Here’s a dumb shortcut that will come in handy some day. In some apps, ⌘-. does the same thing as the escape key. So if that key is broken, or your stupid Touch Bar is hiding your stupid virtual ...

The Esc key has long been the “get me outta here” panacea for many things: canceling a dialog box, getting rid of a button-less splash screen, closing a menu that you clicked open. (Esc is, after all, ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Every time you're on your Mac, you're using ...

Keyboard shortcuts might seem kind of old school since they’re mainly associated with desktop applications, but bringing some basic shortcut functionality into your web application can easily enhance ...

Save your work often with CTRL+S Copy and paste quickly with CTRL+C%2C CTRL+V Get rid of Mac%27s %27spinning beach ball of death%27 by pressing CMD+OPT+ESC The great thing about computers is that they ...

Windows: If you want to switch to a different application quickly, Alt+Tab and, in Windows 7, Win+Tab, let you preview and select an open window. But for more direct switching between windows, try ...