do you give names to your desktops like safari, mail or photos?

[@macmost]

Full Screen app spaces will have the name of the app. That's what those are. Desktops will just have numbers.

[@saleas21]

@@macmost thank you!

[@gjermundification]

I have spotlight mapped like rofi or dmenu in linux option + d

[@bharatkiseema]

I have been watching your videos since I bought my first Mac in 2017. So, it's not a surprise for me that I am already habitual of using all the 7 Shortcuts you are telling to use. There is only one thing I have not found a solution. Opening a pdf file in full screen in preview. I always struggle to press option+ arrow OR ctr+cmd+f to make it fullscreen. Is there any way to always open pdf in full screen automatically?

[@macmost]

No, because a new document would be a new window and it wouldn't know you want it full screen. I think if you open a second PDF it should open as a tab in the same full screen window. But getting the first one to open full screen isn't possible as far as I can tell.

[@TL243]

two words for multiple desktops... hot corners. But dang son, loads of good info in this one

[@andrewk5418]

I use a Hot Corner to quickly get to Launchpad, because I have my Dock showing only the apps that are currently running.

[@paloupis]

HELP!! I have to inventory a huge list of item for a nonprofit and watched your video on using dictation. Great information but the command 'new line' doesn't work and if I hit the return key, the microphone shuts off. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?

[@macmost]

Which dictation are you using? Try using the one in Voice Control for more commands.

[@raytreat6599]

For launching apps I just assign one F key to Siri and tell Siri to launch apps, among other things.

[@quiltsick]

I have a questionGary. Are all of your shortcuts in your fantastic brain or do you have some cheat sheets which I think a lot of us do? 😎

[@macmost]

I know a lot, use Macs all day long, and also like to try things, research, etc.

[@generationsarising]

Is there a way to create a siri shortcut on the macbook for outlook?

[@macmost]

To do what, exactly?

[@generationsarising]

@@macmost send an email

[@macmost]

@@generationsarising Outlook would need to have hooks built into it to allow this. I'm guessing it does not.

[@nuj427]

Great video as always! Got a comment and questions. How come your spotlight have all the icons and text in the bottom, while my MacBook Pro 14” is just a month old, I remember when it was new on the first few days it looked like yours, but now mine looks just like previous design with just the bar only. I’ve become a pro user? haha. Well, I did switch from an 2008 MacBook Pro….. 2. Nice, and thanks! On the 14” F4 is spotlight so I’ll start using it that way, and cmd + space I’ll use launchpad from now on. And yes, it’s quicker! :) I just wish you could reassign the Focus mode (F5) because I don’t use it.

[@macmost]

1. Not sure what you mean. Spotlight will show the bar only until you type something.

[@nuj427]

@@macmost Your Spotlight below the bar there's icons and text explaining what it does, and I had that for a while, then all of a sudden my Spotlight search bar is just a bar now without icons or text below that's all.

[@macmost]

@@nuj427 Sorry, I still don't understand. When you open Spotlight and type something, you see nothing at all below? No results show up?

[@nuj427]

@@macmost No no, spotlight works just fine with me. I think you really don't understand what I mean, but there's no way to show you so, but like I previously said, when you open the spotlight theres the bar to enter text to search, but before typing, below theres the apps icons and text explaining few things. But on mine, in the early days I remember it looked like yours for a bit, but now it's only the bar that appears for me. And it works just fine I can search for everything on my Mac. Just there's not the icons and text anymore and I thought thats strange.

[@macmost]

@@nuj427 Oh, you mean the welcome info like at 1:45. That's just something that appears the first time you use it. I don't think there is a way to get it back, but it doesn't do anything other than give you a welcome message to get you started.

[@lse123polis]

What is your MacOS favorite browser? How many browser tabs you have open same time?

[@macmost]

I use Safari for almost everything. I usually have about 2-4 tabs open. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKmqfYGQedSMe6s

[@greene8097]

Gary, please remember that some folks who like your videos are blind, like me. Try to give verbal instructions, rather than saying, go here, then here, etc. thanks!

[@macmost]

I'd like my videos to be as accessible as possible, but they are unscripted so it is hard to do. I'll try to remember to be more descriptive while talking. Thanks.

[@robertgerard6200]

Gary - can you slow down just a bit? I have forwarded links to your videos to some 40 people I help with Mac problems and they all agree, when the subject of your videos come up, that you move too darn fast; to fast to follow.

[@darrenalbertson-digitaldus6227]

You can slow any video down on KZbin with the settings

[@macmost]

From the About page on my site: You talk too fast in your videos. Can you slow down? The way you see me (Gary) in my videos is the way I really talk. I am enthusiastic about technology and I think it shows in the videos. I do not try to slow myself down or alter how I talk in the videos. I just try to be myself. I know I can’t please everyone all the time, so no matter how I did the videos there would be a few complaints. But I know that if I tried to tone down my enthusiasm or be someone other than who I am, then there’s no way I would have made this many episodes over many years.