macOS Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

How to Insert Non-breaking or Narrow Space on a Mac

Want to keep a measurement and its unit together or a price and its currency? Wish a French text’s punctuation to look...

Paused mid-sentence, wondering how to leave something out — in graceful style, not awkwardly? Find out here how to...

Trying to use Apple’s sleek logo () in text, email or a document and don’t want to settle for words or a clunky...

You’ve been told the Terminal is the best way to get something done — but where on earth do you start? Eager for brew...

Tired of inserting ʻokina and kahakō on your Mac with workarounds that make you wait or tediously copying characters...

Struggling to insert ‘[’ and ‘]’ when you make changes to quoted text, for instance, or give a range of numbers? Find...

Trying to wrestle the “plus or minus” sign from your Mac’s keyboard for statistical analysis or a temperature range?...

Connected a Windows keyboard to your Mac and now you’re wondering, “Where’s the ‘Option’ key?” Find out here where to...

Your Mac is freezing up because an app refuses to respond — or close? Find out here how to force quit an app on a...

Struggling to write the little subscript '2' in chemical formulas like H₂O or CO₂ on your Mac? You don’t have to...

Eager to wish a pleasant pie day in style? Looking for the appropriate bold italic mathematical symbol for pi? Find...

Not interested in attracting mosquitoes? Keen to save battery and power instead of powering a large, bright display?...