Spotlight is great, it finds stuff for you. But when you want to know where the things it found are, it falls short. Unless you use the Command key!
Hold Command key to see file path in Mac’s Spotlight
Use Escape key to click the “Cancel” button
Quit mousing around! Tap the "Esc" key (Escape) whenever you want to click a "Cancel" button. Quick and easy, never fails.
Preview your Mac screen saver choices
You can preview your Screen Saver choices right there in the System Preferences app. It's much quicker to do it this way.
The Mac’s System Preferences has a Search box
Quickly find the proper item in System Preferences, by searching. There's a reason they put that "Search" box up there-- try using it! Great for new Mac users.
Buy refurbished Macs from the Apple Store and save 20%
Save a bunch of money and get a genuine Apple product, with a genuine Apple warranty, by shopping online at the Apple Refurbished Store.
Mac trackpad users: try “tap to click”
Save your hands by making it easier to click the trackpad! "Tap to click" takes away the need to press hard, saving your clicking finger. Try it!
The Mac’s Help menu shows you where menu items are
Unfamiliar with a Mac app, and wondering which menus hold important menu items? Just search Help for the things you care about, then hover.
Make stuff bigger with ⌘+ on a Mac
Here's how you quickly make things bigger (and smaller) in many Mac programs. Try it and see if it works in the Mac apps you use!
Get the Save As… menu item back onto your Mac
Apple took away the Save As... menu item. That's too bad, because it's very handy. Actually it's still there, if you know how to bring it to the surface.
Mac keyboard shortcut symbols, explained
Here's what those mysterious symbols mean in the Mac's menus. When I first got a Mac I didn't know. Maybe you still don't. But now you do.