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Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by xeno42 » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 4:08 AM UTC

Ctrl-Cmd-Space in most text edit fields to open the character viewer to enter emoji and other common unicode characters

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by SkyMarshal » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 4:10 AM UTC

zuccs wrote: post #22

Spectacle ( https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle#keyboard-shortcuts ) will change your life with better/faster window management. And Karabiner Elements ( https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements ) to remap keys to something more useful (who uses Caps Lock anymore?)

Iirc you can remap capslock in OS X settings, don't need an addon for that. Thought I'm sure Elements does a lot more than just that.

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by avelis » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 4:10 AM UTC

cmd+delete = moves selected item to trash.

shift+cmd+delete = empties trash bin.

It's easily my goto combo to delete something fast.

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by xeno42 » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 4:27 AM UTC

If you've used Cmd-C to copy something to the clipboard, pbpaste is really useful to pipe the clipboard contents into a pipe or to a file (pbcopy being the inverse)

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by vinhnx » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 4:28 AM UTC

macOS:

* command+O: open file

* command+shift+3/4/5: screenshot tool (one of the best shortcut on macOS in my opinion)

* command+alt+space: switch keyboard input source

* "=", ">", "Apps:

+ Safari: command+shit+\ (show tab overview)

+ FileMerge: command+D to jump to next conflict

+ VSCode: control+shift+E: toggle focus

+ iTerm2: command+] to switch between panes

+ iTerm2: command+K: clear buffer

+ Dash: command+shift+D

+ Spectacle: https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle#keyboard-shortcuts. And also, as zuccs's comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20621517

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by jsonau » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 4:42 AM UTC

Command+? (Command+Shift+/)

Brings up the Help Viewer where you can search any menu items for the current app.

This IS pretty much the built-in command palette for all apps!

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by sambhu » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 4:46 AM UTC

ctrl + command + 4 Saves screenshot in clipboard, saving your Desktop folder from screenshot clutter

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by fatninja » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 5:08 AM UTC

Anyone have a good keyboard shortcut to switch between two screens?

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by pier25 » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 5:10 AM UTC

jonhess wrote: post #24

Command-e, put the selected text on the find clipboard. Then command-e, command-g (find next) will search for the selected text without sacrificing the copy/paste clipboard. Also, the find clipboard is shared between apps, so you can command-e in Safari, then command-g in Xcode.

Get Alfred. Clipboard history will change your life.

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by pier25 » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 5:14 AM UTC

aantix wrote: post #43

Alfred 3's Clipboard History. I map it cmd-shift-v and I can bounce between all of my most recent clipboards. Saves so much time.

Alfred is amazing. I just buy every new version even if I don’t use any of the new features to give money to the dev.