Hotkeys Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

A handy Safari keyboard shortcut for Google searches

by Brett Terpstra (Oct 13th, 2010)

Here I go again, professing my love for keyboard shortcuts. I have shortcuts and hotkeys for just about everything I do on a daily basis. I'm running out of intuitive combinations, actually, but my muscle memory seems to have room for a few more. There's one shortcut, though, that I think every ...

Mac 101: taming Safari toolbars with shortcut keys

by Brett Terpstra (Jun 21st, 2010)

As you've probably noticed, there are suddenly a lot of Safari Extensions floating around, thanks to the new features in Safari 5. PimpMySafari is ramping back up, and the Safari Extensions Tumblog is doing a great job of keeping track of all of them. I'm going to wait until the dust settles, the ...

MaComfort brings a little Mac back to your PC

by Mike Schramm (Feb 4th, 2010)

Let's face it -- as much as we love our Macs, sometimes you've got to use a PC, whether that be for work or at a friend's house, or just for playing some games. But when you absolutely must use Windows, maComfort can make the transition easier. It's a free Windows application (with some premium ...

Mac 101: SizzlingKeys - control iTunes with keyboard shortcuts

by Jason Clarke (Jun 18th, 2009)

Controlling your music while you're working (or playing) on your computer should be virtually seamless. While these days it's almost impossible to buy a keyboard without media keys built-in, there are many users that either don't have media controlling keys on their keyboards, or would simply prefer ...

TUAW Tip: keyboard shortcuts during Mac OS X startup

by David Chartier (Mar 27th, 2006)

For today's TUAW Tip, I thought I'd cover some of the basic essentials for starting up your Mac, especially for recent switchers who feel naked and lost without their BIOS. I compiled the list I have here from Magical Macintosh Key Sequences (which Dave mentioned last September), Apple's ...

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