mac monday

when my internet slows, the first button i reach to click is that little arrow (aka the reload button). of course there's a mac shortcut for that and it goes a little something like this; command R.

mac monday

now this is trippy.  apparently, if certain keys are pressed at the same time, your computer will invert the colors or your screen will display black and white. if you're feeling venturesome this morning, press option-control-command-8 (without the hyphens). kinda neat, huh? press the same combo to get back to square one. this is a great mac shortcut if you ever find your screen in a psychedelic funk.

mac monday

oldie but a goodie--force quit for when a computer application is acting up. just hit command option escape.

holy shifffft!!!

so this picture has little to do with this post, except for the fact that it says holy shift--and i secretly find these advertisements ridiculous (although without reason and have never seen nurse jackie). okay, enough cruising off the beaten path--let's get to today's mac monday. so last week, i introduced you to these handy dandy shortcuts. love them. can't get enough. well now, i'm about to blow your mind. add shift to any of them. holy shift!!!! am i insane or are these the best mac shortcuts ever?!

mac monday!

spotlight is all kinds of awesome. its basically a desktop search feature that locates your stuff immediately and delivers it in an index for you to navigate.  

command space opens the spotlight menu

command option space opens the spotlight window

image; ChrisGoldNY

it's just another mac monday, ohh ohh...

confession time--sometimes i like to "rearrange" the look of my computers desktop. change up the screen saver, make my folders a different color or move the location of the dock (is that weird)? probably. anyhow, new mac shortcut on how to change your docs location without having to go into system preferences. just hold shift and drag the dock divider to its new home. awesome.

mac monday

i can remember exactly where i was when i learned this mac shortcut. my neighbor was helping me install microsoft word on my laptop when he noticed that i had a ton of programs running at the same time. because it was causing my computer to run slower, he suggested using the command tab combo to see at a glance what programs were running (and to close some using command Q). priceless.

image: digitizd