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How to type Emojis and Symbols on a Mac
Want to type emojis on your Mac? Of course you do. Here's how you can pick emojis from a big palette of choices. Quick and easy.
Delete Conversations in Mac Messages from the Keyboard
Delete conversations in Messages from the keyboard. Command-Delete gets you started, but the real magic is Command-D.
How to delete a file from the Mac immediately, without having to empty the Trash
Save a few seconds by putting something into the Trash and having it automatically delete, without you having to choose "Empty Trash..."
Quickest way to access the Mac’s Displays preference pane
Hold the Option key while tapping the bright/dim buttons on the keyboard and the Displays preference pane pops up. So cool.
Easy way to remember four important Mac keyboard shortcuts
Undo, Cut, Copy, and Paste helped the Mac be much better than anything else. Keyboard shortcuts made them better! Here's how to remember them.
How to make a Mac’s Power Button behave like it used to
Bring back the power button's old behavior-- get a dialog box asking whether you want restart, shutdown, sleep, or cancel.
Essential Keyboard Shortcuts: Command-Up Arrow
If you're looking at a Finder window, and you want to go up one level to the folder that encloses the current one, this is the shortcut for you.
Get dimensions of images via Get Info
There's more than one way to do this, but Get Info does reveal the size of an image, in pixels. Rather handy. Try it!
Move Mac files and folders to the Trash, from the keyboard
Delete an item from the keyboard! You'd think you'd use the Delete key, but you'd only be half right. The other half involves the Command key.