Todays Tech Tip is a list of some more helpful keyboard shortcuts to help save time. Most of these shortcuts rely on you pressing a combination of keys together, and most of the time you will be starting by pressing and holding the Command Key (or Cmd) ⌘ followed by another key, then letting both of them go.
Zooming in and out on your browser
(to make something easier for students to see on the projector)
- Command + sign: Zooms in
- Command – sign: Zooms out
Copying / Moving a file
(eg Copying or Moving from Downloads to your OneDrive)
- Command key while dragging the file: Move the dragged item to the other volume, instead of copying it.
- Option key while dragging the file: Copy the dragged item. Note that your cursor changes while you drag the item.
Screenshots, Screen Snips and screen recording
(This is a good one if you want your students to be recording or capturing something from their screen)
- Shift Command 3: Whole Screen screen-shot
- Shift Command 4: Brings up a cursor allowing you to select a section of the screen to take a screen snip
- Shift Command 5: Opens a tool bar allowing you to take a screen shot, screen snip or make a screen recording.
OK, they were the ones I use every day. Now for a few less common but equally useful ones.
- Command-Tab: Bring up a tab that you can use to select from the most commonly used programs. This is most helpful if you have your Apps maximized and so can’t see your Dock.
- Command Option ESC: If you see the spinning rainbow of death, this opens the Force Quit window so that you can shut down an Application that has stopped working.
Remember, this tip, along with all previously published Tuesday Tech Tips including a list of other commonly used MAC Shortcuts can be found here. Tech How To Guides
That’s it for today’s Tech Tip.
Tech Coach Ken