I thought while we were doing write ups on windows shortcuts, I might as well include some shortcuts from OSX. I will not bog down the post with all of them ( there are so many) , but I will add a link at the end of the post to apple’s site that has a lot more.

ctrl mouse scroll wheel ( zoom in and out) I put this in first cause I just love it.

Finder shortcut

Rename the selected file/folder                                                                       Press Return (or Enter)

Go into selected folder or open the selected file                                          Cmd-Down Arrow

Go to parent folder                                                                                              Cmd-Up Arrow

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Sure you can get around your computer using the mouse to point and click on everything, but sometimes keyboard shortcuts are faster and easier.  One of the biggest benefits is that you’re hands don’t have to leave the keyboard.  Let’s say you’re working on writing a document and need to have some bold text inserted.  You could stop typing, move your hand to the mouse, move the mouse to the “B” icon and click it, move your hand back to the keyboard and type what you need then move back to the mouse to deselect bold (phew) or you can just hit Ctrl-b, type what you need in bold and then hit Ctrl-b to turn off bold.  Simple choice, right?

The biggest reason people don’t use keyboard shortcuts is that they don’t know what the shortcuts are.  The are hundreds of available shortcuts, some that you could use multiple times a day, some that are almost never used unless you’re in a specialized job (I almost never use macros ier

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