Short Cuts

Keyboard shortcuts are often neglected but are a real help getting things done. Usualy my perspective is on PCs, and Macs are mostly the same, but use the Mac Command key instead of the PC Control key.

I’m including a list for Mac computers HERE. Six pages of them, so study up.

A list of PC shortcuts is HERE.

Just a reminder, a shortcut, like copy and paste on a PC is Ctl + C, Ctl + V. Cut would be Ctl + X. Do the same on a Mac but use Cmd instead of Ctl.

If you are relatively new to a Mac, then a list for things to know is HERE.  There’s a bit of silly fandom included, honestly, if you prefer a Mac to PC that’s fine, but suggesting one system is better because of iCloud is just silly. The Microsoft world has OneDrive, which brings every bit of that world together, same as iCloud. Macs are prettier though, there is no escaping that. It is inexcusable these days that the vast majority of PC manufacturers fail to hire designers, although, that may be because they all work for Apple.

For a PC, there is a list that’s pretty vast HERE.   You can no doubt find something in it that is useful.

Hopefully you got a new computer for Christmas, and you’ll be wanting to give me your old one. I have to say, the Mac Mini M1 really has my attention with price and performance. And if you are daring, there’s a brand called Chuwi that’s caught my eye. A link to a mini PC is HERE.
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Whatever you do, remember to take a break from your devices, they will make you crazy. And as Lou Reed says, Don’t believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see.