11 Favorite Apple Keyboard Shortcuts

I was screen-sharing with someone the other day and he was painfully slow at keyboard shortcuts.

He legit right-click, scrolled to copy, right-click, scrolled to paste… NOT EVEN ⌘+c!

I don’t know how much time it saves but considering that every thought requires energy, literally burning calories, I don’t want to waste my precious brain calories on extra keyboard steps.

Some of my favorites:

• Quickly jump to the URL box so you don’t have to use the mouse

  • Jump to URL Box = Command + L

• Open “Find” box to search for words on website

  • Command + F

• Switch between apps or windows quickly

  • Command + Tab

• Choose an area to screenshot (I usually only want one part of the screen)

  • Command + Shift + 4

• Open a new tab while browsing internet

  • Command + T

• Open last closed window, super helpful

  • Command + Shift + T

• Popup Emojis box 😁

  • Control + Command + Space

• Highlight full line of text

  • Shift + Command + Back Arrow

• Open Quick Search to find something, use calculator or dictionary

  • Command + Space bar

• Cut instead of copy/delete

  • Command + X

• Insert link when text is highlighted, super useful

  • Command + K

Bonus: Setting up keyboard shortcuts

Sometimes I type the same thing over and over and over again and it ends up being a waste of time.

For these cases, I set up keyboard shortcuts in System Preferences > Keyboard.

These are great because they transfer to iPhone keyboards, too.

The one I use the most for sure is “calend” which autocorrects to my Calendly “Book a Meeting” link.